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Monument Valley timelapse
Enjoy this timelapse video of the American Southwestern landscape as shot by Les Projections de la Cabane in September of 2009.
March 23, 2013
Shrinking wings keep swallows from becoming road kill
Decreased wingspan in cliff swallows may be an adaptation to the threat of motor vehicles.
March 22, 2013
Officially spring, but feels like winter for many in U.S.
If you like warm weather in the eastern U.S., then you won't like the forecast for the upcoming week. Below average temperatures will be the norm!
March 22, 2013
View down an ice borehole
What does it look like to descend hundreds of meters into a deep hole of Antarctic ice?
March 21, 2013
NASA on asteroid defense: If it’s coming in three weeks, pray
The U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Committee met in a hearing on March 19, 2013 to discuss threats from space.
March 21, 2013
Auroras seen at high and mid-latitudes this weekend
As expected, the March 15 coronal mass ejection or CME from the sun caused auroras, or northern lights, at high and mid latitudes.
March 18, 2013
February 2013 was ninth warmest February on record
Globally, last below-average temps for February were in 1976. Last below-average month was December 1984. If you're 27 or younger, no month of your life has had below-average temps.
March 18, 2013
Caffeine buzzed bees have better memory
Caffeine-infused plant nectar helps honeybees find the right flower.
March 14, 2013
Michael Young on water resources in Texas
Severe drought in 2011 and 2012 raises questions about the present and future water resources of Texas.
March 14, 2013
Recap of the 2012-2013 U.S. winter
Yes, this winter was cooler than last winter. But it still ranked as the 20th warmest winter recorded since record-keeping began.
March 13, 2013
