Unusual Offshore Octopods: The See-Through "Glass" Octopus [Video]
[caption id="attachment_483" align="alignleft" width="291" caption="Glass octopus courtesy of R. Larsen/Fish and Wildlife Service/R. Harbison, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/YouTube"] [/caption]Octopuses that live in the deep open ocean are diff.....»»
Swiss Cheese and Dust Devils: 7 High-Resolution Shots of Surface Activity on Mars [Slide Show]
The arrival of NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) at the Red Planet in 2006 ushered in a whole new era of Mars observation. With its ultrapowerful HiRISE camera, the orbiter has spied on the Martian surface to study curious features, some of t.....»»
Why Do Top Athletes Suddenly Develop the Yips --a Tendency to Choke under Pressure?
Why do top athletes suddenly develop “the yips,” a tendency to choke under pressure? [More].....»»
Antarctic Neutrino Observatory Detects Unexplained High-Energy Particles
Hot on the heels of detecting the two highest-energy neutrinos ever observed, scientists working with a mammoth particle detector buried in ice near the South Pole unveiled preliminary data showing that they also registered the signal of 26 additional hig.....»»
An invasive ladybug uses a biological weapon to kill off competitors
[caption id="attachment_1449" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Harmonia axyridis, a colorful beetle that is turning into an invasive species (Image: Wikipedia Commons)"] [/caption]When the Europeans discovered the "New World", they infamously brou.....»»
C"mon Baby Light My (Magnetic) Fire
Living in Los Angeles for the last six years, I've become quite familiar with the spread of wildfires, with a corresponding deepening respect for Nature's power. Given the devastation an out-of-control wildfire can cause, it's not surprising that there's .....»»
Invasive Ladybug Thanks Its Parasite For Competitive Advantage
Ladybugs love to snack on aphids and other pests. So people began importing an Asian species called the harlequin ladybird as natural pest control. But in their new environments, the harlequins wiped out native ladybugs. And they have their parasites to t.....»»
MIND Reviews: The Autistic Brain
The Autistic Brain: Thinking across the Spectrum Temple Grandin Richard Panek Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013 ($28)When Grandin, best-selling author and autism activist, began giving lectures on the disorder in the 1980s, it wasn't.....»»
Audubon"s Birds Live On Long after His Death [Slide Show]
A portrait of John James Audubon shows the artist and naturalist in a dark wolf-skin cloak, cradling a gun and sporting curly dark hair that was likely smoothed back with bear grease. The picture was painted during Audubon's 1826 trip to England and S.....»»
Why Barns Are Red - The Countdown #22
Why Barns Are Red, Light Pollution Gets Crowded, An X-Classy 'Af-flare', The Moon and Earth's Common Water Source, An Ancient Underground Oasis.....»»
China Gives Environmental Approval to Its Tallest Hydro Dam
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country's tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish.The dam, with a height of 314 met.....»»
Mars Rover Breaks U.S. Record for Off-Planet Driving
NASA's long-lived Opportunity Mars rover is the new American champion of off-planet driving, breaking a distance record set more than 40 years ago by an Apollo moon buggy. [More].....»»
3-D Print Your Own Invisibility Cloak at Home
Invisibility cloaks made of plastic can now be created at home using 3D printers, researchers show. [More].....»»
Recommended: Probably Approximately Correct
Probably Approximately Correct: Nature's Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex World [More].....»»
Texas Tornadoes Spur Search for Better Warning Systems
After a slow start this year, tornado season made a deadly debut Wednesday night. An estimated dozen tornadoes touched down in north Texas. The damage included at least six people killed and whole houses that were suddenly yanked off their foundations to .....»»
Is It Quantum Computing or Not?
This week I had a fascinating discussion on BBC Radio 4 with Dr Geordie Rose , the CTO of DWave , triggered by the news that NASA and Google are investing in DWave's "quantum computer" . The idea is to set up a facility that is used by both NASA and .....»»
Best Time to See Moon Mountains in May Is Now
It's time to spot some mountains on the moon. [More].....»»
Google and NASA Snap Up Quantum Computer D-Wave Two
From Nature magazine [More].....»»
Want to be happier and live longer? Protect green spaces
Central Park almost didn't exist. When it was first proposed, no comparable urban green space could be found in the whole of the United States--and it seemed unlikely that one would arise on land that could be put to other, more profitable use - especiall.....»»