One year in a forest
Getting tired of observing the bleak Chicago winter landscape? Filmmaker Samuel Orr has you covered with a short film of the world coming to life then fading back into cold […]
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Can poisoned mice bombs save Guam?
Imagine you live on a small island with a diverse but delicate ecosystem. Now imagine that a non-native predator, say, a brown tree snake, makes its way to your shores […]
An itsy-bitsy teensy-weensy planet
Sometimes even the smallest discoveries can be a big deal. Like the Thomas Barclay and his team at the NASA Ames Research Center using the Kepler space telescope to uncover […]
A busy mind is a happy mind
Sounds like something your grandfather would say, right? Well to a certain extent, it’s true. When writing his book Time for Life, which addresses stress and the time crunch people claim […]
Russian meteorite fragments found
Scientists think they’ve found the remains of the 7,000-ton meteor that caused a ruckus in Russia on Friday. A 20 foot-wide hole was discovered in frozen Lake Chebarkul, about 50 […]
Spiders filmed climbing through the sky
If you don’t like spiders, don’t watch this video, because it is truly terrifying for arachnophobes. A man in Brazil filmed thousands of spiders seemingly skittering across the sky. They’re […]
Curiosity shows off its spiffy new drill
A 2.5 inch-deep hole may seem like a small accomplishment, but it’s a first in space exploration. NASA’s Curiosity rover drilled its first hole on Mars, taking a sample from […]
New Antarctic research station can ski
I bet the rebels living on Hoth would have loved this little home-away-from-home. The sixth Halley research station to be brought to Antarctica, called Halley VI, opened today, welcoming in […]
When practice won’t make perfect
If you attempted to learn the violin as a kid but never could get the hang of it, it might not be a personal ineptitude for music as you had […]
Fly away home, pigeon
I’m going to display my nerd banner once again, but I am currently reading the Song of Ice and Fire series. While the books are placed firmly in the realm of […]
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