From the sculpted beauty of dessert dunes to the undersea realms of the Persian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates is a study in contrast. And while most people associate Arabia with desert life, the region is in fact teeming with marine animals as well,...
Japanese researchers claimed that chimpanzees are capable of human-like altruism. Kyoto Universitys Primate Research Institute published their findings in the scientific and medical research journal Plus One. Twelve chimpanzees were used in the exper...
20 homes soak off the suns rays on Washington D.C.s National Mall. They need all the energy they can get to power everything from ventilation systems to home entertainment centers. Its required in the recent Solar Decathlon(十项运动) sponsored by...
The lava, unleashed, transforms the earth. Along its way from comb to sea, it is a force of change, leaving in its wake a course of destruction and creation. The volcano sculpts a surreal moonscape. Huge rocks ferry on the backs of flows, tower over...
Many animals are born into volatile and treacherous communities. Lion cubs start by avoiding the pride. Mothers behave as though society were a dangerous thing. The cubs are born blind and helpless; and she hides them for the first six weeks, visitin...
Camels are not usually associated with Australia, but Australia is home to the largest herd of feral camels in the world. About 12,000 dromedary camels were brought to Australia in the mid 19th century to carry people and supplies during the explorat...
Visitors are flocking to Australia's most famous natural landmark so they can climb it while they're still allowed to. Some consider this giant sunburned rock the very heart and soul of Australia. Europeans called it Ayers Rock. To indigenous Austral...
Data released this week by a team of explorers who trekked through the Arctic for three months this spring shows that North Pole will be an open sea during the summer months within 20 years. The Catlin Arctic Survey team, led by explorer Pen Hadow, m...
NASA's twin Stereo spacecrafts called Behind and Ahead captured rare footage of the Sun erupting over about a 30 hour period between September 26th and 27th. From the Behind perspective on the left, the long filament, darker than the Sun's surface, c...
It resembles the blob from science fiction stories, but it's very real. These jell-like sheets of disease-carrying mucus are spreading across portions of the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea, where this video was taken. This stringy mass is known as ma...
A woman alive is pulled from the rubble of a hotel in Padang, Indonesia. The brunt of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake, which originated in the sea off Sumatra Island, appeared to have been born by Padang. The death toll throughout Indonesia is o...
Researchers working for the World Wildlife Fund have warned that the effects of climate change pose a serious threat to rare species of wildlife discovered within the past year in Southeast Asia, including a fanged frog and a leopard-striped gecko. A...
Miners in South Africa have found a white diamond about the size of a chicken egg. The diamond may be among the world's top 20 high-quality gems. It was discovered at the Cullinan mine, northeast of Pretoria. Petra Diamonds Limited chief executive sa...
NASA has accomplished another first. I guess my summary is really cool. Today we kicked up some moon dusts and all indications are.. its going to be a very interesting set of results. As we, uh, approach very rapidly the surface of the Cabeus crater....
Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 along with Rajendra Pachauri accepting on behalf of the UN's intergovernmental panel on climate change for their work to sound the alarm over global warming. The Six Nobel Prizes are traditionally awarde...
