10 Incredible Camouflaged Animals
Ten incredible photos of animal camouflage.
Arctic Ice Predicted to Be Gone in Less Than 20 Years Per NOAA Study
A report on Arctic Ice published via NOAA in the online journal Geophysical Research Letters has predicted it will be entirely gone in less than twenty years. The study, led by James Overland, an oceanographer for NOAA, and Muyin Wang, a meteorologist for the University of Washington, utilized...
"Extraordinary" Study Finds Older Pessimists Outlive
An "extraordinary" study has found that older pessimists outlive optimists. In fact, a group of researchers from Germany's University of Erlangen-Nuremberg led by Frieder R. Lang may have proof in that old cliche that "only the good die young." Lang and his team published this study in the American...
Russian Meteorite Sourced to Apollo Asteroid Orbit
The Russian meteorite which blasted residents on February 15, 2013 near the town of Chelyabinsk, caused significant property damages, and injured at least 1,000 people has been sourced to Apollo Asteroids. Researchers worldwide and a group from Colombia used the data collected via amateur video...
Russia: Meteorite, Fireballs, Sonic Boom Injures 750+ Before Crashing Into Chelyabinsk Lake
On Friday, February 15, 2013 at 9:20 a.m., a massive explosion of fireballs and a sonic boom shockwave tore through the sky just east of Moscow near Chelyabinsk. The meteorite injured 500 people, shattered windows, and caused significant property damage. Some NASA officials and Russian space...
Salt Shakers Beware: New Study Suggests the Less Sodium the Better
A report made public on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 suggests a warning to individuals who frequently reach for their salt shakers: beware because less sodium is all the better for your long term health. Results of the study, conducted by a teams from Harvard University's School of Public Health,...
10 Best Monkeys and Anthropoids Flipping the Bird
Monkeys, apes, chimps, orangutans, gorillas, gibbons, and other anthropoids are all kinds of wonderful. As our furry ancestral cousins, they are smart, adorable in their own right, and often funny as hell. Though they communicate with each other and with humans in a number of ways, there is one...
Powerful Winter Storm Nemo Targeting New England, Potential for Over 1 Foot of Snow, Rain, Ice
Nemo, a powerful winter storm, is targeting New England with the potential to drop over one foot of snow, rain, and ice in places throughout the northeast beginning on Thursday, February 7, 2013. Forecasters have indicated that a cold front from the north will meet a warm front from the south on...
How Do I Become a Statistician?
Are you the type of person who enjoys working with numbers, figuring out odds and probabilities, and taking chances? If so, then you may want to consider a career as a statistician, where you can be paid to crunch these numbers and figure out odds and probabilities responsible for huge decision-making....
Sydney, Australia, Sets All Time Record for Highest Temperature
There's a heat wave down under as Sydney, Australia, set an all time record high temperature on Friday, January 18, 2013. The blazing temperatures sent the mercury high and by 2:55 p.m. at Sydney's Observatory Hill, it was 45.8 degrees Celsius or 115 degrees Fahrenheit. In other locations, the...
