NRDC List: Is Your Beach Fine or Filthy?
The annual list of the cleanest — and dirtiest — beaches is out. Before you head to the shore, click here to see how your beach ranks. The Natural Resources Defense Council examined the water quality at more than 3,000 U.S. beaches along the Atlantic… Read More »
EmailGin and Tonics at Risk From Foreign Invader
Next time you have a gin and tonic, you might appreciate it a bit more. Gin gets its prominent flavor from junipers, and the plant is now under attack. A fungus-like organism called phytophthora austrocedrae has been spotted infecting juniper plants and spreading throughout Northern… Read More »
Male Spiders Make Love, Not War, but Die Anyway
In a macabre display of affection, the male dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) dies shortly after it mates with a female, a new study in the journal Biology Letters finds. But unlike black widows, whose females are infamous for eating the males once the deed is… Read More »
Chemist Hopes ‘Artificial Leaf’ Can Power Civilization Using Photosynthesis
Imagine an artificial leaf that mimics photosynthesis, which lets plants harness energy from the sun. But this leaf would have the ability to power your homes and cars with clean energy using only sunlight and water. This is not some far-off idea of the future…. Read More »
Can WiFi Signals Stunt Plant Growth?
A Danish science experiment by a group of 9th-graders has gained worldwide interest and may have us rethinking the proliferation of wireless devices in our homes. Five girls from Hjallerup Skole, a primary education school in Denmark, began the experiment after noticing that when they slept with their cellphones… Read More »
NASA Captures Monster Hurricane from Space
NASA’s spacecraft Cassini took this amazing colorful picture of a Saturn storm that resembles a hurricane on Earth. The center eye of the storm on Saturn is about 1,250 miles wide. That’s 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth, that’s the distance… Read More »
Watch: Ronan the Sea Lion Rocks the Beat
Researchers have made a new discovery in the field of adorable dancing animals. In a University of California Santa Cruz study, Ronan the California sea lion has learned to bob her head in rhythm to several songs, a capability once believed to be only possessed… Read More »
iPad-Playing Penguins Try to Nip at Virtual Mouse
Spring is in air at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., and while many penguins are preparing for mating season, two coming-of-age birds found another form of entertainment: An iPad game. Still too young to mate, Jeremy and Newsom seem to have taken… Read More »
Frog That Gives Birth Through Mouth to be Brought Back From Extinction
Researchers in Australia have reached a major milestone in resurrecting a unique species of frog that gives birth through its mouth, and vanished into extinction 30 years ago. In what became known as the ” Lazarus Project” at the University of Newcastle in Australia, scientists… Read More »
Seagull Perched on Sistine Chapel Chimney Draws Twitter, Meme Antics
By LAUREN EFFRON and DAN MILANO Well, it’s not a cardinal. But two birds made themselves international stars at the papal Conclave, lighting the Internet aflame with comments and jokes. The birds, which appeared to be seagulls, chose this historic moment to land atop the… Read More »
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