Celebrate Earth Day With a 4,800-Year-Old Tree (If You Can ...
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG The exact location of Methuselah, a Great Basin bristlecone pine commonly known as the world’s […]
Daily Archives: August 20, 2016
Some Turtles See Red Better Than You Do
By JOANNA KLEIN A “red gene” that originated from dinosaurs gives some birds and turtles special color vision, […]
Daily Activity Summary for August 19, 2016
These are the results of my activities* for August 19, 2016: Total steps: 7697 Calories burned: 2482 Traveled: […]
Scattered Thunderstorms for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 23°C and a low of […]
The Otherworldly Polka Dots of Spotted Lake
By JOANNA KLEIN As British Columbia dries out every summer, most of Spotted Lake’s water evaporates, leaving hundreds […]
Perseid Fireball at Sunset Crater
On the night of August 12, this bright Perseid meteor flashed above volcanic Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona, […]
Bird Song Found to Somehow Protect Babies From High Temperatures
By STEPH YIN Their parents sing for Australian finches when they are about to hatch, and it somehow […]
Meet Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things
By NICHOLAS WADE A single-cell, bacterium-like organism clinging to volcanic sea vents may have been the forebear of […]