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Monarch Butterfly Google Earth Tour

A story about the migration of monarch butterflies, and the people that help them out along the way. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqDwvuleRYc&hl=en_US&version=3] This Google Earth Tour was produced by Atlantic Public Media in cooperation with the Encyclopedia Read More →

Armchair Taxonomist Challenge!

Get in touch with your inner science writer: announcing the Armchair Taxonomist Challenge! Humans have probably been naming things and making lists since our earliest ancestors began to separate "Stuff That Tastes Good" from "Stuff That Killed That Other Guy That Read More →

Fungi Podcast

This week’s podcast begins with a riddle about a life form that’s all around us, yet rarely seen. Working under cover, it sends its ghostly tendrils into almost every corner of the terrestrial world. We associate it with death and Read More →

Lord Howe Island Stick Insect hatching

In a world first, zookeeper Rohan Cleave captured the amazing hatching process of a critically endangered Lord Howe Island Stick Insect at Melbourne Zoo. The eggs incubate for over 6 months and Read More →

Giant Ant Colony Excavated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFg21x2sj-M Researchers filled a Giant Ant colony full of concrete to reveal the amazingly complex structure below. Of course, they probably could have used ground penetrating radar to accomplish the same thing without wiping out the ants.

LES Fireworks from Copenhagen Suborbitals

This is a high speed capture of Copenhagen Suborbitals testing their Launch Escape System. You can see a realtime capture of the same system here along with a test of their Sapphire engine which Read More →

Voyager: A love story

In the summer of 1977, NASA sent Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 on an epic journey into interstellar space. Each spacecraft carries a golden record album, a massive compilation of images and sounds embodying the best of Planet Earth. According Read More →

A view from the Cassini Mission

http://vimeo.com/24410924 When asked what space looked like, I would probably show you bright and colorful imagery of colliding galaxies and exploding stars likely from the Hubble. But Chris Abbas has turned my view of space on it's head with his stunning Read More →