Category Science

Feeling Warm?

I am in a place I have come to call ‘White Mars’ – the heart of Antarctica. It is the coldest, darkest and most extreme environment on our planet. The outside temperature has again fallen below -80C (-112F) or -99.9C…

Titanic memorabilia — frozen in time

A century after the ocean liner sank, an intriguing new artifact has risen to the surface: the iceberg that sank RMS Titanic. “Admittedly, it has shrunk to about the size of an ice-cube,” said its owner ‘Sir’ John Richardson in this exclusive phone…

Amazing Videos of Earth at Night from Space

[brightcove vid=1445733335001&exp3=1813626064&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=1564549380&pk=AQ~~,AAAAAF1BIQQ~,g5cZB_aGkYZXG-DCZXT7a-c4jcGaSdDQ&w=404&h=436] While you’re curled up comfy in your bed each night, the crew of the International Space Station is getting unrivaled views of our planet. For anyone wishing they could see what the astronauts see, here are recent videos of the…