Ready, set, explore Earth from home
We’re at home. How about you? But we just discovered these virtual tours, galleries and live webcams from around the world, which we wanted to share. Stay home, and have some virtual fun …
Aprilâs birthstone is the diamond
Happy birthday April babies! Your birthstone, the diamond, is the rich cousin of graphite.
‘The losses could be profound’: floods wreak havoc on wildlife
For 900 years, Lugg and Hampton wildflower meadows in Herefordshire have bloomed into a wash of colour in spring. These fertile meadows were highly prized, and the Norman lords who owned them used the hay crop to help fund Hereford’s…
Your life story may be written in your teeth
A new study suggests our teeth reveal a lot more about us than just how often we brush. In fact, our teeth may dutifully record any experience that’s made a meaningful impact in our lives, from divorce to disease to…
Was this the ancestor of all animals?
Geologists say the worm-like creature – about the size of a grain of rice – is the 1st ancestor on the family tree that contains most animals today, including humans.
The life and death of one of America’s most mysterious trees
A symbol of life, ancient sundial or just firewood? Tree-ring scientists trace the origin of a tree log unearthed almost a century ago.
A new national park in Afghanistan offers hope for wildlife and people
Decades of war have overshadowed many important issues in Afghanistan, including the protection of its unique wildlife and wilderness. Afghanistan has a lower percentage of protected land than nearly every other country on Earth, according to World Bank data, with…
Ancient humans in India survived Toba super-volcano eruption
The Toba super-volcano eruption 74,000 years ago was 5,000 times larger than that of Mount St. Helens. Somehow, ancient human populations in India survived it.
Stone-age ‘likes’: Eggshell beads exchanged over 30,000 years ago
A clump of grass grows on an outcrop of shale 33,000 years ago. An ostrich pecks at the grass, and atoms taken up from the shale and into the grass become part of the eggshell the ostrich lays.
A centuries-old riddle in stone has finally been solved
A mysterious cipher carved into stone some 230 years ago in the village of Plougastel-Daoulas in Brittany, France has finally been solved. The riddle, discovered three decades ago and visible only at low tide on a three-foot-tall slab, is composed…
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