NASA Releases Amazing New Photos of the World at Night

NASA scientists have released new global maps of Earth at night, providing the clearest-yet views of the patterns of human settlements across our planet

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Exploding Sea Cucumber Butt Threads Are a New Material

Whoever named the sea cucumber after a vegetable didn’t give it enough credit. Yes, sea cucumbers are soft, warty tubes that scoot eyelessly along the seafloor. But they aren’t helpless. Some secrete a poison that’s deadly to other animals. And some, when threatened, shoot sticky threads out of their anuses to tangle up predators.

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Cougars spotted 'taking a stroll' along SkyTrain tracks in Port Moody,B.C.

The animals tripped an alarm early Friday morning.

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The Benefits of Solitude

Our society rewards social behaviour while ignoring the positive effects of time spent alone. An excerpt from "Solitude" by Michael Harris.

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Clean Energy Isn't Just the Future—It's the Present

Renewables provided 55 percent of all new electrical capacity worldwide last year, the most ever. In some regions, solar is the cheapest source of power, and it will only get cheaper. Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates that a watt of power from ground-mounted solar will drop a further 36 percent by 2025. Solar's appeal isn't just one of cost. It's the most democratized and decentralized power source. Solar systems sometimes feature a single panel; others line hundreds of acres of desert.

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Centuries Old Pemmican-Making Camp Uncovered in Montana

The camp, used by Blackfoot peoples from to the 14th to 17th centuries, sheds light on a key commodity of the pre-contact Northern Plains.

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BP oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to natural resources, scientists find in first-ever financial evaluation of spill’s impact

The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists recently found after a six-year study of the impact of the largest oil spill in U.S. history. This is the first comprehensive appraisal of the financial value of the natural resources damaged by the 134-million-gallon spill. “This is proof that our natural resources have an immense monetary value to citizens of the United States who visit the Gulf and to those who simply care that this valuable resource is...

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