More Than 200 Dead or Missing in China Floods
This picture taken on August 19, 2013, shows vehicles submerged by water in the flood-hit Chaonan district of Shantou, in southern China's Guangdong province. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) BEIJING (AP) -...
View ArticleArchaeologists Race to Save Gaza's Ancient Ruins
In this Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013, photo, a man looks at a mosaic at St. Hilarion's monastery in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. (AP photo/Hatem Moussa) ST. HILARION, Gaza Strip (AP) - The...
View ArticleExplore the World's Coral Reefs with Google Street View
A coral reef panorama from the Catlin Seaview Survey. (Credit: Catlin Seaview Survey) With a mouse click, viewers anywhere can be transported to the serene underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef....
View ArticleWatch: Airlift Rescue Saves Bears From Flood
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View ArticleRare Blue Moon to Shine in Tuesday Night's Sky
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 The full moon of August is usually called the Corn Moon, Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon. (Credit: Starry Night Software) This month's full moon, which...
View ArticleSecond Hawaii Shark Attack in Less Than a Week
Hilo, Hawaii (Getty Images) HONOLULU (AP) - A German visitor who lost her arm in a shark attack while snorkeling off Maui was on life support, a hospital spokeswoman said Monday, a day after a Big...
View ArticleWatch: TED Talk on the Joy of Gazing at Clouds
SKYE readers don't need to be persuaded to look up at the clouds, but we think you'll appreciate Gavin Pretor-Pinney's TED Talk about cloud-spotting in the digital age. The founder of the Cloud...
View Article15 Incredible Photos of Iceland
Getty Images 1 of 16 The Northern Lights are seen from Iceland's Thingvellir National Park share Share on Tumblr Pin It Email to a friend Getty Images 2 of 16 Clouds pass over Iceland's Glacier Lagoon...
View ArticleSevere Tropical Storm Trami Hits Taiwan
Massive waves from approaching Tropical Storm Trami slam into breakwaters near Toucheng, north eastern Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Severe Tropical...
View ArticleWildfire Burns out of Control Near Yosemite
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 A U.S. Forest Service firefighter moves away from a quickly moving section of the Rim Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/The Modesto Bee,...
View Article21 Killed in Northwest China Flash Flood
This aerial view shows a residential area submerged by floodwaters in Shantou, in southern China's Guangdong province on August 21, 2013. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) BEIJING (AP) - A flash flood swept...
View ArticleBlood-Drinking Mosquitos Overrun Parts of US
(Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - The tiny mosquito all too often has man on the run. And this summer, it seems even worse than usual. "You can't get from the car to inside our house without getting...
View ArticleGlowing Northern Lights Dance in Real-Time in Spectacular Video
(Chad Blakley/LightsOverLapland.com) If you can't make it to Sweden to see the Northern Lights, the next best thing is a new video of the aurora lights compiled from thousands of hours of observations...
View ArticleWatch: Dying Dolphins Along East Coast a Mystery
Nearly 230 dolphins have washed ashore this year from New York to Virginia since July, and scientists are working feverishly to determine what is killing them. The maritime mystery has researchers...
View ArticlePhotos: Breathtaking Images of August's Rare Blue Moon
Mike Zacchino/The Oregonian/AP Photo 1 of 9 A rare Blue Moon - the third moon of four in the summer season - rose in the night sky on Tuesday evening. This particular moon is also known as the Full...
View ArticlePhoto Collage: The Day Earth Waved at Saturn
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Beautiful, no? This collage, made public today by NASA/JPL, celebrates the day in July when Cassini photographed Earth from somewhere near Saturn. People in...
View ArticlePhotos: Lightning Strikes Across Northern California
Konvolinka Photography/Flickr 1 of 12 More than 14,000 lightning strikes lit up the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Very little rain accompanied the lightning, which was forecast to...
View ArticleAstronaut Recounts Near-Drowning on Spacewalk
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano speaks in a microphone while working in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. (AP Photo/NASA) CAPE...
View ArticleBrilliant Red Sprite Lightning Caught on Film
Aug. 21, 2013 Amazing new photos and video of the elusive red lightning called sprites are helping researchers understand how the mysterious electric bursts form. Sprites last less than a second as...
View ArticleStorm Lashes China After Killing 17 in Philippines
Soldiers walk through surf caused by high waves hitting the shoreline while severe tropical storm Trami approaches on August 22, 2013, in Wenling, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via...
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