Power Restored in India After World's Largest Blackout
A Kashmiri mechanic repairs electric generators used during power outages in Srinagar, India on Wednesday. (AP) NEW DELHI (AP) - Factories and workshops across India were up and running Wednesday...
View ArticleDead Humpback Whale Washes Up in Australian Pool
AP Photo/Rob Griffith 1 of 8 A dead humpback whale washed into a pool at Newport Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday morning. The Sydney Daily Telegraph reported that the young adult whale was...
View ArticleMysterious Crop Circles Appear in Washington Wheat Field
Crop circles in a wheat field owned by Greg and Cindy Geib near Wilbur, Wash. (AP Photo/The Wilbur Register, Courtney Ruiz) SEATTLE (AP) - Mysterious crop circles have appeared in an eastern...
View ArticleThe Mola Mola: An Unlikely Internet Star
Facebook: Daniel Botelho The Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, may look like a creature from outer space, but the gentle giants actually reside in the Pacific. This summer, Mola molas have been spotted in...
View ArticleTropical Depression Forms in Atlantic
MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters say a tropical depression has formed off the Windward Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and storm watches have been issued for the islands of Barbados, Dominica, Martinique and...
View ArticleAmazing 'Fire Rainbow' Appears Over South Florida
Aug. 1, 2012 This "fire rainbow," or iridescent cloud, was captured in a photo taken Tuesday over South Florida. (Ken Rotberg/WPTV) So-called "fire rainbows" are neither on fire nor are they rainbows,...
View ArticleDrought Helps Set July Record for Fewest Tornadoes
Aug. 1, 2012 Tornado damage in Henryville, Ind., after a tornado swept through the small community on March 2, 2012. There have been fewer tornadoes this year than most. (Michael Raphael/FEMA) There...
View ArticleTropical Depression Speeds Toward Caribbean
The current path of the tropical depression. (NOAA) MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters say a tropical depression is speeding toward a chain of small, popular vacation islands in the Caribbean Sea. The National...
View ArticleHalf of All U.S. Counties Now Considered Disaster Areas
The widespread drought has greatly affected corn crops across the nation. (AP) ST. LOUIS (AP) - Nearly 220 counties in a dozen drought-stricken states were added Wednesday to the U.S. government's...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Amazing Flying Machines Ever
Shutterstock 1 of 11 Humanity has reached out to the stars on the wings and rockets of incredible flying machines, culminating in a permanent space station orbiting above the Earth. But the journey...
View ArticleWatch: Huge Sinkhole Swallows Man in Taiwan
A security camera captured the moment a man in Taipei, Taiwan, was swallowed by a huge sinkhole that suddenly opened up. The unidentified man reportedly died in the fall. The island has been hit hard...
View ArticleWhy We're More Interested in Sex During the Summer
People in the U.S. are most interested in sex during the early summer, as well as in December and January, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the keywords that people in the U.S. used in...
View ArticleWatch: Surfers Get Gigantic Air in Indonesia
EPISODE ONE / 4 from Kustom Footwear on Vimeo. Indonesia's Mentawai Islands are legendary among surfers. Prime wave-riding season runs from May to September, and five lucky surfers are there to see...
View ArticleTropical Storm Ernesto Churns Toward Barbados
Aug. 2, 2012 (Updated 9:09 p.m. ET) NOAA MIAMI (AP) - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Ernesto is churning toward a string of islands in the Caribbean Sea and expected to pass near Barbados during the...
View ArticleDust from Asia Fills North America's Skies
Aug. 3, 2012 A sunset during an aerosol-ejecting Colorado wildfire in June 2012. (Brian Emory) By: Wynne Parry Nearly half of the tiny droplets and particles suspended high in the atmosphere over North...
View ArticleTropical Storm Ernesto Pummels the Caribbean
The path and winds of Tropical Storm Ernesto at 9:20 a.m. ET. (NOAA) MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Ernesto has passed over or near the island of St. Lucia and is moving into the eastern Caribbean sea....
View ArticleErnesto Expected to Become Hurricane by Monday
Updated Friday, Aug. 3, 8:21 p.m. ET ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) - Tropical Storm Ernesto is dumping heavy rain across the eastern Caribbean as it heads west toward Jamaica and Mexico. Dominica closed its...
View Article12 Stunning Photos of Mars
NASA/JPL-Caltech 1 of 12 We think of Mars as red, but of course other colors are well represented. In this full view of Mars, one of the planet's ice caps is visible in white at the bottom of the...
View ArticleA Guide to NASA's Mars Mission Lingo
Aug. 3, 2012 NASA/JPL-Caltech By Alicia Change PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Fascinated by NASA's latest Mars mission and planning to tune in? Well, good luck understanding the space agency's everyday lingo,...
View ArticleTropical Storm Ernesto Heads Toward Jamaica
Saturday, Aug. 4, 10:36 a.m. ET ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) - Tropical Storm Ernesto blew across open waters Saturday on a projected path that would skirt Jamaica and hit Mexico after dumping heavy rain on...
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