Thursday Blizzard From Omaha to Des Moines
Feb. 19, 2013 A storm system set to emerge from the Rockies later in the week will bring blizzard conditions, as well as needed moisture, to portions of the central Plains. There is the potential for...
View ArticlePrivate Moon Travel a Reality in 2020?
Feb. 19, 2013 An artist's illustration of a Golden Spike Company moon lander on the lunar surface. (Golden Spike Company) A private startup aiming to launch manned lunar expeditions has started a...
View ArticleThe World's Most Terrifying Airports
Getty Images 1 of 14 Many airports offer offer long, wide runways with little or no obstacles. These are what you might call sensibly designed airports. And then there are the others: airports...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 2-19-2013
AP Photo/Ajit Solanki 1 of 10 An Indian laborer sun dries red chilies at Shertha village on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday. share Share on Tumblr Pin It Email to a friend Feng Li/Getty...
View ArticleWatch: Astronauts Reflect on Earth and the Overview Effect
It's astonishing that back in the 1960s humans were so focused on exploring space and looking outward, away from Earth, that few thought to consider the consequences of looking back at Earth from...
View ArticleRain, Heavy Snow Could Shut Down California Travel
One of the coldest storms of the winter with rain, low snow levels and thunderstorms will roll across California and the deserts and mountains of the Southwest through the middle of the week,...
View ArticleStorm From Alaska Dumps Rain, Snow on California
Interstate 80 traffic is held at a standstill due to a snow storm in Colfax, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Auburn Journal, Kim Palaferri) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A winter storm brought...
View ArticleWatch: Take Me Out to the ... Snowball Fight?
When snow forced the delay of a college baseball game in Boiling Springs, N.C., earlier this week, the two teams saw no reason to sit idly by watching snowflakes fall. Instead, a friendly snowball...
View ArticleWatch: Mount Etna Roars Back to Life
Italy's Mount Etna sent lava and gas shooting toward the stars early Tuesday morning, the first big eruption for the volcano in 2013. The famous Sicilian volcano burst to life overnight, sending a...
View ArticleBlizzard, Big Snow Under Way Kansas to Nebraska
Feb. 20, 2013 A storm system set to emerge from the Rockies later in the week will bring blizzard conditions, as well as needed moisture, to portions of the central Plains. There is the potential for...
View ArticleEast Coast Snowtorm Potential This Weekend
One or more storms maturing over the Plains have the potential to spin off new storms along the Atlantic Seaboard bringing a chance of snow to some areas this weekend into next week. The pattern we...
View ArticleChinese Dare Officials to Swim in Polluted Rivers
This photo taken on February 2, 2013, shows the new Qianximen Bridge and the Grand Theatre from across the Jialing River in Chongqing. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 2-20-2013
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO 1 of 10 This image, which was NASA's photo of the day on Feb. 16, shows magnetic loops on the sun. A series of loops such as this is known as a flux rope, and...
View ArticleWinter Snowstorm Blankets Great Plains
Updated Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, 5:04 p.m. ET A wrecked car sits in the middle of US Highway 54 near downtown Wichita, Kan., as heavy snow falls on Wednesday morning, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/The...
View ArticleAnother Weekend Snowstorm for New England
Another weekend is approaching and it appears another snowstorm may be in the works for part of weather-weary New England with a close call for part of the mid-Atlantic. On Tuesday, AccuWeather.com...
View ArticleNJ's Biggest Utility Outlines Plans to Stormproof
In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, photo after Superstorm Sandy, a PSE&G employee unloads new electrical transformers in a staging area in Lawrence Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File) New...
View ArticleRoyal Penguin Found Stranded on New Zealand Beach
In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, photo provided by the Wellington Zoo, a royal penguin rests in an enclosure at the Welling Zoo in Wellington, New Zealand. (AP Photo/Wellington Zoo) WELLINGTON, New...
View ArticleWatch: Rare Desert Snow Falls in Phoenix
A saguaro cactus dusted with snow? It's not a sight you see often, that's for sure. Still, this week's massive Plains blizzard has stretched so far and wide that it's brought snow to a wide swath of...
View ArticleDeath Valley Named Largest Dark Sky Park
The night skies above Death Valley National Park. (bumeister1/Flickr) Death Valley National Park - famous for being the site of the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth - is being honored with a...
View ArticlePhotos: Blizzard Slams Plains
AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Travis Heying 1 of 23 A large winter storm moved in over the nation's heartland on Wednesday morning and is expected to last until Thursday evening. The storm could bring...
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