Did a Rogue Wave Kill 4 Fishermen?
A rogue wave reaching a height of 60-foot plus hit a tanker headed south from Valdez, Alaska, in February 1993. The ship was running in about 25-foot seas when a monster wave struck it broadside on...
View ArticleWatch: NASA Live Stream of Lyrid Meteor Shower
April 22, 2013 Live video from your iPhone using Ustream The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaked this weekend, but it's not too late to see the celestial display. The Lyrids should still be visible at a...
View ArticleMore Rain Expected for Swollen Midwest Rivers
Updated Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 7:50 p.m. ET Heavy equipment is used in the effort to reinforce a temporary levee on Monday, April 22, 2013, in Clarksville, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) PEORIA...
View ArticleSun-Powered Plane Completes California Test Flight
The Solar Impulse lands during a test flight at Moffett Field NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, April 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - A...
View ArticleAvalanche That Killed 5 Difficult to Predict
Snow falls near the spot where five members of a backcountry snowboarder group were found dead after they were trapped by an avalanche on Loveland Pass, Colo., Saturday, April 20, 2013. (AP...
View ArticleBiting Chill Surges Deep Into the Plains, Midwest
The cold air that has been sitting across the northern Plains will make a big push southeastward on Tuesday, bringing much-colder air into much of the Midwest. Places in for a much-colder day on...
View ArticleEarthquake Weather? Hurricane May Have Triggered Temblors
The GOES-13 satellite captured this stunning visible image of Hurricane Irene just before it made landfall in New York City in 2011. (Credit:NASA | NOAA | GOES Project) Hot or cold, rain or snow,...
View ArticleHelp Wanted: Private Martian Colony Project Seeks Astronauts
Artist's depiction of Mars One astronauts and their colony on the Red Planet. (Credit: Mars One / Bryan Versteeg) NEW YORK - If a one-way trip to Mars appeals to you, now's the time to apply to be...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 4-23-2013
AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty 1 of 10 Lt. Mike Murphy of the Newton, Mass., fire department carries an American flag down the middle of Boylston Street after observing a moment of silence in honor of the...
View ArticleWatch: The World's Longest Freestanding Tower Highline
Daredevil Andy "Sketchy Andy" Lewis holds numerous world records for tricklining and highlining, which are essentially forms of tightrope walking. This winter, Lewis completed the world's longest...
View Article8 Photos of a Menacing Supercell Thunderstorm
Michael Bath/Facebook 1 of 8 Australian storm chaser Michael Bath captured a series of striking photographs of a large supercell thunderstorm in western Oklahoma on April 22. Bath followed the...
View ArticleHubble Telescope Photographs Potential 'Comet of the Century'
April 23, 2013 This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet ISON was taken on April 10, 2013, when the comet was slightly closer than Jupiter's orbit at a distance of 386 million miles from the sun...
View Article13 Stunning Photos from the 2013 Nat Geo Traveler Photo Contest
Alasdair Turner/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest 1 of 13 The 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is accepting submissions through Sunday, June 30, 2013. We've collected 13...
View ArticleCautious Relief in Midwest as River Levels Fall
Updated Wednesday, April 24, 4:37 p.m. The Illinois River rises out of its banks, flooding Lake Street on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Spring Bay Ill. Floodwaters are rising to record levels along the...
View ArticleStrong Storms Threaten Philly, Mid-Atlantic
Showers and thunderstorms will move through the mid-Atlantic today with the potential for a few isolated strong storms from Binghamton, N.Y., through Charlottesville, Va. Overall, the threat for...
View ArticleWinter's Last Gasp: April Yields Snow, Cold Records
Two people walked with umbrellas in the snow around Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, Minn., on Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider) A series of April snowstorms has...
View ArticleDo 'Green' Cities Boost Happiness?
Central Park in New York City. (Shutterstock) Avoid the concrete jungle: A new study finds that people who live in cities with more green space feel better than those surrounded by stone and steel. In...
View ArticleGreat Lakes' Low Levels May Get Spring Boost
Snow covering the Lake Michigan area on April 2, 2013. (NASA) Water levels in two of the Great Lakes dipped to record lows in January, but while spring conditions are expected to give these freshwater...
View ArticleIs a Chesapeake Bay Island Disappearing?
This May 7, 2012, aerial photo shows the western opening to Tangier Island's harbor in Tangier, Va. (AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, Scott Harper) TANGIER ISLAND, Va. (AP) - One day after Hurricane Sandy...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 4-24-2013
Cmdr_Hadfield/Twitter 1 of 10 Astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo of New York City from the International Space Station on April 24. He wrote, "Tonight's Finale: New York City, incredibly...
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