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Mar 23, 2013
Natural Phenomena Lightning

The World’s Most Mind-Blowing Natural Phenomena

The World’s Most Mind-Blowing Natural Phenomena: Catatumbo Lightning Confined to the skies above Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo, the ceaseless streaks of Catatumbo lightning have captivated the interests of scientists, explorers and artists for centuries. For nearly half the year and up to ten hours a day, the natural methane and oil...

Mar 23, 2013

The World’s Most Mind-Blowing Natural Phenomena

The World’s Most Mind-Blowing Natural Phenomena: Catatumbo Lightning Confined to the skies above Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo, the ceaseless streaks of Catatumbo lightning have captivated the interests of scientists, explorers and artists for centuries. For nearly half the year and up to ten hours a day, the natural methane and oil...

By All That's Interesting
Natural Phenomena Lightning
Mar 15, 2013

What We Love This Week, Volume IV

The Magnificent Seven You might think that it is only Ron Paul who views printed money as some absurd art form, but you’d be wrong. Meet French artist Philippe Petremant, whose series “The Magnificent Seven” transforms traditional currency into comical portraits so incredible that even those of us who don’t...

Mar 15, 2013

What We Love This Week, Volume IV

The Magnificent Seven You might think that it is only Ron Paul who views printed money as some absurd art form, but you’d be wrong. Meet French artist Philippe Petremant, whose series “The Magnificent Seven” transforms traditional currency into comical portraits so incredible that even those of us who don’t...

By All That's Interesting
Dec 30, 2012
Solar System Facts Dwarf Planets 2

Four Incredible Facts About Our Solar System

Venus' surface can burn your skin off and Jupiter's hydrogen sea may contain elements unseen since the solar system's start. Find out some more solar system facts here.

Dec 30, 2012

Four Incredible Facts About Our Solar System

Venus' surface can burn your skin off and Jupiter's hydrogen sea may contain elements unseen since the solar system's start. Find out some more solar system facts here.

By Savannah Cox
Solar System Facts Dwarf Planets 2
Oct 18, 2012
ALMA Observatory

The World’s Most Spectacular Observatories

Mauna Kea Observatory Occupying a vast 500 acres on Hawaii’s Big Island, the Mauna Kea Observatory is currently the world’s largest array of optical, infrared, and submillimeter astronomical equipment. Combined, the light-gathering ability of the telescopes on MKO is sixty times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope. Mauna Kea houses...

Oct 18, 2012

The World’s Most Spectacular Observatories

Mauna Kea Observatory Occupying a vast 500 acres on Hawaii’s Big Island, the Mauna Kea Observatory is currently the world’s largest array of optical, infrared, and submillimeter astronomical equipment. Combined, the light-gathering ability of the telescopes on MKO is sixty times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope. Mauna Kea houses...

By Savannah Cox
ALMA Observatory
Oct 8, 2012

Visualizing Climate Change, A Moving Look At Climate Change’s Impact

The effects of climate change are manifold. As evidenced by the following photographs, they do not take on a single, distinctive form, nor do they affect world regions the same way. Often confused with global warming, climate change is simply the change in average weather conditions or its distribution within...

Oct 8, 2012

Visualizing Climate Change, A Moving Look At Climate Change’s Impact

The effects of climate change are manifold. As evidenced by the following photographs, they do not take on a single, distinctive form, nor do they affect world regions the same way. Often confused with global warming, climate change is simply the change in average weather conditions or its distribution within...

By Savannah Cox
Aug 29, 2012

Nature’s Five Most Peculiar Plants

Nature’s Most Peculiar Plants: Rafflesia Arnoldii (Corpse Flower) The Rafflesia arnoldii, found in Southeast Asia, is known by the name “corpse flower” due to the smell of rotting flesh which it gives off. The plant is rootless, leafless, parasitic, and has the largest known flower in the world – it...

Aug 29, 2012

Nature’s Five Most Peculiar Plants

Nature’s Most Peculiar Plants: Rafflesia Arnoldii (Corpse Flower) The Rafflesia arnoldii, found in Southeast Asia, is known by the name “corpse flower” due to the smell of rotting flesh which it gives off. The plant is rootless, leafless, parasitic, and has the largest known flower in the world – it...

By All That's Interesting