Canadian Arctic Nearly Loses Entire Ice Shelf: Two ice shelves that existed before Canada was settled by Europeans diminished significantly this summer, one nearly disappearing altogether.  The loss is an important marker of global climate change, returning the Arctic to conditions that date back thousands of years.  The shelf went from being a 16-square mile […]

‘Colbert Report’  Stirs Up Controversy at DIA: Producers from the “Colbert Report” were at Denver International Airport (DIA) on Friday taping scenes for an upcoming show on conspiracy theories tied to the airport.   The theories include that the airport was built by the Illuminati for the New World Order, that its runways form a […]

Disasters in the US:  An Extreme and Exhausting Year: So far, 2011 has brought its share of major tornadoes and tornado outbreaks, droughts, floods, and even a rare hurricane in the Northeast.  With $35 billion dollars in natural disaster damage thus far this year, it seems natural to wonder what the heck is going on? […]

Read the full news story at http://news.yahoo.com/tempest-from-hell-seen-saturn-190517740.html Imagine being caught in a thunderstorm as wide as the Earth with discharges of lightning 10,000 times more powerful than normal, flashing 10 times per second. Now imagine that the storm is still unfolding, 8 months after originally forming.  One of the most violent weather events in the […]

Read the full stories and more at http://news.yahoo.com/. Is There Water on Mars? In a storied search for possible signs of life on Mars both past and present, scientists now have their best evidence yet that life-giving water may still exist on the barren planet.  A series of high-quality photos from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter […]