Tag: NATURE

Imagine being the spy satellite operator who gets moved from tracking Osama duty to counting rats -- Giant Kangaroo Rats, to be specific. Scientists in California are using images from an Israeli defense satellite in order to count the number of Giant Kangaroo Rats still living in the California desert. The satellite images won't be able to actually reveal individual rats, but they will be able ...

Ruh roh. Seems you can't use the "it's good for my health" excuse to watch just one more hour of Sunrise Earth, as a recent study has shown that watching serene scenes on HDTV just doesn't have the same calming effect as does watching a similar scene in nature. The University of Washington-based study discovered that heart recovery rates in people exposed to minor stress were the same when ...

We'll let you read the hed again -- nope, it's not a joke. Apparently millions of tiny swarming ants called "crazy raspberry ants" are causing quite a ruckus down in Houston after they accidentally arrived on board a cargo ship and started busily invading homes and offices, where they are attracted to electrical equipment. So far they've messed up sewage pumps, cause fire alarms to go haywire, ...

You may not be aware, but prosthetics aren't just for humans anymore. Oh no, now medical artisans spend quality time designing and fitting wild creatures with replacement parts after tragic accidents. Braces to help dogs walk are nothing new, but some adventurous body part sculptors are taking on more demanding project like a new beak for a bald eagle and a tail for a dolphin. One DIY'er even ...

A tax called 'No Child Left Inside' has been backed by New Mexico's Sierra Club, an environmental and outdoor preservation group. The proposed one-percent sales tax on video games and televisions is aimed at funding outdoor classroom initiatives and encouraging New Mexico's increasingly obese and diabetic youth to get off the couch and explore the great outdoors. According to New Mexico's State ...

YouTube ... ain't it grand? Without its endless, ever-expanding library of videos from around the globe, we'd have to live in Japan in order to to watch a female game show contestant tease a captive polar bear -- in a seal costume. Why didn't they ever do stuff like this on 'Fear Factor'? From OhGizmo! Related Links: 'Zelda' Spoof Exposes Link as a Perv! College Offers YouTube 101 Course ...

Instead of TiVo-ing a few episodes of Discovery's 'Planet Earth' series and calling yourself a nature lover, get out there and experience it for yourself! Enhance your live-action viewing pleasure with the diminutive Makroskop MS 82x5 from MINOX, which pulls double duty as both a telescope and microscope. In telescope mode, the $230 water-proof handheld wonder boasts a field of view of 375 feet. ...