Weekly Science Quiz

One of my readers posed the question: When I turn off the light in my bedroom at night, where does all the light go? Before we answer th...

A swarm of krill in the Southern Ocean Worldwide there are about 85 species of krill, the largest of which is the Antarctic krill (Euph...

Located southeast of Seattle, Mount Rainier is the tallest volcano in the Cascade Range and the most topographically prominent mountain in ...

Brocken specter as seen from  the Golden Gate Bridge. I love travelling through the mountains. The way the light plays off the mis...

The majority of the DNA used for the Neanderthal Genome Project was obtained from the bone fragments of three females who were excavated...

The first image taken by the NASA Curiosity rover after the dust covers were removed from the cameras. I watched in amazement last nig...

Socotra, part of the Republic of Yemen, is a small archipelago of four islands in the Arabian Sea off the Horn of Africa. Socotra’s isolati...