It isn’t easy being a college kid during a recession. Tuition is going up while student services are going down — and that, of course, assumes that you were lucky enough to be accepted to matriculate in the first place. So what is an environmentally minded, financially strapped student to do?
Fortunately, despite the added pressures of [...]

1. Milford Track, New Zealand
Sure, it only lasts four days, but New Zealand’s most famous track is known as “the finest walk in the world” for good reason. Sometimes great things come in small packages.
2. Paine Circuit, Chile
The breathtaking 10-day Paine Circuit just might be the only trail in the world where you can see [...]

Infrasound refers to extreme bass waves or vibrations, those with a frequency below the audibility range of the human ear (20 Hz to 22 kHz). Even though these waves can’t be heard by us, they can be felt and have been shown to produce a range of effects in some people including anxiety, extreme sorrow, [...]

Ted Bundy 30-100
Theodore Robert Bundy, known as Ted Bundy, was an American serial killer. He twice escaped from county jails before his final apprehension in February 1978. Before he was executed in 1989, he admitted to murdering 40 young women in almost a dozen states during his four-year reign of terror in the [...]

Hotel de Glace

Hotel de Glace is a very unique hotel in Quebec, Canada, that’s made of ice and snow. With a total surface area of more than 32,000 square feet (3,000 square meters), it’s no surprise that this ice hotel is grand and has 36 rooms, suites (one has a fireplace!), a bar, and a chapel.  [...]

They are definitely not “ducks”, nor do they have any relation to “geo”-logy. In fact, they seem alien enough to be “from Mars” and, for all I know, possess a malign intelligence.
They are found mostly around Pacific Coast of the US and Canada, and in Japan they seem to serve as inspiration for “manga” of [...]

Oyster

The common name oyster is used for a number of different groups of bivalve mollusks, most of which live in marine habitats or brackish water. The shell consists of two usually highly calcified valves which surround a soft body. Gills filter plankton from the water, and strong adductor muscles are used to hold the [...]

Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus
The Asian tiger mosquito or forest day mosquito, from the mosquito family Culicidae, is characterized by its black and white striped legs, and small black and white body.Aedes albopictus is a competent vector of many viruses including dengue fever (CDC 2001) and Eastern equine encephalitis virus (Mitchell et al. 1992). Its [...]

Allegheny National Forest

The Allegheny National Forest sits in the rugged plateau country of northwestern Pennsylvania. Many creeks and streams cut deeply into the plateau, creating a rolling and sometimes steep topography with a 1,300 foot range of elevation. The terrain is covered with a typical eastern hardwood forest: Black cherry, yellow poplar, white ash, red [...]

With the sun dappled across these white clouds and a deep blue sky, it appears dawn is about to break.
But this remarkable photograph of an English rural landscape near was taken at midnight and shows the rare phenomenon of ‘night shining.’
The shimmering clouds form at an altitude of around 55 miles above sea level and [...]