A Saskatchewan portrait photographer captured stunning photos Saturday for a newly married couple in which a tornado could be seen in the background. Colleen Niska shared the photographs on Facebook saying she's "dreamed about a day like this."
Today is the annual day of the year when Manhattan's street grid, first laid out in 1811, aligns perfectly with the setting sun, which is sometimes referred to as a Manhattan Solstice or, as Neil deGrasse Tyson calls it, Manhattanhenge.
The first of the 2014 summer supermoons filled the night sky last night. Here are some of your photos from around the United States. Click to see the full photos.
Today the French National Day of July 14, Fête de la Fédération, commemorates the date 225 years ago when citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison during the French Revolution, freeing the seven prisoners being held there and branding the memory of "Bastille Day" forevermore. (1789) As an interesting historical footnote, one of the keys to the Bastille, a fortress that was torn […]
Each summer for almost 90 years, the world famous Chincoteague Island pony swim has captivated locals and visitors alike.
Tess and Ryan sent in this photo, saying they LOVE GOOD NEWS! Thanks, guys! Maybe you will be able to come to our 17th Anniversary Meet and Greet in Chicago on September 28. Interested in joining us? Get details on my blog.
Historian Scott Lund has released evidence to support his theory that Da Vinci's last three paintings have been found to form a complete solar grouping that represented constellations during the solstices and equinoxes at the time of the Catholic church's Grand Jubilee celebration of 1500 AD.
Now that beloved baseball great Derek Jeter is headed for retirement, a new Gatorade commercial has baseball fans getting misty-eyed.
A patch of milkweed the size of a card table planted last spring in Oregon already is producing new butterflies to help boost dwindling populations, along with other new gardens planted around the valley.
"India has managed to do what few other nations have accomplished (and no other Asians): putting a satellite into orbit around another planet" — and on the first try.
New York City Mayor de Blasio announced today the funding of 24 installations as part of the administration's new green buildings plan, tripling the amount of solar currently planned on City-owned buildings, and marking another step forward as the City works to dramatically reduce its contributions to climate change.
A nine-year-old boy from Texas who is going blind got help from Alaska Airlines, a pilot, and others to travel to Alaska to see the aurora borealis.
Our Chicago WS Meet-and-Greet could not have been more fun! With sunny skies and a beautiful beach stretching right alongside our tables, we ate lunch, told jokes, and enjoyed the positive vibes at an outdoor restaurant, The Dock.
The average risk of developing cancer as a result of pollution found in the Los Angeles area has dropped by more than 50 percent, a result of decades-long improvement programs, according to a new report.
First envisioned in 1997, and funded by $80 million in private donations, a new memorial was dedicated yesterday to honor disabled veterans. The Memorial, located 1,000 feet from the US Capitol, was the brainchild of an 81 year-old philanthropist named Lois, who has no personal ties to veterans.
Tomorrow morning North Americans may be in a position to see a "Blood Moon" lunar eclipse for the second time this year. Viewers in Australia, the Pacific islands and eastern Asia will, on a cloudless night, be able to view this event on the evening of October 8th.
"Biologists are using the skills of nature's best engineers, relocating troublemaking beavers to the headwaters of the Yakima River, where their talent for chewing willows and constructing lodges can be put to use, helping to restore streams and salmon habitat."
Leatherback turtle nesting reached a new record this year in Florida while the number of loggerhead sea turtle nests remained high, according to Fish and Wildlife Research Institute scientists.
Since its launch in 2007, cameras mounted atop Google's Street View vehicles have captured crazy, haunting, beautiful, and ecstatic moments from neighborhoods across the world. Here are our nine favorites.
This beautiful photo epitomizes thankfulness. Here is what I am grateful for on this Thanksgiving day.