Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the "Society Islands" of French Polynesia, and a major international tourist destination in the South Pacific famous for its aqua-centric luxury resorts. The island, located about 140 miles northwest of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier r...

The global conservation movement has reached a turning point. We have documented the fast pace of habitat loss, the growing number of endangered and extinct species, and the increasing speed of global climate change.

Yet while the seriousness of these threats cannot be denied,

I am not big fan of musical fountains, but what they did in Hangzhou is great. Noozles are moving and nicely syncronized with music. It was interesting how they used MS Windows jingles between songs.

This video is a compilation of images depicting the devastation resulting from Hurricane Sandy in the North East of the United States. In particular it includes the destruction of towns and villages in the States of New Jersey and New York. The flooding of tunnels and subways in one of the most po...

Unusual and creative, intriguing and fashionable. Inventive and different as imagined by this video compilation.

Giraffes are beloved of evolutionary biologists for a number of reasons. They are, of course, the tallest of all living animals, and that elegant neck is the primary reason why. The origin of that beautiful neck has also been attributed to sexual selection. This is where the sex lives of giraffes ge...

Lenticular clouds are stationary clouds that form mostly in the troposphere, typically in parallel alignment to the wind direction. These lens-shaped orographic wave clouds form when the air is stable and winds blow across hills and mountains from the same or similar direction at different heights ...

Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to move her own arms or legs for 15 years. But using the most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed, she can steer a robotic arm towards a bottle, pick it up, and drink her morning coffee. The interface includes a sensor implanted in Cathy's brain, which 'r...

NASA's Space shuttle last mission lift off. Shuttle Endeavour went to space for the last time on May 16th, 2011 at 8:56 AM EDT. By Wednesday May 18th they will have reached the space station and their return back after a 16 day mission is expected by early June, 2011

Vice President of Real Estate Dave Radcliffe and architects Thomas Heatherwick and Bjarke Ingels discuss our proposed Master Plan for our new campus in Mountain View, California. With our proposal, our focus is on creating space for people, nature and ideas to thrive.