Our 2019 Outlook Report highlights the urgent need for our continued and accelerated action to improve the long-term outlook for the Great Barrier Reef. It is the third in a series of comprehensive reports on Reef health and management over 10 years, with the long-term outlook for the Reef’s ecosyst

Stromboli volcano erupts, caused the formation of a tsunami 1.5 meters high. A strong eruption of Stromboli volcano Sunday afternoon, December 4, 2022 triggered a 1.5-meter-high tsunami off the island. Alarms sounded on the island but, according to the first investigations by the Civil Protection...

A Dangerous AI and Robot Dance, with Elon Musk, Tom Scott & Pissbot (aka Boston Dynamics' Spot). The robot will stand at 5’8, have eight cameras and help owners eliminate “dangerous, repetitive and boring tasks,” Musk said, adding that the bot will be friendly and harmless to humans. “At a mechanic

A look at PrEP, a prevention strategy for people at high risk for contracting HIV. Researchers at the University of California explain how pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) works as they describe a four-year, multi-pronged study of men who have sex with men in Los Angeles and San Diego. Participants a...

Landscape photographers can take a stroll outside and have all the available light they crave – unless of course they are using light pouring in from a window. But for the most part, studio photography involves setting up elaborate lighting, stands, and modifiers. Light is a type of energy. It is a

The future of space travel is bright! Explore how humanity will send man and machine to nearby planets and interstellar worlds by 2050. By the middle of the century, our species will have made great strides and be ready to push on through the final frontier. This short documentary on future space tr...

Boxer briefs, shorts, drawers, Schenti, knickers, underwear. Gruff + Tumble digs into the interesting, and often hysterical origins of mens underwear. Necessity, fashion, ego, and actual support. All played key roles in the historic journey of why we humans wear underwear. We explore the global infl...

Atmosphere contains water vapor in amounts comparable to all the surface and underground water on the planet. But current machines that collect water from the atmospheric reservoir have major limitations. They use electrical refrigeration to cool the air and condense the vapor and that consumes a lo

To celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., two a cappella groups join, in what would normally seem an unlikely collaboration, to perform a cover version of the classic James Taylor song, “Shed a Little Light.” The Maccabeats, a Jewish a Capella group, are known for their catchy tunes to J

A New Human Ancestor Discovered, Homo Naledi, within a deep and narrow cave in South Africa, Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team found fossil remains belonging to the newest member of our human family. The Homo Naledi discovery adds another exciting chapter to the human evolution story by i...