On the 26th of November 2011, the Mars Science Laboratory was launched from Cape Canaveral. This time lapse sequence shows a plume drifting against the background stars, probably caused by venting from the Centaur rocket after it carried out a burn over the Indian Ocean.

In this episode of our science medical segment "Ask Dr Bob" we discuss what you need to know about Monkeypox, including symptoms, testing, treatment and vaccines. Dr Bob stresses the need to have a clear awareness that anyone can get monkeypox, and while in the latest outbreak, the virus is predom...

In Loving Memory - Keith Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990). Keith was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". Much of his work includes sexual allusions that turn

Go behind the scenes of the fairy tale photo shoot for Broadway Bares XXII: Happy Endings. The hotly anticipated Broadway Bares pays tribute to our favorite favorite childhood fairy tales as only the modern-day burlesque show could as this year's edition of the immensely popular event becomes Broadw...

This artist's concept animation depicts key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which launched November 26, 2011 and it is schedule to land in Mars on August 6, 2012.

Jazzamoart (born May 28, 1951) is a Mexican artist best known for his painting which is mostly connected to jazz music in some way. Born Francisco Javier Vázques Estupiñán in Irapuato, Guanajuato, his talent was recognized early and he took his professional name from his dual passions of jazz and ar

Produced by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and Globaia and funded by the UN Foundation. The data visualization summarises and visualizes several of the most significant statements in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) recent Fifth Assessment Report, (Working Gro...

While filming coral off the Solomon Islands, David Gruber, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, encountered a "bright red-and-green spaceship." This underwater UFO turned out to be a hawksbill sea turtle, which is significant because it's the first time that biofluorescence has ever been seen in...

A cluster of fire ants floating on the surface of water is pushed down with a pair of tweezers. Note the deflection of the water surface and how water does not penetrate the raft.

The Solar System's birth was far from peaceful. Witness the spectacular explosion known as the "Big Bang".Naked Science: Birth of the Solar System ...