U.S. Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon received the Human Rights Campaign’s Visibility Award at the LGBTQ rights organization’s Los Angeles gala over the weekend. The award was presented to Rippon by fellow Olympian Gus Kenworthy, who said, “Tonight’s honoree is incredible. He’s an inspiration to me

At approximately 5.30 PM (GMT +3) in March, 2011 a dust storm swept through Kuwait turning the setting evening sun to immediate darkness reaching 0 visibility in mere minutes. This scene was captured in video.

This is a full-resolution version of the NASA Curiosity rover descent to Mars, taken by the MARDI descent imager. As of August 20, all but a dozen 1600x1200 frames have been uploaded from the rover, and those missing were interpolated using thumbnail data. The result was applied a heavy noise reduct...

These amazing pictures from the United States show a wall of dust moving through the city of Phoenix in Arizona. Sandstorms like this happen during the region's monsoon season, which is underway. They occur over desert land and can reach thousands of feet into the air, spurred by strong winds. The d...

Gay pride is the positive stance against discrimination and violence toward lesbian, gay, equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance. Pride, as opposed to shame and social stigma, is the predominant outlook that ...

Long before shows like Glee and Modern Family, sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s were slowly breaking ground and bringing gay visibility to American television programming.Writer Matt Baume has been combing through sitcoms to figure out when homosexuals stopped being a scary threat and started becomin

Faces of Fairness: A Case for Marriage is the most recent installment in an ongoing Fairness multi-media project "Faces of Fairness" that brings greater visibility to the once hidden Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered community in West Virginia. The project also explores the numerous issues a...

Giant 4,000-Feet-High Dust Storms Hits Phoenix, Arizona experienced dust storms nearly 4,000 feet high on Monday JUly 19, 2011 evening at around 4:30 p.m.The dust storms rolled through Pinal and Maricopa counties and caused minor airplane delays. The storms are also suspected to have played a role i...

GAMING IN COLOR exists for anyone who believes that the pixelated world can be a better place for everyone, no matter who they are. It is not too uncommon a tale where a bullied, abused youth seeks solace in a video game, only to find that their one hope of sanctuary, their escape into a virtual uni...