A volcano, cyclone, dust storm and Grand Canyon from space
As we go about our daily lives on the surface, satellites orbit the earth, constantly snapping images from space of our planet below.
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2014 might have been a sporting “annus horribilis” for this country, but things could be about to get a lot better with the start of the World Lacrosse Championships in the United States.
Last week taxi drivers blocked Washington DC in protest at Uber, the ride-sharing app. Anja Popp asks if cabbies should be fighting this battle or moving their operation forward into the modern era.
Rocks brought back from the moon more than 40 years ago contain evidence of a Mars-sized planet that scientists believe crashed into earth and created the moon.
As we go about our daily lives on the surface, satellites orbit the earth, constantly snapping images from space of our planet below.
What happens next depends on whether Ukraine deals with the armed groups in a proportionate way. The use of the term “Colorado beetles” to describe them is possibly not indicative of restraint.
A man leads police on a high-speed chase through Colorado after stealing a car from a petrol station and then hijacking two other cars during the pursuit.
Snowboarding slopestyle makes its debut at the Sochi Winter Olympics – and Britain’s Billy Morgan, now through to the semi-finals, is a hot contender.
With warmer weather on its way for the American Midwest, the US is now preparing to count the financial cost of the extreme cold that has gripped the country.
Icy, snow-covered roads and high winds make travel treacherous from the Dakotas to Michigan and Missouri as much of the United States braces for cold temperatures that could break records.
From the ‘fiscal cliff’ from which America never fell, to an Iraq inquiry that is still to report back. Here are seven things that were expected to happen in 2013 – but did not.
With such a stunning collection of Nasa earth observation images available, I thought I would pull together some of the best ones and offer explanation as to what they are showing.
The suspected gunman who killed 12 people before being shot dead by police in a military complex in Washington had been honourably discharged in 2011, officials claim.
Each summer, cloud spotters eagerly stare up at the skies, hoping to catch a glimpse of rare noctilucent clouds.
Daredevil Nik Wallenda crosses the Little Colorado River Gorge, near the Grand Canyon, on a two-inch thick wire. The 1,500 ft high crossing took 22 minutes and was broadcast on the Discovery Channel.
Sir Richard Branson says it’s time to be brave on drugs policy. But as funding is cut for harm reduction programmes in many countries, perhaps there are more pressing issues.