| Welcome to MNN's daily newsletter for Saturday, July 14. For breaking news throughout the day, visit us online at the Mother Nature Network. |
EDITORS' PICKS:
4 students from the University of Leicester prove that Batman's flying - while possible - is not practical with his cape's current dimensions. Read the story... |
Simon Griffiths, the founder of recycled toilet paper startup Who Gives a Crap, has glued himself to his commode until he raises $50,000 to fund the charity-supporting project. Read the story...
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This week we saw stories about the CDC getting involved in wedding planning, BPA causing interspecies mating and a video from a Croatian teen that is simply jaw-dropping. Plus, much more. Read the story...
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Environmentalists in Chicago are using the waste from one crop to feed and power another in an abandoned pork processing plant. Read the story... |
The absence of cellphone service and public Internet access make this Nevada park a great place to unplug from the chaos of everyday life. Read the story... |
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
 July 14, 1988: U.S. Vice President George H.W. Bush is ordered to evacuate his fishing camp near the boundary of Yellowstone National Park as flames from Yellowstone's " Summer of Fire" (at right) near the camp. Over four months of wildfires, 36 percent of Yellowstone burns. July 14, 2000: A tornado strikes a tourist camp in Pine Lake, Alberta, killing 12 people. While tornadoes are not unheard of on the Canadian prairie, this one struck far north of the usual range of tornadic activity. July 14, 2008: Twenty Russian scientists are evacuated from an Arctic ice floe. Their research into the decline of Arctic ice cover is disrupted when the ice cover declines even faster than expected. |
