Secret To How Chameleons Change Color

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/secret-chameleons-change-color-nanocrystals/

Pioneering SpaceX rocket launch aborted

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/us/spacex-rocket-launch/index.html

Animation from Still Photography... In Space (4:00)

Check out this video made from actual photos that the Cassini Spacecraft too while it was orbiting Saturn. This is one of the coolest movies ever. Seriously. These are actual photos from space. The music and editing take it over the top.

http://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/70532693

If you want to know more about the mission please visit saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/

STEM: Ecosystems, Sahara

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130205-sahara-life-giving-sands

How does the Sahara Desert help the Amazon Rainforest?

Wind blows the nutrient rich dust from the Sahara over the Atlantic Ocean where it ends up in the rain over the Amazon in South America. Rugged and brutal yet life giving.

STEM: Ecosystems, Amazon Rainforest

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130226-amazon-lungs-of-the-planet

Deforestation is a big problem in the Amazon. The Amazon rainforest regulates the atmosphere by storing carbon and creating oxygen. Half of the world's wildlife lives there. This 4 minute video explains the crucial role that the Amazon plays in the health of the earth.

STEM: Ecosystems Coral Reefs

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130219-coral-reefs-the-oceans-larder

Corals are more like plants than animals. Every species is food for another in the food web. Coral reefs are ocean nurseries. One fourth of all ocean species live in coral reefs. Many costal communities only access to protein is the coral reef. Catching fish is essential for the health and nutrition for fishing communities. Coral reefs are under stress from international fishing industries.

STEM: Ecosystems, Antarctic Ocean

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130305-antarctica-engine-of-ocean-life

This is a 4 minute film about the oceans surrounding Antarctica. That southern ocean around the earth's remotest, coldest, windiest, loneliest place is essential to all of the world's ocean life.

Even though it is a cold and desolate place, it supports an amazing number of animals. All of that life relies on the sea for food. The sea around Antarctica is full of plankton. Nutrient rich waters of Antarctica is key to the global ocean system. This is the point where the world's oceans connect.

This system generates a huge amount of nutrient cycling, where the world's largest mammal, the whale, can feed.