Creativity and environmental consciousness

We've all heard of efforts around the world to create artificial reefs and to build awareness of the fragility of many of the world's great coral reefs.  Here's a man-made reef (still in progress) that is probably unlike any of the others.

The Even Greater Tornado Outbreak

Eric Berger chronicles and analyses some of the facts about this week's horror in the South.

Don't stare at the sun!

The pictures on the boston.com website that SciGuy linked to yesterday are just amazing. You might ponder these for a little while, and the time would be well-spent. We don't spend enough time appreciating the aesthetic impact and value of nature--especially the parts of the cosmos, "macro" and "micro"--that we have access to in our time uniquely.