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Amateur Photographer Captures 'Holy Grail' of Lightning [VIDEO]

During a violent thunder and lightning storm yesterday, one New Yorker brought a camera and tripod out onto her terrace to capture amazing footage of lightning striking the Empire State Building, NBC reports.

Beverage Company Creates Beef Salad Water

It's a brand-new year and many of us have resolved to eat more salad. And keeping that vow may easier than ever, since now there's a way to drink your greens, not just chew them. New Yorker Till Krautkraemer is the founder of MeatWater, a beverage company that creates hearty -- and obviously meaty -- meal supplement...

Why Do GOP Candidates Continue to Deny Climate Change?

(Oct. 12) -- What will happen to climate change legislation if the GOP wins control of the Senate in November? In the cover story of this week's New Republic magazine, Bill McKibben (author of the 2005 book "The End of Nature") examines common GOP climate change denial. Of course, it's largely Democrats -- including a...

The Failed Climate Bill Gets Its Close-Up

(Oct. 11) -- Remember the climate bill? It's true that global warming hasn't exactly been all over the headlines recently (though the global anti-climate change party did attract some buzz over the weekend). But if you haven't yet read Ryan Lizza's fascinating and depressing investigation of the Senate's failed effort...

In Syria, Web Provides Small Window of Media Freedom

(Sept. 30) -- Digital freedom in Damascus? Don't count on it. During the times I've visited Syria, as a tourist not a journalist, I never encountered the same degree of state control that existed in North Korea or Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But most of the media is state owned, the rest is state friendly and public dissent is...