[Science] 'Fireball' lights up Florida sky

'Fireball' lights up Florida sky
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/-Fireball-lights-up-Florida-sky/-/1637132/18589360/-/425tlm/-/index.html
The American Meteor Society says it received more than 30 reports of the fireball that flew over South Florida. The organization keeps track of those sighting with this graphic.

The Best Of Commander Chris Hadfield's Reddit AMA… IN SPAAAACE!
http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2013/02/best-of-chris-hadfield-reddit-ama/
Commander Chris Hadfield is currently aboard the International Space Station, orbiting Earth 16 times a day. He took a break from joking around with William Shatner and tweeting awesome pictures to give a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) yesterday ...

It could vaporise an asteroid as big as the one which flew past on Friday night in ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2280485/The-asteroid-busting-lasers-powered-SUN-soon-protect-Earth.html
Sun-powered lasers could protect Earth from any more asteroids judged to be flying too close, a new study claims. U.S. researchers have outlined a plan for solar powered space defences which could vaporise an asteroid as big as the one which flew past ...

White House expected to propose study of human brain
http://bostonglobe.com/business/2013/02/18/obama-administration-plans-decade-long-scientific-effort-study-human-brain/6aLydDcI9VphNEEiDvKPML/story.html
New York Times. February 18, 2013. Article · Comments · Subscribe. President Obama. Scott Olson/Getty Images. In his State of the Union address, President Obama cited brain research as an example of how the government should ''invest in the best ideas.

Arctic needs protection from resource rush as ice melts: UN body
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wire-news/arctic-needs-protectionresource-rush-as-ice-melts-un-body_826808.html
LONDON | Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:24am EST. LONDON (Reuters) - The Arctic needs to be better protected from a rush for natural resources as melting ice makes mineral and energy exploration easier, the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said.

Sandhill cranes trickle into Nebraska's Platte River Valley on way to Arctic ...
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/650be8a08b634073ad45193f941eb7c5/NE--Sandhill-Cranes-Arriving
LINCOLN, Nebraska - Migrating sandhill cranes have begun trickling into south-central Nebraska's Platte River Valley. Hundreds of the hundreds of thousands of crane have arrived between Grand Island and Kearney on their way to nesting areas in the ...