demographics Earth now has population of 8 billion, says U.N. Rob Beschizza

Culture Wildly-popular UK dance party pays homage to Sir David Attenborough Rusty Blazenhoff

norway Follow the journey of a Norwegian man's first day of work in this 'Planet Earth'-style documentary Rusty Blazenhoff

jimmy kimmel Snoop Dogg narrates baby iguana's narrow escape from hungry snakes Rusty Blazenhoff

bbc Planet Earth 2 but the animals have human screams Rob Beschizza

Science Earth's magnetic field is weakening Mark Frauenfelder

Dizzy The earth's core may have reversed direction. Elías Villoro

Space Truck-size asteroid will pass extraordinarily close to Earth today David Pescovitz

By God's Visitation How did the genocide of indigenous Americans impact the health of planet Earth? Elías Villoro

History English commoners' rights come from The Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta Elías Villoro

climate change The prosecution of Daniel McGowan and the Earth Liberation Front. Elías Villoro

Delightful Creatures Melibe viridis is a gelatinous hungry nudibranch Elías Villoro

HDSF Cereans live on Ceres (in the future) Jesse Sheidlower

New lunar landers, spacesuits, electric airplanes, space medicine and other reasons NASA is stoked for 2023 David Pescovitz

christianity Watch: Michele Bachmann said she spent Christmas telling her 3- and 6-year-old grandkids that the "eternal fires" of Hell await them Mark Frauenfelder

Space Look at this gorgeous winter wonderland on Mars David Pescovitz

Environment A 23-year-old man has broken the record for planting trees Devin Nealy

books The Red Deal calls for climate solutions beyond the scope of state action Elías Villoro