Keystone XL Protester Faces 1 year In Jail For Speaking Out

Jak of JNL media describes his arrest while filming the Keystone XL pipeline and the aftermath that prevents him from speaking out against the pipeline. Under this legal injunction Jak faces 1 year in jail or 3 years supervised probation if decides to speak out against the pipeline.

Jaguar Cubs Celebrate Their First Birthday

Jaguar cubs at the San Diego Zoo are treated to presents and "cake" on their first birthday.

A Year On The Sun

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A Year on the Sun
Image Credit: NASA, Solar Dynamics Observatory

Explanation: Our solar system's miasma of incandescent plasma, the Sun may look a little scary here. The picture is a composite of 25 images recorded in extreme ultraviolet light by the orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory between April 16, 2012 and April 15, 2013. The particular wavelength of light, 171 angstroms, shows emission from highly ionized iron atoms in the solar corona at a characteristic temperatures of about 600,000 kelvins (about 1 million degrees F). Girdling both sides of the equator during the approach to maximum in its 11-year solar cycle, the solar active regions are laced with bright loops and arcs along magnetic field lines. Of course, a more familiar visible light view would show the bright active regions as groups of dark sunspots. Three years of Solar Dynamics Observatory images are compressed into this short video.

US Blows $800k Per Gitmo Inmate Each Year

Follow RT's day-by-day timeline on Gitmo hunger strike http://on.rt.com/5mn2oe

Guantanamo's hunger strike has passed the two-month mark - and its got psychologists and lawyers deeply worried. One prisoner of 11 years who's refusing food even tried to kill himself last month. His lawyer says the inmate was taken away by ambulance - his condition's unknown. U.S. officials are telling attorneys whether their hunger-striking clients are being force-fed. Officially, 42 inmates are protesting, but their lawyers say it's many more. Demonstrations are planned on Thursday across the U.S. in support of the Guantanamo inmates, and to push for the notorious facility to be shut down. But, as Gayane Chickakyan reports, the Pentagon's only pumping more cash into keeping it open.

NASA Sea Ice Max 2013: An Interesting Year For Arctic Sea Ice

After a record melt season, an Arctic cyclone, and a fascinating fracturing event, Arctic sea ice has reached its maximum extent for the year.