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Mutant Butterflies — shortly after the earthquake that led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, scientists began studying the pale grass blue butterfly. Today research from Scientific Reports reveals many of the butterflies in the sample size showed signs of mutation.

Mapping The Moon — For those who clamored around their computer screens late last night to view the harrowing ‘seven minutes of terror,’ this image of “Marvels of Science” shows just how far we’ve come in the era of space exploration. The 1946 issue devotes a lot of images and illustrations that commemorate the historic event of man sending a signal to the moon. It took two-and-a-half seconds for the signal to reach the moon and back to the United States.

We landed on the Moon! Forty-three years ago, the United States embarked on one of history’s most ambitious journeys. The world watched as the Apollo 11 crew of Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins rocketed out of Florida airspace, heralding President Kennedy’s mission to be the first nation to put a man on the moon http://scr.bi/MAC1xz. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives)