If you haven’t yet heard the story of the Coast Guard rescuing the Bounty (replica of 18th century ship) in the middle of Hurricane Sandy, you may want to check it out. It’s really amazing what the Coast Guard had to endure to save 14 lives. Here’s a snippet: “Before long its anti-icing system failed, forcing McIntosh to fly below 7,000 feet. Then the weather radar malfunctioned. McIntosh and his co-pilot, Mike Myers, were now flying using visual flight rules in zero-visibility conditions. Wearing night-vision goggles to help them pick through layers of clouds, they descended to 1,000 feet. Then to 500 feet—right into the brunt of the storm…”

Any swimmers out there? Here’s an interesting article about a device that allows you to swim without turning your head to breathe. It’s been a little over 6 months since this news came out, and it’s still unclear what will happen next with this crazy device, but it seems like a cool idea! What do you think, would it improve your swimming?

You have to check out this interactive photo of Mount Everest taken by Filmmaker David Breashears. He has created a spectacular, two-billion pixel zoom image of Mount Everest to show the effects of climate change in the Himalayas. The interactive photograph reveals stunning details of the world’s highest peak, allowing viewers to ‘navigate’ around base camp and the mountain. Breashears captured 477 individual images to compose the gigapixel panorama of the Khumbu glacier from the Pumori viewpoint near Mount Everest.

Since Valentine’s Day was just a week ago, we thought this article was fitting. Check out these 25 photos of nature in the shape of a heart. Awwww.