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Atmosphere
The atmosphere consists of a layer of gas surrounding a planet. It is held in place by the gravitational forces of the planet itself. The atmosphere of Earth contains nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases.
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FEB 18, 2016Earth & The Environment
Midwestern farmers usually fare well during years that El Niño weather patterns affect the growing season. But ex ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 17, 2016Space & Astronomy
On Wednesday, Japan has launched a new H-IIA rocket into space from the country’s Tanegashima Space Centre, which ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 14, 2016Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
North Korea has sent another satellite dubbed Kwangmyongsong 4 into space last Saturday that the country claims will be ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2016Technology
Current cellular internet connections for our smartphones, tablets, and personal hotspots are powered by high-speed 4G L ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next major step up in space observation that will replace the Hubble Space Telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 09, 2016Videos
Climate change is a reality that isn't going anywhere. The level of greenhouse gas currently in the atmosphere is at an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
On March 5th, we can expect yet another close encounter with an asteroid. It will be a relatively small one, but asteroi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 07, 2016Plants & Animals
Honeybees are an important part of the Earth’s fragile ecosystem. They help pollinate plants, which helps plants g ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2016Earth & The Environment
When the moon is high in the sky, it creates bulges in Earth’s atmosphere that cause imperceptible changes in ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Black holes continue to be one the most misunderstood objects in our universe, mostly because they’re difficult to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 03, 2016Neuroscience
There’s complicated science involved in making a casino difficult to leave. There are never any windows to distrac ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 02, 2016Technology
Many forms of generating power involve burning fossil fuels, or other actions that can harm the Earth’s natural en ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Because Mars is a big area of interest right now, especially with NASA and SpaceX wanting to send people to the red plan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
In October of last year, NASA expressed its interest in sending mankind to Mars to live there permanently, giving them t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the advanced upcoming successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that was launched in the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 12, 2016Plants & Animals
All multi-cellular life may be the result of a genetic accident that happened more than 600-million years ago, according ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 11, 2016Videos
Our atmosphere has a lot of gas in it - nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide, but it hasn't always had these gass ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 02, 2016Videos
Space exploration in 2015 was far from empty-handed. We learned a lot about various plants in our solar system last year ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
It took 100 million years for oxygen levels in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explo ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
Every so often, asteroids and other large pieces of space rock and junk come very close to Earth, but fortunately they d ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
Things just got really serious in space travel. Jeff Bezos’ recent Blue Origin reusable rocket launch and landing ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 18, 2015Videos
Today Bejing issued a second pollution red alert, warning its residents of dangerously high levels of smog in the atmosp ...
FEB 18, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Midwestern farmers usually fare well during years that El Niño weather patterns affect the growing season. But ex
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On Wednesday, Japan has launched a new H-IIA rocket into space from the country’s Tanegashima Space Centre, which
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2016
Microbiology
Cyanobacteria have the unique ability to move towards light, a process called phototaxis. According to microbiologists I
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
North Korea has sent another satellite dubbed Kwangmyongsong 4 into space last Saturday that the country claims will be
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2016
Technology
Current cellular internet connections for our smartphones, tablets, and personal hotspots are powered by high-speed 4G L
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next major step up in space observation that will replace the Hubble Space Telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 09, 2016
Videos
Climate change is a reality that isn't going anywhere. The level of greenhouse gas currently in the atmosphere is at an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
On March 5th, we can expect yet another close encounter with an asteroid. It will be a relatively small one, but asteroi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
Honeybees are an important part of the Earth’s fragile ecosystem. They help pollinate plants, which helps plants g
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2016
Earth & The Environment
When the moon is high in the sky, it creates bulges in Earth’s atmosphere that cause imperceptible changes in
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Black holes continue to be one the most misunderstood objects in our universe, mostly because they’re difficult to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 03, 2016
Neuroscience
There’s complicated science involved in making a casino difficult to leave. There are never any windows to distrac
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 02, 2016
Technology
Many forms of generating power involve burning fossil fuels, or other actions that can harm the Earth’s natural en
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Because Mars is a big area of interest right now, especially with NASA and SpaceX wanting to send people to the red plan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In October of last year, NASA expressed its interest in sending mankind to Mars to live there permanently, giving them t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope is the advanced upcoming successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that was launched in the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA broke a record this week when its Juno spacecraft, launched in 2011 to get itself into orbit around Jupiter and stu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 12, 2016
Plants & Animals
All multi-cellular life may be the result of a genetic accident that happened more than 600-million years ago, according
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 11, 2016
Videos
Our atmosphere has a lot of gas in it - nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide, but it hasn't always had these gass
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 02, 2016
Videos
Space exploration in 2015 was far from empty-handed. We learned a lot about various plants in our solar system last year
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
It took 100 million years for oxygen levels in the oceans and atmosphere to increase to the level that allowed the explo
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 26, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Every so often, asteroids and other large pieces of space rock and junk come very close to Earth, but fortunately they d
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 21, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Things just got really serious in space travel. Jeff Bezos’ recent Blue Origin reusable rocket launch and landing
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 18, 2015
Videos
Today Bejing issued a second pollution red alert, warning its residents of dangerously high levels of smog in the atmosp
...