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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 06, 2015Cardiology
While Twitter is known as an easy, direct and immediate way for people to share what's on their minds, researchers from ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
Despite having lost some of it's critical guidance systems, NASA's Kepler Space Telescope recently located a star with t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 22, 2014Space & Astronomy
The Venus Express, a spacecraft launched by the ESA in 2006 to study the planet Venus and it's atmosphere, will end its ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 20, 2014Videos
In this amazing video, an ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model offers a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in ...Written By: Robert WoodardNOV 11, 2014Space & Astronomy
A Houston based private astronaut training company has taken their mission one step further by partnering with a design ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2014Space & Astronomy
For centuries, every civilization on Earth has looked skyward to the sun and depended on it for energy, heat, light and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 13, 2014Space & Astronomy
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has mostly been conducted by trying to detect electromagnetic radiat ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 25, 2014Earth & The Environment
CO2, which is generally accepted as being the leading cause of climate change, has been increasing in the atmosphere for ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 19, 2014Earth & The Environment
Understanding how clouds affect the climate is a difficult proposition. What controls the makeup of the low clouds that ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 05, 2014Earth & The Environment
Scientists have studied competitive growth among trees and their interaction within the forest canopy layer for years. < ...MAY 09, 2014Earth & The Environment
If you were heading to Antarctica 40 million or so years ago it probably would have been a good idea to bring your swims ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 08, 2014Videos
The study of microorganisms began with Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of microorganisms in 1675, using a microscope o ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAY 05, 2014Earth & The Environment
What could have a more natural and positive effect on climate change than agriculture? Contrary to what you may think, t ...MAY 01, 2014Earth & The Environment
Forested mountain areas throughout the western United States are suffering from the effects of bark beetles. To put the ...APR 16, 2014Earth & The Environment
The newest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints the bleakest picture yet with respect ...APR 11, 2014Microbiology
It is well known that some event took place over 250 million years in the past that caused a mass extinction on Earth, t ...APR 01, 2014Earth & The Environment
Polynyas may sound to you like a new kind of plastic, or something you slept through in geometry class. They are really ...MAR 21, 2014Earth & The Environment
Theories about the climate of the early Earth are always subject to change, because of the potential errors in geologica ...MAR 10, 2014Earth & The Environment
Wetlands, such as peat bogs, generally include a high content of humic organic compounds that are byproducts of an incom ...FEB 24, 2014Earth & The Environment
The Obama administration has used the severe drought in California as an example of the unpleasant byproducts of man-mad ...FEB 17, 2014Chemistry & Physics
If we mention glowing plants, do you think of Homer Simpson pushing the wrong button at the Springfield Nuclear Plant? O ...JAN 17, 2014Earth & The Environment
With today's concerns about climate change and the massive amount of research emphasis in the field, data collection of ...JAN 16, 2014Chemistry & Physics
The energy generated by the sun offers a clean alternative just waiting to be harnessed-it's estimated that the total en ...DEC 25, 2013Chemistry & Physics
The rules of chemistry have been well understood for ages. It's also known that under extreme conditions of temperature/ ...
FEB 06, 2015
Cardiology
While Twitter is known as an easy, direct and immediate way for people to share what's on their minds, researchers from
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 26, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Despite having lost some of it's critical guidance systems, NASA's Kepler Space Telescope recently located a star with t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 22, 2014
Space & Astronomy
The Venus Express, a spacecraft launched by the ESA in 2006 to study the planet Venus and it's atmosphere, will end its
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 20, 2014
Videos
In this amazing video, an ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model offers a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
NOV 11, 2014
Space & Astronomy
A Houston based private astronaut training company has taken their mission one step further by partnering with a design
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 20, 2014
Space & Astronomy
For centuries, every civilization on Earth has looked skyward to the sun and depended on it for energy, heat, light and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 13, 2014
Space & Astronomy
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has mostly been conducted by trying to detect electromagnetic radiat
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 25, 2014
Earth & The Environment
CO2, which is generally accepted as being the leading cause of climate change, has been increasing in the atmosphere for
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 19, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Understanding how clouds affect the climate is a difficult proposition. What controls the makeup of the low clouds that
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 05, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have studied competitive growth among trees and their interaction within the forest canopy layer for years. <
...
MAY 09, 2014
Earth & The Environment
If you were heading to Antarctica 40 million or so years ago it probably would have been a good idea to bring your swims
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 08, 2014
Videos
The study of microorganisms began with Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of microorganisms in 1675, using a microscope o
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAY 05, 2014
Earth & The Environment
What could have a more natural and positive effect on climate change than agriculture? Contrary to what you may think, t
...
MAY 01, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Forested mountain areas throughout the western United States are suffering from the effects of bark beetles. To put the
...
APR 16, 2014
Earth & The Environment
The newest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) paints the bleakest picture yet with respect
...
APR 11, 2014
Microbiology
It is well known that some event took place over 250 million years in the past that caused a mass extinction on Earth, t
...
APR 01, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Polynyas may sound to you like a new kind of plastic, or something you slept through in geometry class. They are really
...
MAR 21, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Theories about the climate of the early Earth are always subject to change, because of the potential errors in geologica
...
MAR 10, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Wetlands, such as peat bogs, generally include a high content of humic organic compounds that are byproducts of an incom
...
FEB 24, 2014
Earth & The Environment
The Obama administration has used the severe drought in California as an example of the unpleasant byproducts of man-mad
...
FEB 17, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
If we mention glowing plants, do you think of Homer Simpson pushing the wrong button at the Springfield Nuclear Plant? O
...
JAN 17, 2014
Earth & The Environment
With today's concerns about climate change and the massive amount of research emphasis in the field, data collection of
...
JAN 16, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
The energy generated by the sun offers a clean alternative just waiting to be harnessed-it's estimated that the total en
...
DEC 25, 2013
Chemistry & Physics
The rules of chemistry have been well understood for ages. It's also known that under extreme conditions of temperature/
...