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APR 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
For most of human history dams were seen as good things. They provided power, at first by mill wheel, later by turbine. ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 30, 2015Microbiology
This must be the year (or decade) of the microbe.Microbiologists must be feeling pretty smug these days. It seems that m ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 29, 2015Space & Astronomy
In case you didn't know, or didn't remember, NASA has a probe orbiting Mercury called Messenger. If you did know, or rem ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Tourists going to the summit of the Kilauea Volcano may catch a glimpse of a boiling hot lava lake. A molten pool atop t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
When we think of bees, we think of fuzzy little pollinators zipping among flowers, making them grow. Or busy groups of h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
The following content is from disinfo.com "Paul Stamets Holds the Patent That Could Put Monsanto Out of Business."
...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
So, we want to have a hydrogen fueled future, right? It's a truly clean fuel that doesn't emit CO2 when burned. It would ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
The Russian space agency Roscosmos is attempting regain control of a robotic Progress 59 cargo ship that is spinning hel ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Earth & The Environment
Plans to build the largest telescope ever placed in Hawaii are coming up against opposition from environmentalists.
Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's Messenger spacecraft will be ending its mission with a crash landing on April 30, 2015, but that's exactly as it ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Nasa is bringing together scientists from a range of different fields to try and search for life on other planets.The Ne ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to the fine particles associated with air pollution can cause damage to brain structures and impair c ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
There's nothing better than a bouquet of spring flowers... unless you live near the tulip fields in Holland.
...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 24, 2015Microbiology
A University of Colorado Boulder and North Carolina State University-led team has produced the first atlas of airborne m ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
The sparkling centerpiece of Hubble's anniversary fireworks is a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called W ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
A manned mission to Venus? No thanks! you may think, with hellish surface conditions including crushing pressures, an av ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
Every day, the supervolcano lurking under Yellowstone National Park belches up 45,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide - mu ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
How aware are you of the birds that live in your neighborhood? Do you know how many different species there are? Do enjo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
An elephant scratches an itch on a car in the Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. The occupants of the ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
This red squirrel seems to be recreating Michelangelo's painting of the creation of Adam on the ceiling of t ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
In America, Gray squirrels are often thought of as "cute", but in Europe they are not looked on nearly as favorably. Eur ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 30, 2015Earth & The Environment
For most of human history dams were seen as good things. They provided power, at first by mill wheel, later by turbine. ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 30, 2015Microbiology
This must be the year (or decade) of the microbe.Microbiologists must be feeling pretty smug these days. It seems that m ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 29, 2015Space & Astronomy
In case you didn't know, or didn't remember, NASA has a probe orbiting Mercury called Messenger. If you did know, or rem ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
Tourists going to the summit of the Kilauea Volcano may catch a glimpse of a boiling hot lava lake. A molten pool atop t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
When we think of bees, we think of fuzzy little pollinators zipping among flowers, making them grow. Or busy groups of h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
The following content is from disinfo.com "Paul Stamets Holds the Patent That Could Put Monsanto Out of Business."
...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
So, we want to have a hydrogen fueled future, right? It's a truly clean fuel that doesn't emit CO2 when burned. It would ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
The Russian space agency Roscosmos is attempting regain control of a robotic Progress 59 cargo ship that is spinning hel ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Earth & The Environment
Plans to build the largest telescope ever placed in Hawaii are coming up against opposition from environmentalists.
Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's Messenger spacecraft will be ending its mission with a crash landing on April 30, 2015, but that's exactly as it ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Nasa is bringing together scientists from a range of different fields to try and search for life on other planets.The Ne ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 26, 2015Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to the fine particles associated with air pollution can cause damage to brain structures and impair c ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 24, 2015Plants & Animals
There's nothing better than a bouquet of spring flowers... unless you live near the tulip fields in Holland.
...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 24, 2015Microbiology
A University of Colorado Boulder and North Carolina State University-led team has produced the first atlas of airborne m ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
The sparkling centerpiece of Hubble's anniversary fireworks is a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called W ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
A manned mission to Venus? No thanks! you may think, with hellish surface conditions including crushing pressures, an av ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
Every day, the supervolcano lurking under Yellowstone National Park belches up 45,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide - mu ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
How aware are you of the birds that live in your neighborhood? Do you know how many different species there are? Do enjo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
An elephant scratches an itch on a car in the Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. The occupants of the ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
This red squirrel seems to be recreating Michelangelo's painting of the creation of Adam on the ceiling of t ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
In America, Gray squirrels are often thought of as "cute", but in Europe they are not looked on nearly as favorably. Eur ...Written By: Andrew J. Dunlop
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