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Hazard: anything that can cause harm or damage to humans, property, or the environment.
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JUN 28, 2015Videos
On June 14th a 26-year-old man went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa, Florida, where he contracted a serious in ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 23, 2015Technology
You're probably all too familiar with the frustrations of having to drive behind big rigs on the road. They're tall, wid ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
It's a bad time to be a pine tree in western North America. The problem is the mountain pine beetle. Mountain pine beetl ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
So, we want to send people to Mars someday. It will be dangerous. There will be numerous challenges and hazards: radiati ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 18, 2015Space & Astronomy
It may have been stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet, but that doesn't mean scientists have lost interest in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
How well can robots mimic humans to help the latter complete their everyday tasks in an unobtrusive way? What is the ide ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 08, 2015Space & Astronomy
As you might have heard, along with the ISS and all of the satellites, there's also a bit of space junk orbiting the Ear ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopMAY 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Chemotherapy drugs damage DNA, keeping cells from replicating. However, according to researchers at the UNC School of Me ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 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 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 19, 2015Earth & The Environment
Tens of thousands came to Washington's National Mall on Saturday to hear Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige and other pop stars ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 13, 2015Cancer
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 25, 2015Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 18, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lake Kivu, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being transformed from a ticking ti ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopFEB 25, 2015Cardiology
Frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from ra ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 16, 2014Health & Medicine
Firefighters and rescue workers who conducted the rescue and cleanup operations at Ground Zero from September 2001 to Ma ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 13, 2014Earth & The Environment
Fracking, or the process of opening fissures in rock formations through high-pressure injection of fluids, has opened a ...FEB 05, 2014Plants & Animals
Snowy owls are some of the most beautiful and regal creatures to be found in northern climates. With a typical wingspan ...JAN 29, 2014Technology
Everyone who has watched his or her kids bounce around the house after feasting on Halloween treats knows that sugar is ...DEC 31, 2013Chemistry & Physics
It can be a frustrating problem in engineering: having in mind a terrific concept, but no readily available way to imple ...DEC 20, 2013Chemistry & Physics
Crystalline cellulose structures are known to have great strength compared to their weight, but quantifying this on the ...
JUN 28, 2015
Videos
On June 14th a 26-year-old man went swimming in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa, Florida, where he contracted a serious in
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 23, 2015
Technology
You're probably all too familiar with the frustrations of having to drive behind big rigs on the road. They're tall, wid
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2015
Earth & The Environment
It's a bad time to be a pine tree in western North America. The problem is the mountain pine beetle. Mountain pine beetl
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
So, we want to send people to Mars someday. It will be dangerous. There will be numerous challenges and hazards: radiati
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 18, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It may have been stripped of its status as a full-fledged planet, but that doesn't mean scientists have lost interest in
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 15, 2015
Neuroscience
How well can robots mimic humans to help the latter complete their everyday tasks in an unobtrusive way? What is the ide
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 08, 2015
Space & Astronomy
As you might have heard, along with the ISS and all of the satellites, there's also a bit of space junk orbiting the Ear
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
MAY 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Chemotherapy drugs damage DNA, keeping cells from replicating. However, according to researchers at the UNC School of Me
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 30, 2015
Earth & 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. Dunlop
APR 23, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Every day, the supervolcano lurking under Yellowstone National Park belches up 45,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide - mu
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 19, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Tens of thousands came to Washington's National Mall on Saturday to hear Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige and other pop stars
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 13, 2015
Cancer
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China'
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A mother's exposure to common air pollution-the type emitted from car exhaust, coal burning, and even charred foods-has
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 18, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Lake Kivu, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being transformed from a ticking ti
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
FEB 25, 2015
Cardiology
Frequent use of lead aprons to protect medical professionals in the interventional lab and radiology departments from ra
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers using a new method that handily lengthens human telomeres have found that treated cells act like young (untr
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 16, 2014
Health & Medicine
Firefighters and rescue workers who conducted the rescue and cleanup operations at Ground Zero from September 2001 to Ma
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 13, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Fracking, or the process of opening fissures in rock formations through high-pressure injection of fluids, has opened a
...
FEB 05, 2014
Plants & Animals
Snowy owls are some of the most beautiful and regal creatures to be found in northern climates. With a typical wingspan
...
JAN 29, 2014
Technology
Everyone who has watched his or her kids bounce around the house after feasting on Halloween treats knows that sugar is
...
DEC 31, 2013
Chemistry & Physics
It can be a frustrating problem in engineering: having in mind a terrific concept, but no readily available way to imple
...
DEC 20, 2013
Chemistry & Physics
Crystalline cellulose structures are known to have great strength compared to their weight, but quantifying this on the
...