Sep 03 2010

Tiger Shark Feeding Frenzy Captured on Video

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animals, Current Events, Fish, Food, Marine Life, Oceans, Sharks, Video — Jennifer Viegas @ 5:06 pm
More than 100 tiger sharks were filmed preying on a massive school of fish off the east coast of Noosa, Australia.

Sep 02 2010

NPR: Keeping Trapped Chilean Miners Sane (Featuring Discovery News)

Tag: Current Events, NASA — Ian O'Neill @ 5:06 pm
In response to the article "Can NASA Help Trapped Chilean Miners?", Discovery News space producer Ian O'Neill was asked to appear as a guest on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" program.

Sep 02 2010

Vietnam’s Illegal Wildlife Trade Exposed

Tag: Animals, Current Events, Food, Food and Culture, Humans, Mammals, Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 4:39 pm
Over 850 pounds of illegal wildlife from nearly 20 species was just seized from restaurants in Vietnam, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Sep 02 2010

Two Chinese Satellites Have Close Encounter in Orbit

Tag: Current Events, Military, Satellites — Ian O'Neill @ 8:46 am
It would appear that China has successfully carried out a satellite rendezvous maneuver in orbit. And on August 19, the two satellites may have even touched, one probe being shunted aside by the other.

Aug 31 2010

Can NASA Help Trapped Chilean Miners?

Tag: Current Events, NASA, Space Station — Ian O'Neill @ 8:02 pm
As NASA helps with the rescue effort, the psychological strain the Chilean miners are under may have more parallels with combat soldiers than astronauts.

Aug 31 2010

Getting to Know Your Asteroid Foes

Tag: Asteroids, Current Events, Space Telescopes, Spitzer Space Telescope — Nicole Gugliucci @ 5:19 am
Eventually, we're going to get hit with an asteroid or comet and we need to be ready. To keep an eye open for these interplanetary vagabonds, astronomers are calling on the Spitzer Space Telescope to help out.

Aug 31 2010

‘Orphan’ Film Adoption Fears Unfounded

Tag: Crime, Current Events, Emotions, Folklore and Superstition, Mental Health, Myths and Legends, Recreation and Entertainment, Safety and Prevention — Benjamin Radford @ 3:26 am
In 2009, senators and congressmen joined adoption groups in protesting a horror film called 'Orphan', fearing it would lead to hatred of orphans and a drop in adoptions. A year later, was the concern fact or fiction?

Aug 28 2010

Facebook Friending Leads to Jail

Tag: Crime, Current Events, Peoples and Government, Scandals and Trials, Terrorism — Benjamin Radford @ 12:53 am
A man has been sentenced to four months in prison for "associating" with others via Facebook.

Aug 23 2010

Photographs Show Oil Spill Affecting Wildlife, Beaches

Tag: Animals, Current Events, Fish, Food, Health, Human Behavior, Humans, Marine Life, Oceans, Pets, Photography — Jennifer Viegas @ 7:14 pm
New photographs taken at Dauphin Island, Alabama, show what appears to be oil, along with chemical dispersants, related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Aug 23 2010

Great White Shark Sightings Have U.S. Lifeguards on Alert

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animals, Current Events, Fish, Food, Humans, Marine Life, Oceans, Sharks, Video — Jennifer Viegas @ 6:23 pm
Dozens of great white shark sightings in recent days have authorities on alert at many U.S. beaches now, according to multiple media reports.
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