Aug 02 2010

Shark Attacks: What Are the Odds?

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animal Instincts,Animal Science,Anthropology,Everyday Science,Sharks — Michael Reilly @ 4:15 pm
Turns out you're more likely to be killed digging in the sand at the beach or wrestling with a vending machine than in a shark attack.

Jul 08 2010

How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?

Tag: Conservation,Everyday Science,Oceanography,Pollution — Michael Reilly @ 11:01 pm
The first estimate of how much plastic is in the global ocean has yielded some staggering numbers.

Jul 06 2010

Is Global Warming Causing the Heatwave?

Tag: Carbon Emissions,Climate Change,Everyday Science,Floods,Global Warming,Weather — Michael Reilly @ 7:36 pm
As the eastern U.S. sizzles, climate data are piling up that the heatwave is a directly result of global warming.

Jun 30 2010

Flooded Farmland to Give Birds Safe Refuge From Oil Spill

Tag: Conservation,Engineering,Everyday Science,Natural Disasters — Michael Reilly @ 3:44 am
A new federal government program aims to provide migratory birds oil-free places to roost.

Jun 23 2010

Bacteria Turn Coal and Oil Into Renewable Energy

Tag: Coal,Engineering,Everyday Science,Geology,Green Science,Mining,Renewable Energy — Michael Reilly @ 2:59 am
Underground microbes have been found converting waste CO2 and coal into natural gas. Left in the ground, the dirty fossil fuel might be transformed into a source of renewable energy.

Jun 21 2010

What Do Thousands of Barrels of Oil Look Like?

Tag: Everyday Science,Geophysics,Natural Disasters,Pollution — Michael Reilly @ 5:01 pm
Using a violent video game to simulate what 25,000 barrels of oil would look like stacked three miles high brings home the scale of the disaster in the Gulf.

Jun 21 2010

Is Not Predicting an Earthquake a Crime?

Tag: Earthquakes,Everyday Science,Geophysics — Michael Reilly @ 1:08 am
Italian scientists and officials are being investigated for manslaughter charges because they didn't predict a quake that destroyed much of L'Aquila, Italy in 2009.

Jun 16 2010

Why Lithium Can’t Save Afghanistan

Tag: Everyday Science,Geology,Mining,Mountains — Michael Reilly @ 3:53 am
The country has been called "the Saudi Arabia of lithium," but the label is just plain wrong, for a number of reasons.

Jun 14 2010

Airplanes Punch Holes in Clouds, Make it Rain

Tag: Everyday Science,Water,Weather,Weather Modification — Michael Reilly @ 6:18 pm
Planes flying through certain clouds can seed them, causing snow, rain, and spectacular "hole-punch" cloud formations.

Jun 09 2010

American Concerns About Climate Change Climb

Tag: Anthropology,Climate Change,Everyday Science,Global Warming,Renewable Energy — Michael Reilly @ 2:11 pm
A new poll of Americans shows that support for revolutionary, carbon-cutting energy policies is strong, even though disagreement about the causes behind global warming lingers.
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