Aug 31 2010

Phantom Planet Comes Back From Oblivion

Tag: Astronomy,Extrasolar Planets — Ray Villard @ 11:55 pm
Of the hundreds of exoplanets found so far, there’s one that’s been elusive and infamous 12 years after its purported discovery.

Aug 31 2010

Climate Change Plays Unlucky for Horseshoe Crabs

Tag: Animals,Climate Change,Crustaceans,Marine Life,Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 11:41 pm
American horseshoe crabs are declining across the entire East Coast, from Maine to Florida. Researchers suspect that climate change and human activities are to blame.

Aug 31 2010

Whale Meat: WHO is it good for?

Tag: Conservation,Food Chain,Pollution,Whales — Kieran Mulvaney @ 11:07 pm
If concern for whales won't stop some people hunting whales, perhaps concern over their own health will, environmentalists hope.

Aug 31 2010

Are the Oceans Getting Saltier?

Tag: Climate Change,Glaciers,Global Warming,Oceanography,Water — Cristen Conger @ 8:53 pm
Measuring ocean salinity is a bout a lot more than salt; changes in salinity can help us understand how Earth's climate is changing.

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

Canadian Rockies Yields Fossil Trove

Tag: Animals,Evolution,Fossils,Geology,Paleontology — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:05 pm
One of paleontology's most revered fossil sites now has a baby brother.

Aug 31 2010

Hemp Tech Sneaks Over the Border

Tag: Architecture,Buildings and Structures,Cars,Electric Cars,Green Building,Green Tech — Alyssa Danigelis @ 3:22 pm
Forget about burlap-like shirts: Hemp tech is now greening electric vehicles and even building construction.

Aug 31 2010

Millions of Songbirds Killed for Recipe

Tag: Animals,Food,Food and Culture,Food and Lifestyle,Human Behavior,Humans,Video,Wild Birds,Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 3:17 pm
Millions of songbirds are illegally killed each year for a pickled or poached bird dish known as ambelopoulia.

Aug 31 2010

Super Capacitor Could Power Phone, Laptop for Days

Tag: Batteries,Devices,Electronics — Eric Bland @ 3:05 pm
If optimized, this new technology could fully charge consumer electronic devices almost instantaneously.

Aug 31 2010

Chilean Miners’ Suffering Like Soldiers’

Tag: Army,Astronauts,Battles and Incidents,Disasters and Accidents,Soldiers — Larry O'Hanlon @ 12:45 pm
Forget astronauts. The experiences of combat soldiers can teach the trapped miners even more, say psychologists.
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