Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Engineering, Environment, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Math, Nanotechnology, New Discoveries, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast on 12 31st, 2007 | No Comments
Year in Review
2007 was a big year for science—and REALscience. From weird weather events to extraordinary discoveries in space, the year was full of all kinds of science. It was the beginning of the International Polar Year. Global warming dominated the news. Science was under political attack. But the biggest...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Genetics, New Species, Podcast, Video on 12 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment
Glow in the dark cats
Just in time for the Holidays. Cats that glow under ultraviolet light. Researchers in South Korea have successfully inserted a fluorescent gene into cloned cats. The purpose is to show that cats can be created with genetic disorders to be better studied and to find cures to human hereditary diseases....
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Global Warming, Podcast, Politics and Science, Video on 12 15th, 2007 | No Comments
Bali climate conference a mixed bag
After two weeks of crafting language for the document that will guide two years of negotiations to develop a plan to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, delegates left Bali, Indonesia with a sense of accomplishment. But then a White House statement called all the work into question by saying President Bush...
Modified mouse confronts cats
Scientists in Japan have created a genetically modified mouse that is unafraid of cats. It’s like the old Tom & Jerry cartoons…but real.
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Ominous Arctic Melt Worries Experts
An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years.
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Sun Block
Filament lifting off the sun, courtesy of NASA, TRACE satellite
Future missions to the moon and Mars need to be sure to guard against radiation. New research from University of Washington shows that solar storms can cause all sorts of problems for astronauts. But Earth’s magnetic field may protect...
First video of “Mickey Mouse of the desert”
A rare rodent has just been caught on video. It looks like a mouse but with giant ears. And, it hops like a kangaroo. It lives in Mongolia and could be threatened by a common predator—the house cat.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Health and Medicine, Podcast, SciLebs, Video on 12 7th, 2007 | No Comments
So long sickle cells
Dr. Tim Townes, courtesy of University of Alabama at Birmingham
New research from Alabama may spell the end for sickle cell anemia, a serious blood disorder that affects many African Americans. Using the new non-embryonic stem cell technique that was announced a couple of weeks ago, Dr. Tim Townes...
Amazing Dinosaur Discovery
Scientists are excited about a 67 million-year-old duck-billed hadrosaur so well-preserved its skin and possibly some internal organs are intact. It’s not quite the makings for a real-life Jurassic Park but this is perhaps the best example of what dinosaurs were really like. These remains were...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Global Warming, Politics and Science, Video on 12 3rd, 2007 | No Comments
Australia ratifies Kyoto Protocol but is it too late for parched farmland?
One of the worst polluters in the developing world has just joined the Kyoto Protocol to try to stave off the worst effects of global warming. The long-term drought that Australia has experienced played a role in finally ratifying the treaty that would place limits on emitting carbon dioxide into the...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Global Warming, Politics and Science, Video on 12 2nd, 2007 | No Comments
World leaders to meet in Bali for Climate Change Summit
The glaciers of the Himalayas feed over a billion people with the rivers that originate high in the range. The current rate of melt is staggering, caused by excessive carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It is a global problem and one that leaders from over 190 countries will discuss December 3-14 at...
