Posted by Michael Bradbury in Food and Nutrition, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 12 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Fizzy Science of Champagne
For centuries, champagne makers considered pent-up carbon dioxide a hazard that could make their bottles explode. But the bubbles are so pleasing to the palette, it’s no wonder 322 million bottles of champagne were sold world-wide last year. WSJ’s Robert Lee Hotz reports.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Physics and Chemistry, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips, Space, Uncategorized on 12 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Final Frontier Goes Commercial
There are growing signs that outer space is going to become the domain of private enterprise. Since the U.S. space program began, it has been largely controlled by the federal government. But that’s all changing.
The first spaceport just broke ground in New Mexico. The first commercial spaceline...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Geoengineering, Geology, Global Warming, Video on 12 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
Philippine Volcano Prepares to Blow
Mt. Mayon is known worldwide for its almost symmetrical cone but that could all change if it decides to blow its top, a move seismologists are saying could happen soon.
The last time a big volcano in the Philippines rumbled to life like this was in 1991. Within 60 days Mt. Pinatubo exploded sending...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, New Discoveries, Space, Video on 12 22nd, 2009 | No Comments
Hubble Snaps Baby Pics of the Early Universe
The Hubble Space Telescope snaps new images of the oldest galaxies ever seen. A senior scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, explains to WSJ’s Robert Lee Hotz and Simon Constable how he did it-and what it means.
The new infrared camera that was loaded onto the Hubble Telescope...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Engineering, Environment, Geoengineering, Global Warming, Politics and Science, SciClips, Video on 12 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Science Looks for Plan B after Getting the Cold Shoulder at Warming Talks
Many scientists are disappointed after two weeks of climate change negotiations resulted in a toothless agreement that didn’t limit carbon dioxide, the main culprit of global warming. The new Copenhagen Accord(PDF) did not cut emissions as previously thought, dimming some hope that a global treaty...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Featured Articles, Marine Science, SciClips, Video on 12 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Sea Turtle Flies to Miami
An injured hawksbill sea turtle flew First Class from the Caribbean island of Curacao to Miami on Tuesday. Little Anita rode in her own seat, next to marine biologist Alina Szmant.
The endangered turtle is now settling into her new home at the Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project’s “Turtle...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, SciClips, Video on 12 17th, 2009 | No Comments
Tree Kangaroos Fate Up in the Air
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo courtesy of Woodland Park Zoo
Climate negotiations over how to limit carbon dioxide emissions are heating up in Copenhagen. But one other important area negotiators are addressing — how to sequester existing CO2.
Climate sinks — like oceans, forests and permafrost...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Marine Science, New Discoveries, Video on 12 16th, 2009 | No Comments
Smart Octopus Shows Tool Use
Australian scientists discover a species of octopus which use tools to protect themselves in Indonesian waters. The veined octopus has figured out how to select, stack and transport coconut shells to use as shelter. This is the first time scientists have seen any evidence of tool use among invertebrates.
An...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics and Science, RawAudio, SciClips, Science & Entertainment on 12 15th, 2009 | No Comments
The Real Grey’s Anatomy
The hit ABC television drama Grey’s Anatomy revolves around the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital and follows the lives of surgical residents. Portland, Oregon medical correspondent and author Andrew Holtz wondered where the line between fact and fiction is being drawn when it comes to training...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Energy, Environment, Science & Religion, Video, Wind on 12 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Wind Powered Menorah
Two Yeshiva University students are introducing science to religion in the wind tunnel of New York where powerful blasts of air rip down skyscraper lined streets. Wind power offers a new way to power Hanukkah.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, SciClips, SciLebs, Space, Video on 12 11th, 2009 | No Comments
Virgin Galactic Blows Guests Away During Space Ship 2 Unveiling
VSS Enterprise
December 7 is a day that will now live in a new kind of infamy. It was the day that Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space company unveiled its new Space Ship 2 and almost blew 800 guests away — in hurricane-force winds — in the process.
Video of the destruction...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Environment, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Politics and Science, SciClips on 12 8th, 2009 | No Comments
Gaga for Zhu Zhu
The world has gone nuts for five robotic hamsters, called Zhu Zhu Pets. While the cute and cuddly creatures race around on a surfboard, skateboard or in a car, the “it” toy of 2009 has some heavy metals that are within safety limits but beg the question: Do toys need to have these toxic...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Global Warming, Politics and Science, Video on 12 4th, 2009 | No Comments
ClimateGate Ignites Global Warming Firestorm
On November 19, a computer hacker penetrated the internal e-mail system at the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit and began posting 13 years worth of internal correspondence and documents online, in an effort to show that a small group of climate scientists has been deliberately suppressing...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Podcast, RawAudio, SciClips, Space on 12 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Pluto’s Icy Underdog Status
Composite image of Pluto, courtesy Eliot Young (SwRI) et al., NASA
For three years, Pluto–the ninth planet–has been given the cold shoulder by the astronomy community, which demoted it to dwarf planet in 2006.
What is it about Pluto that tugs at our heartstrings?
MSNBC.com Science Editor...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips on 12 3rd, 2009 | No Comments
Deconstructing Carbon Emissions
Over the course of the next few weeks we are going to be hearing a lot about carbon emissions–the gas released into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels and a whole host of other human activities. While the catch-all is called “carbon emissions” they aren’t confined to carbon...
