Posted by Michael Bradbury in Marine Science, New Species, Oceanography, Video on 07 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Marine Biologists Find New Species

Marine Biologists Find New Species
Marine biologists believe they have discovered several new species of underwater creatures, including sponges, corals and sea stars
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Engineering, Environment, Greenovation, Health and Medicine, Video on 07 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Microsoft Imagine Cup Rewards Students Who Solve Global Problems

Microsoft Imagine Cup Rewards Students Who Solve Global Problems
The Imagine Cup, now in its eighth year, encourages high school and university students around the world to develop software aiming to solve global problems. Team Skeek from Thailand took home the top prize for software design for creating a program that translates text into sign language using speech...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 15th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Scientists Simulate BP Oil Spill Day 360

Scientists Simulate BP Oil Spill Day 360
Simulation of BP Oil Spill, Day 360, courtesy of University of Hawaii University of Hawaii scientists Researchers Axel Timmermann and Fabian Schloesser have been trying to answer a question that few will even dare to ask. They want to how not if but when the oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Endangered Species, Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Scientists Study Gulf Oil Spill Impact on Marine Life

Scientists Study Gulf Oil Spill Impact on Marine Life
University of Florida’s Neil Hammerschlag is studying whether sharks along the Gulf Coast of Florida can sense oil and move away from it. Hurley the hammerhead shark disappeared from satellite tracking two days after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as researchers were studying migration patterns...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Geology, Greenovation, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 13th, 2010 | No Comments

BP Replaces Oil Cap and Runs Pressure Tests to Stop Oil Leak

BP Replaces Oil Cap and Runs Pressure Tests to Stop Oil Leak
With a tight new cap freshly installed on its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP planned gradual tests starting Tuesday to see if the device can stop oil from pouring into the sea for the first time in nearly three months. The next step will be to slowly close the valves on that cap to see if it...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Geology, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Oil Gushes Freely for Two Days

Oil Gushes Freely for Two Days
Robotic submarines removed the cap from the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, beginning a period of at least two days when oil will flow freely into the sea. And BP isn’t convinced that putting the new Top Hat Number 10 cap on the leaking wellhead will solve the problem. If the new...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Capping the BP Oil Leak on the Horizon

Capping the BP Oil Leak on the Horizon
The BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well, the government official in charge of the crisis said Friday in some of the most encouraging news to come out of the Gulf in the two and half months since the disaster struck. After...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Anthropology, Health and Medicine, Museum, Video on 07 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Mummies of World Unwrapped and Ready to Tour

Mummies of World Unwrapped and Ready to Tour
The “Mummies of the World” exhibit opens in Los Angeles featuring 150 specimens of human and animal remains and related artifacts from across the globe. Mummy Science Cedars-Sinai Medical Center partnered with the German Mummy Project to perform CT scans of the mummies included in the exhibition. “If...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Space, Video on 07 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Russian Supply Capsule Misses International Space Station

Russian Supply Capsule Misses International Space Station
An unmanned Russian space capsule carrying supplies to the International Space Station failed in a docking attempt. As a result, NASA says the Progress vehicle continued on its trajectory and glided safely past the space station. At the time of the communication loss, the vehicle was approximately...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Space, Video on 07 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Put Your Face in Space

Put Your Face in Space
NASA is giving anyone interested the opportunity to send a picture into space on one of the last two space shuttle missions. Go to the Face in Space website to upload an electronic picture to fly with astronauts aboard shuttle Discovery’s STS-133 mission or shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission....
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Climate Change, Environment, Politics, Science Policy, Space, Video on 07 1st, 2010 | No Comments

2010: A Space Policy

2010: A Space Policy
President Obama unveiled his new plan(PDF) for NASA. After scrapping the manned space program Constellation last fall the President pushed back plans to return to the moon and send a manned mission to Mars. This announcement and policy reversal struck some stargazers and scientists as disappointing. The...
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