2010 November | REALscience

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Math, Video on 11 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Some People Can’t Get Enough Pi

An Ankeny, Iowa sixth grader surprised his teacher and his classmates when he took a classroom challenge to the extreme. During the annual memorization of pi — the non-repeating number that represents the circumference of a circle divided by its diameter — one student just kept going. The...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Climate, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Plants, Video on 11 29th, 2010 | 1 Comment

One Scientist Works to Recreate Ice Age Ecology to Slow Global Warming

A Russian scientist is working to recreate Ice Age conditions by rewilding — reintroducing native beasts to Siberia. He hopes the move will help slow global warming. He wants to start with native musk oxen and then add other species like reindeer, foxes and even Siberian tigers. By returning this...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Space, Video on 11 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Hawaiian Planet Hunters Peer into Space

A celebrated team of planet hunters were back peering into the cosmos only two months after announcing to the world they had discovered the most earth-like planet to date. Called the “Goldilocks” planet because it’s not too hot or too cold but rather just right, Gliese 581g has sparked...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Climate Change, Computer Science, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 11 24th, 2010 | No Comments

How NASA Takes Earth’s Temperature

The Goddard Spaceflight Center is NASA’s research center for studying climate change. There, scientists like Dr. James Hansen, use computer models to learn about how Earth’s complex system is changing over time. The upcoming Glory mission will help NASA fill in more missing pieces of the...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Environment, Greenovation, Video on 11 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Electric Car Completes Epic Journey

The car drove through 14 countries, along the entire length of the Pan-American Highway from Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina. The four-month journey helped prove that an all electric car can drive that distance despite the lack of electric charging stations along the way. The two-year project...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Discoveries, Greenovation, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 11 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Antihydrogen Capture Marks CERN Success

For the first time, physicists have captured antimatter — the exact opposite of matter. For eight years a group of international scientists have been creating the simplest form of antimatter in a laboratory. In a paper appearing in the journal Nature last week, those subatomic particle physicists...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biofuels, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Greenovation, Video on 11 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Gobble the Turkey and Give your Leftover Fry Oil to a Biodiesel Maker

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, if you plan on frying a turkey this year, someone wants your leftovers. Newport Biodiesel in Newport, Rhode Island collects french fry oil from fast food restaurants but this Thanksgiving the company wants your leftovers. If you live outside Rhode Island, contact...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Biology, Climate, Computer Science, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Science Policy, The Brain, Video on 11 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Obama Awards National Science Medals

President Obama bestowed medals on researchers and scientists in a ceremony in the East Room on Wednesday. The President presented the National Medal of Science to ten eminent researchers and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to three individuals and a three-person team for a wide range...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Video on 11 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Roaches Hold Key to Killing Superbugs

Scientists say cockroaches may hold the key to killing the bacteria that threaten our lives. The insect that’s usually associated with rotting food, a dirty environment and disease could be just the thing scientists need to treat human superbugs like MRSA. So the creatures that seem indestructible...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 11 16th, 2010 | No Comments

Cats Lapping Caught on Video

Few would even think of studying the science of cat lapping–you know the act of felines drinking milk. But biophysicst Dr. Roman Stocker at MIT started his research after watching his cat one morning lap water from his bowl. Then MIT researchers made high-speed videos that offer insight into the...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Ecology, Plants, Video on 11 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Invading Species Push Native Plants and Animals to the Brink

Meet some of the animals and plants who don’t belong in Colorado but have found a home there–to the detriment of the native species. The Red-eared Slider Turtle is wiping out the Western Painted Turtle while the American Bullfrog is competing for food and water resources with the Northern...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Math, Scientainment, SciLebs, Video on 11 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Danica McKellar says, “Kiss My Math!”

Getting girls interested in math and science can be a daunting task. But for child actress and star of the Wonder Years TV show Danica McKellar is working to excite girls about math and science. She’s written three books and now is teaming up with DeVry University to get girls to take a second...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 11 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Holographic TV is Dimensions Away from Reality

Scientists say they have taken a big step toward displaying live video in three dimensions — a technology far beyond 3-D movies and more like the Star Wars movie scene where a ghostly Princess Leia image pleads, “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Researchers at Arizona State University and...

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