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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Engineering, Featured Articles, Video on 11 30th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Jetman Flies with the Big Birds

Yves “Jetman” Rossy is a Swiss aviator and engineer who has created personalize jet flight. In 2008 he became the first person to fly independently without the aid of an airplane. He just had a fixed wing attached to his back.Jetman, Yves Rossy Soars above The Alps He’s been perfecting...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Inventions, Physics and Chemistry, Robotics, Video on 11 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Softbots Slither in Tight Spaces

(no audio to accompany video) After the earthquake in Japan or Haiti robots were pretty useless in sifting through rubble to find survivors. They also didn’t do well in off-road situations where the environment had shifted and they couldn’t maneuver over obstacles. But a chemist at Harvard...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Climate Change, Featured Articles, Politics, Video on 11 28th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Climategate II: Attack of the Scientists

Two years ago the private e-mails of one of the top climate change research centers were stolen and published online. The timing was such that it occurred just before the Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009. Now, just two weeks before the Durban, South Africa Climate Summit, the hackers have released...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Space, Video on 11 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Curious Mars Rover to Search for Life

On Saturday, a $2 billion science project will begin what NASA is calling a flagship mission to Mars to see if the red planet is capable of sustaining microbial life. Equipped with 17 cameras, an on-board science lab, the six-wheeled rover named Curiosity will do what its predecessors Spirit and Opportunity...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Dinosaurs, Discoveries, Marine Science, Video on 11 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Largest Whale Fossile Bed Unearthed in Chile

For seven million years at least 80 ancient whale skeletons have been preserved in the high desert of Chile. Now a road project threatens the ancient burial ground. But developers of the new highway project have given scientists another month to remove and study as much of the area as they can.Whale...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Greenovation, Inventions, Nanotechnology, Video on 11 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Nickel Lattices Form Lightest Material

Materials scientists have been inspired by human architectural feats like the Golden Gate Bridge and the Eiffel Tower which demonstrate light-weight structures relative to their size. After applying similar architectural principles at the micro and nano scales, they have have created the lightest material...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Video, Weird Weather on 11 17th, 2011 | No Comments

La Nina Back for Round Dos

After a year of record precipitation in some parts of the country and blistering drought in others, everyone was hoping that this would be a neutral year. But weather forecasters show that a second La Nina began forming in August and could be at least as severe as last year. Winter 2012 Precipitation...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Space, Video on 11 16th, 2011 | 1 Comment

NASA Seeks New Astronauts

NASA wants You! Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? That’s the question NASA is asking the American public this week.The space agency is seeking a new crop of astronauts and put out a splashy public call for the 9-15 available jobs. To qualify applicants must possess a bachelor’s...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Discoveries, Engineering, Inventions, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 11 15th, 2011 | No Comments

Quantum Levitation Hovers on the Horizon

Science has proven it’s possible to make the Back to the Future II hover board a thing of the future. But first scientists need to overcome the need to flash freeze the object in order to turn it into a superconductor, which makes quantum levitation possible.Team Demonstrates Quantum Levitation...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Discoveries, Marine Science, New Species, Video on 11 14th, 2011 | No Comments

Dead Sea Teems with Tiny Life

It turns out the Dead Sea isn’t so dead after all. Microscopic life is thriving in the super salty environment, according to new findings by a German and Israeli team of scientists. They found new species of life in freshwater fissures in the seafloor. Fresh, bubbling water containing the ingredients...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Inventions, Physics and Chemistry, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 11 10th, 2011 | No Comments

Bright Ideas Drove Invention of Mundane Things

Right now Steve Jobs is being remembered as the man who made technology personal and pleasing. But as time passes the iPod, iPhone and iPad will become part of our lives, no longer remarkable. This is the same journey that other inventions took, from bright, new concept to items in everyday use.iPad,...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Science & Religion, Video on 11 9th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Deepak Chopra on Science & Spirituality

The title of his latest book is War of the Worldviews: Science vs. Spirituality. But Dr. Deepak Chopra admits that science and spirituality connected and shouldn’t be pitted against one another. He believes that both are critical to solving the big problems facing the world. He says, “The...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Discoveries, Video on 11 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Old Secret Society Code Cracked

It sounds like a plot line from a fictional page turner. Locked inside a coded message is the politics and rituals of a secret society. The message is 105 pages long and contains a combination of Greek, Latin and abstract symbols. This is not the latest novel from Dan Brown. This is a real document...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate, Climate Change, Featured Articles, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 11 1st, 2011 | 1 Comment

Climate Skeptics Confirm Global Warming

Global warming has become so politicized that many people forget there is science underlying the concept. The camps sort out like this. Climate scientists for the most part agree that the world is heating up thanks to man-made or anthropogenic global warming, largely caused by excess carbon dioxide...

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