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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Engineering, Space, Video on 01 31st, 2012 | 3 Comments

Lego Man Goes to Nearer Space

NASA is spending $63 million per astronaut to send them to space on Russian rockets. But a pair of Toronto teens did it for $400. Okay, their astronaut was made of plastic and stood just a couple of inches tall. And he only made it about a quarter of the way to the internationally accepted boundary...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 01 24th, 2012 | No Comments

Big Solar Storm Brewing

As a precaution planes that travel over the North Pole are being rerouted. Satellites are bracing for a direct hit and technicians are watching energy grids with unblinking eyes. The reason for all the hub-bub is a big solar storm. The Space Weather Prediction Center issued a warning on Monday when...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Consumer Safety, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 12 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Combustion Whoosh Bottle Experiment Done Right

Last week, a Minnesota science class got more than they bargained for when a combustible demonstration being done by the physical sciences teacher caught chemicals on a lab table on fire and burned several students, including 15-year-old Dane Neuberger. The burned student says, “I started screaming...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Space, Video on 10 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Asteroid to Make Near Earth Pass

An aircraft carrier-sized asteroid is hurtling through our cosmic neighborhood. 2005 YU55 is going to be zipping by on November 8 in what scientists are calling a close encounter. The asteroid is not going to hit Earth but it will be about 15 percent closer to Earth than the moon, making it quite an...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 10 26th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Northern Lights Track South

Generally people in the far northern latitudes get to see the solar wind dancing with the magnetic field around Earth. But because of increased solar activity, the northern lights have been more visible further south, including Alabama, Georgia and even Florida. An automated NASA camera that takes a...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Biology, Environment, Evolution, Greenovation, Inventions, Math, Plants, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 10 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Nature by Numbers

Nature has been doing things for billions of years without issue. Over time plants and animals have refined the way they live to reflect the optimal situation given the conditions they have to endure. This is the nature of evolution. The fittest survive but what fit means to nature may be different...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Backyard Science, Biology, Citizen science, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Video on 09 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Snail Invasion Poses Health Risks

It may be the fastest invasion of a slow-moving creature but people in Miami-Dade County are taking care not to mess with the new snail in town. The east African land snail is making a home in south Florida and causing all sorts of problems. They reproduce at an exponential rate and grow fast. They...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Space, Video on 09 27th, 2011 | No Comments

Satellite Plunges to Earth in Remote South Pacific

When an out of control satellite is plummeting to Earth a few minutes makes a big difference. In the case of the decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite arriving a few minutes ahead of schedule meant that the two dozen or so pieces that survived re-entry hit a remote part of the South Pacific,...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Consumer Safety, Space, Video on 09 20th, 2011 | No Comments

NASA Tracking Satellite Heading for Earth

NASA says there could be a spectacular show on Friday if someone spots the re-entry of an old satellite. But that is a big if. The space agency is down-playing any danger associated with a 20-year-old, school-bus-sized piece of space junk crashing into a populated area. But there is still a chance that...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Backyard Science, Biology, Marine Science, Scientainment, SciLebs, Video on 08 31st, 2011 | No Comments

Nature’s Deadliest Animal Wrangler

It’s not your average Top 10 list. In fact there are a lot more killer creatures on adventurer Steve Backshall’s World’s 60 Deadliest Animals list. And he is traveling the world in search of the creative ways critters kill each other. The Nat Geo Wild channel airs the show, which follows...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Backyard Science, Biology, Citizen science, Discoveries, Diseases, Endangered Species, Environment, Marine Science, Math, New Species, Video on 08 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Millions of Species Yet to be Discovered

According to a new study it could take 1,200 years, 300,000 researchers and $364 billion to identify and catalog all the species on Earth. New research in the online journal PLoS Biology, a publication of the Public Library of Science uses a new way of calculating just how many plants and animals inhabit...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Nanotechnology, Physics and Chemistry, SciArt, Scientainment, Video on 08 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Ferrofluid Sculpture

Ferrofluid Morpho Towers from Jason Peters on Vimeo. Morpho Towers–Two Standing Spirals is a 2007 installation that consists of two ferrofluid sculptures that moves synthetically to music. The two iron spiral towers stand on a large plate holding ferrofluid, also known as liquid magnets. When...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Citizen science, Plants, Scientainment, Video on 06 8th, 2011 | No Comments

New Science App for Leaf Peepers

Attention smart phone toting leap peepers. If you’ve ever wondered what type of tree was nearby but didn’t have a guide book, finding the answer is now as easy as taking a snapshot with your smart phone. LeafSnap is a new smart phone application developed by Columbia University and University...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Backyard Science, Citizen science, SciArt, Scientainment, Space, Video on 05 12th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Shooting Stars

Seattle marketing director Nick Risinger quit his job to travel the world in search of the perfect picture of the night sky. The 29-year-old amateur astronomer took a year and traveled from the southwestern U.S. to South Africa, taking thousands of digital color photos of all billions of stars in both...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Backyard Science, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 01 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Northern Lights Forecast is Bright

The Aurora Borealis is a cosmological phenomenon that originates 93 million miles away — on the sun. When solar winds carrying plasma come into contact with Earth’s magnetic shield a spectacular light show becomes visible. Generally best seen in the higher latitudes of the U.S. and Canada...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Backyard Science, Space, Video on 01 13th, 2011 | No Comments

Meteor Flash Scares Southern States

Although it may have looked impressive to people in Arkansas, scientists say that Tuesday’s meteor sighting wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. A bright flash of light in the night sky panicked people in seven southern states, from Oklahoma to Florida. They all reported seeing a bright...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Citizen science, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 01 10th, 2011 | No Comments

Google Starts Virtual Science Fair

Search giant Google is launching the first online global science fair, tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. PST. A live event at the science fair YouTube page will have all the details. The virtual science fair begins tomorrow and is geared toward students ages 13-18. But that’s all that the company is telling...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Space, Video on 12 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Winter Begins with Rare Solstice Lunar Eclipse

Skywatchers across North and Central America got an early holiday present this year — a total eclipse of the moon. Hanging high in the sky, the moon slowly turned from bright silver into a red disk early Tuesday. While a lunar eclipse is hardly unusual to have it fall on the winter solstice is...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Citizen science, Engineering, Environment, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 08 10th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Droid-1 Blows into Illegal Operation

Science enthusiast Bobby Russell launched his Quest for Stars program last week by sending a helium-filled weather balloon about 107,000 feet up, to the edge of space. On board, Russell outfitted the styrofoam payload bay with cameras, GPS and a Motorola Droid smartphone set to take pictures every seven...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Engineering, Environment, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 08 9th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Science Buff Sends Balloon to Edge of Space

San Diego science buff Bobby Russell thought it would be a great experiment to attach cameras, sensors, GPS and a smartphone to a weather balloon and launch it to the edge of space. He even received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct his launch. But instead of collecting...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Backyard Science, Citizen science, SciClips, Space on 01 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment

Help NASA Image Mars

Here’s your chance to make scientific history. NASA is inviting the public to help choose sites on Mars to point a high-powered camera as part of a visual survey of the Red Planet. The HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has shot over 13,000 images already. Now NASA is opening...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 01 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Building a Potato Powered Calculator

Long a science fair project staple, this potato powered calculator is easy to recreate yourself. Batteries not necessary.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Engineering, Environment, Greenovation, Solar, Video on 01 7th, 2010 | No Comments

A House of Cards in the Columbian Jungle

Dedicated environmentalists, or eccentric architects? Nearly a decade ago, the Jimenez family moved from the Colombian city of Cali to a humble home in the jungle made entirely out of paper. They keep cool, cook, do laundry and demonstrate how to live off the grid by generating their own energy.

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