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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Backyard Science, Citizen science, Engineering, Space, Video on 01 31st, 2012 | 2 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 Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Biology, Citizen science, Climate Change, Video on 12 29th, 2011 | No Comments

Christmas Count Turns Birders into Citizen Scientists

If it’s December it’s time to count the birds. For 112 years the National Audubon Society has been documenting the avian world with its annual Christmas Bird Count. The oldest citizen science (and longest running) project now utilizes the bird-spotting expertise of over 60,000 volunteers...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Computer Science, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 12 14th, 2011 | No Comments

New Newton Project Drops Online

Sir Isaac Newton wrote mainly in Latin and Greek, the languages of science at the time he made astonishing discoveries about the laws of motion and gravity. Now those numerous writings are being put online in new a collection of 4,000 pages, including his hand-annotated copy of Principia Mathematica.Principia...

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 Citizen science, Discoveries, Featured Articles, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 12 5th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Help Name the New Elements

The latest additions to the periodic table of the elements finally have placeholder names. It was earlier this year when elements 114 and 116 were admitted onto the coveted list of elements. At the time they were referred to by their numerical Latin ununquadium and ununhexium. They might be called flerovium...

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 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 Citizen science, Climate Change, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, Science of..., Video on 10 13th, 2011 | No Comments

Science of…Fall Foliage

For leaf peepers Fall is the time for the best leaves. They turn from bright green to yellow, then orange and if the conditions are right red and purple too. But what makes fall colors so spectacular? Science can explain. First just about everybody knows that chlorophyll gives leaves their green color....

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 Biology, Citizen science, Computer Science, Discoveries, Diseases, Engineering, Health and Medicine, Video on 09 21st, 2011 | 3 Comments

Citizen Scientists Discover Key HIV Protein

For years, scientists have been saying that some of the biggest discoveries in science will come from non-scientists. And now that prediction is showing promise as two teams of online video game players have helped solve the structure for an important enzyme found in the HIV virus. After medical researchers...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 09 19th, 2011 | No Comments

Surfers Use Science to Protect the Ocean

Surfers are a group of ocean super users. They spend a great deal of time in the water and on top of the waves. They notice slight variations. And they depend on a clean, safe environment to catch a wave and hang ten. As a result they are first responders when it comes to anything encroaching on their...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Computer Science, Engineering, Inventions, Video on 09 12th, 2011 | 3 Comments

MakerBot Prints Future of Manufacturing

Bre Pettis used to be a school teacher in Seattle. Then he began doing weekend projects and podcasting about them for Make: magazine. But when he found 3-D printing he found a home and turned that passion into a company, where he is bringing science fiction-style replicators a step closer to reality....

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 Artificial Intelligence, Citizen science, Computer Science, Discoveries, Geology, Marine Science, Math, Video on 08 17th, 2011 | No Comments

Project Shiphunt Puts Adventure in Science

What started out as an educational lesson turned into real-world adventure for five high school students from Sagniaw, Michigan. The students from Arthur Hill High School, near Michigan’s Shipwreck Alley on Lake Huron located two missing ships at the bottom of the lake. In a science outreach collaboration...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Citizen science, Space, Video on 07 7th, 2011 | No Comments

NASA Wants You to Help Spot Icy Blobs

All of the space data that the Hubble Telescope is broadcasting is far too much for a handful of scientists to sift through in a timely manner. So using the power of technology and the time and interest of citizen scientists several space-based science projects are underway through a project called...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Citizen science, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Scientainment, The Brain, Video on 06 17th, 2011 | No Comments

Music in the Name of Science

An exhibition which doubles as a huge, interactive science experiment has opened in New York. The Dublin Science Gallery’s Biorhythm: Music and the Body show immerses its visitors in a world of sonic experiences to see how they respond to different musical stimuli. Tara Cleary from Reuters reports. But...

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 Citizen science, Computer Science, Engineering, Inventions, Podcast, SciArt, Video on 03 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Building Dreams from Scratch

A new membership-based, do-it-yourself fabrication and manufacturing space allows engineers and inventors to work on their gadgets using the latest in high-tech equipment. Tech Shop has opened facilities in California with plans to expand across the country. It’s like your father’s workshop...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Around the Americas, Citizen science, Climate Change, Environment, Geology, Marine Science, Scientainment, Space, Video on 01 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Science Tourists Explore New Ways to Travel

If Jonas Salk and Carl Sagan are your celebrities, we have a trip for you. From researching global warming in Antarctica to monitoring space flight, Bloomberg Businessweek explores the growing tourism niche of science travel. It’s a marriage of ecotravel and scientific research. Here are some...

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