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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biofuels, Climate Change, Engineering, Environment, Featured Articles, Geology, Greenovation, Math, Politics, Science Policy, Solar, Video, Wave Power, Wind on 01 25th, 2012 | 1 Comment

State of the Union Skimps on Science

For those expecting President Barack Obama to expound on the accomplishments of his laundry list of science and innovation policy he outlined in last year’s State of the Union, there were a few nods to but no specifics in this third State of the Union address on Tuesday evening. As Forbes reported...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, Geology, Museum, Space, Video on 01 10th, 2012 | No Comments

New Mexico Space Rock Recovered

Leann Lloyd had the dubious honor of lugging a metallic rock through airport security in Missouri. She was on her way back to Albuquerque and the Meteorite Museum at University of New Mexico after retrieving the missing meteorite. She says, “It stopped the line and caused a big hub-bub and three...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Earthquake, Environment, Featured Articles, Geology, Video on 01 3rd, 2012 | No Comments

Earthquake Shakes Ohio Confidence in Drilling

Hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking to reach deep pockets of natural gas seems to be the culprit behind a small earthquake that shook Youngstown, Ohio on Saturday. By Monday, state lawmakers had imposed a two-week ban on drilling while the latest quake is investigated. Since the epicenter of the 4.0...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Earthquake, Environment, Geology, Health and Medicine, Video on 10 25th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Fracking Earthquakes

John Long is a geologist for Osborn Heirs, an oil and gas exploration and development company in San Antonio, Texas. When the earth started rumbling beneath is office he had a pretty good idea why. The answer he says is hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking. He says, “Anytime you take fluid or...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Diseases, Geology, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Scientainment, SciLebs, Space, Video on 10 14th, 2011 | No Comments

Music Meets Science in Biophilia

The voice of nature Sir David Attenborough is featured explaining Iceland musician Bjork’s latest venture — Biophilia. It’s part music album reflecting the connection points between sound, nature and technology. It’s an app for iPhones and iPads. It’s a creation generator...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Discoveries, Geology, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 09 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Astronomers Find Diamond Planet

Far far away, toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy sits a true diamond in the rough. Astronomers haven’t been able to see a newly discovered exoplanet but it may prove to be a real gem. Using deductive reasoning based on crucial pieces of evidence, an international astrophysics team led by...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Earthquake, Geology, Video on 08 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Big Quake Rattles East Coast

A 5.8 earthquake sent jitters through major population centers up and down the east coast of the U.S. yesterday. People from Toronto to Atlanta felt the moderate quake which was centered along the Central Virginia Seismic Zone near Mineral, Virginia. The east coast doesn’t get major temblors like...

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 Discoveries, Geology, Greenovation, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 07 20th, 2011 | 1 Comment

New Energy Source — Natural Radioactive Decay

For planetary scientists one of the biggest mysteries is trying to figure out where all the heat Earth pours into space originates. The planet ejects about 44 Tera watts of power of heat into space every second. New research from Japan’s Kamioka Liquid-scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector (KamLAND)...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Biology, Discoveries, Geology, Marine Science, Museum, Physics and Chemistry, SciArt, Scientainment, Space, Video on 07 1st, 2011 | No Comments

Beauty of Science

When Alex de Voogt couldn’t get a crumbling sheath to release an early 20th Century Egyptian knife, he turned to a cutting-edge, high resolution, computed tomography (CT) scanner for help. Using the advanced x-ray technology he was able to see inside the knife covering and reveal writing on the...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate Change, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Environment, Geology, Greenovation, Physics and Chemistry, Politics, Science Policy, Video on 06 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Nuclear Power Plants Under Threat

The record snow pack melt combined with cool, heavy spring rains forced reservoirs in northern states to release extra water into rivers, creating a big flood which is now surging south, from North Dakota to Nebraska where the Missouri River is over its banks and threatening two nuclear power plants. The...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Climate Change, Discoveries, Geology, Oceanography, Video on 06 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Sea Level Rise Small, Steady and Unprecedented

For years scientists and politicians have been saying the sea is rising. And it is. But because the amount of sea level rise each year is measured in millimeters for many it seems insignificant and for some it seems downright laughable. But new research this week confirms that sea levels have risen...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Consumer Safety, Earthquake, Engineering, Environment, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Video on 04 14th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Can Dancing Robots Help with Nuclear Clean Up?

Tokyo Electric Power is putting remote controlled machinery to use at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Helicopters mounted with cameras can safely survey the damaged reactors to give clean up crews a clear view of the mess without exposing them to dangerous radiation,...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Earthquake, Environment, Geology, Podcast, Video on 04 11th, 2011 | No Comments

Japan Earthquake: One Month Later

One month after the deadly 9.0 Japanese earthquake, the rescue workers and government took a moment of silence to remember the disaster that leveled portions of northeastern Japan after the quake triggered a large tsunami. But even after a month, the ground hasn’t stopped shaking. Last week a...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Earthquake, Environment, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 03 16th, 2011 | No Comments

Radioactive Threat Real in Japan: What to Know

The radiation levels at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant continue to fluctuate. Overnight, the spike in radiation levels forced the remaining workers out of the plant for a short time. Police are planning to use water cannons normally reserved for crowd control to keep nuclear fuel...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Earthquake, Environment, Geology, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 03 15th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Japanese Nuclear Crisis Deepens

After several days of uncertainty surrounding the fitness of Japanese nuclear power plants it appears that the worst is not yet over. Today, the International Atomic Energy Association declared the nuclear crisis in Japan to be a 6on a scale that goes to 7. To compare, the Three Mile Island partial...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Consumer Safety, Earthquake, Environment, Geology, Greenovation, Video on 03 14th, 2011 | No Comments

Nuclear Threat Remains After Japan Quake

There’s been more trouble at Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. With cooling systems down, fuel rods have been exposed at the facility’s Unit 2 reactor, and there was an explosion at Unit 3. While not ideal these explosions keep the threat of a total nuclear meltdown to...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Earthquake, Geology, Video on 03 11th, 2011 | No Comments

9.0 Quake Rocks Japan

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The largest earthquake in modern Japanese history struck the island nation yesterday, sending a 23-foot tsunami racing across the Pacific where every coastal nation in the western hemisphere was put on high alert. The 8.9 temblor...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Earthquake, Geology, Video on 03 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

Quakes Linked to Drilling

The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission has called an emergency meeting to temporarily shut down two injection wells in Faulkner County that have been linked to an earthquake swarm in the region. Arkansas Geological Survey geologist Scott Ausbrooks didn’t reveal any details ahead of tomorrow’s...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Earthquake, Geology, Video on 02 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Christchurch Hit by Big Quake

The people of New Zealand are no strangers to earthquakes. The island nation is bisected by a major fault line, similar to the San Andreas fault in California. But the 6.3 earthquake that pummeled Christchurch on Tuesday was still quite a shocker, given the devastation it caused. Buildings collapsed,...

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...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biofuels, Biotechnology, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Environment, Geology, Greenovation, Health and Medicine, Inventions, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Politics, Science Policy, Solar, Space, Video on 01 26th, 2011 | 2 Comments

Science Underpins Innovation in State of the Union

The 2011 State of the Union address, delivered by President Barack Obama, painted a solid picture of the future. Not surprisingly the President finds a secure and prosperous future filled with scientific and technological innovation. To create more jobs, he stresses better education including concentration...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate Change, Consumer Safety, Geology, Health and Medicine, Video, Weird Weather on 01 19th, 2011 | No Comments

ARkStorm Scenario Paints Grim Picture of California

Most Californians are worried about the Big One, referring to a massive and devastating earthquake. But now residents of the Golden State have a new natural disaster they can start sweating. Scientists with the U.S. Geological survey held a 2-day seminar in Sacramento last week urging local communities...

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