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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Discoveries, Endangered Species, Featured Articles, Plants, Video on 01 5th, 2012 | No Comments

Parasitic Fly Could Explain Bee Disappearance

In 2006 bees began disappearing. Entomologists have never been exactly able to pinpoint the cause of syndrome, which they now call colony collapse disorder. It occurs when the worker bees abandon the hive and the whole system falls apart. No one knows why the bees leave. Some have suggested they get...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Genomics, Plants, Video on 12 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Frankincense Shortage on the Horizon

It’s almost Christmas and the value of the gifts of the Three Wise Men is on the rise. For those not remembering the Nativity story the Three Wise Men brought three items, gold, frankincense and myrrh to the birth of baby Jesus. Quite valuable way back when, the three items are still quite rare...

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 Biotechnology, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Ecology, Engineering, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Plants, Video on 10 20th, 2011 | No Comments

Genetically Modified Foods Abound in U.S.

Jeffrey Smith has written the book on genetically modified foods (GMOs). Now he’s on a crusade to rid the U.S. of unhealthy food hybrids that not even animals choose to eat. He tells the story of a farmer who was growing corn for his cows. The farmer grew non-GMO corn next to corn that had been...

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 Climate Change, Plants, Video on 08 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Orange Goo Mystery Solved …sort of

In early August a mysterious orange goo began appearing in towns along Alaskan shores. At first the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration thought the bright gunk might be microscopic eggs. People in the tiny town of Kivalina found the mystery muck floating near shore, in a river and even in...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Evolution, Genetics, Plants, Video on 08 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Climate Change Pushes Species Up and North

A meta-study in the journal Science says – changing global temperatures are pushing species towards the poles and higher altitudes. A meta study is a study that rounds up all the other related studies (in this case 54) and analyzes them for trends or patterns that emerge. After looking at the...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Discoveries, Diseases, Environment, Health and Medicine, New Species, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, Video on 08 18th, 2011 | No Comments

Yale Undergrads Find Plastic-Eating Fungus

The growing garbage problem may have a new solution–fungus that eats plastic. For years mounting mounds of plastic have been choking landfills and polluting the ocean. Now an annual undergraduate trip to the rain forest may have found a solution to the plastic problem. Unleashing creativity in...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biochemistry, Biology, Diseases, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Physiology, Plants, Space, Video on 07 11th, 2011 | No Comments

Last Shuttle Crammed with Science Experiments

When the final mission of the U.S. space shuttle program blasted off flawlessly on Friday, over one million onlookers gathered in Florida for the launch. Tens of millions more watched on television. But what they couldn’t see amid the liftoff fire and smoke was all the science that was en route...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environment, Marine Science, New Species, Oceanography, Plants, Video on 06 27th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Northwest Passage Opens for Whales, Plankton Not Just People

This video from May 2010 tells the tale of a gray whale lost, half a world away from home. Biologists immediately thought it was a hoax but after studying the 43-foot whale more closely they discovered that it must have gotten off it’s north-south Pacific Ocean migration track thanks to an ice-free...

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 Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Plants, Video on 06 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Bean Sprouts Blamed for E. Coli Outbreak

Update: Preliminary tests prove negative for E. coli in bean sprouts from an organic farm in the Uelzen district of the German state of Lower Saxony. 23 out of 40 sprout samples from the farm came back negative for the bacteria. 17 samples are undergoing further testing which won’t be available...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, Video on 05 17th, 2011 | No Comments

Exploding Watermelon Perplexes China

Chinese farmers are scratching their heads after fields of watermelons turned into exploding land mines. The official cause remains unknown but some believe that the farmers sprayed a rapid growth chemical on the fruit too late in the season and after an extremely wet period. The combination of factors...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate Change, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, Plants, Politics, Scientainment, Video on 02 21st, 2011 | No Comments

A Comedic Take on an Unrecognizable Earth

Scientists say the growing number of people on the Earth could lead to a food crisis by 2050 and reshape the planet. Now@9 viewers and Actor/Comedian Hal Sparks discuss the idea. The conversation was sparked by this weekend’s American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Washington...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Marine Science, Oceanography, Plants, Video on 02 14th, 2011 | No Comments

Sea Urchins Help Rescue Hawaiian Reef

A fast-growing seaweed-like algae is smothering Hawaiian reefs, especially in Kaneohe Bay, near Honolulu. In an effort to slow the spread of the invasive plant, scientists have been raising baby sea urchins in a hatchery, getting them ready to battle the algae. Raising urchins in captivity is very difficult...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Health and Medicine, Plants, Video on 01 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

The Plant List Sprouts up Online

British and American botanists announced last week that they have created a list of all known land plant species, containing 1.25 million scientific names. This two-year project has created the largest and most comprehensive plant list ever made. The goal is to have all plants cataloged and identified...

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 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 Anthropology, Biology, Climate, Climate Change, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Math, Plants, Scientainment, Space, Video on 08 20th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Scientists are People Too

The race is on to humanize scientists. Mad, messy-haired white men in white coats in a dark, cold laboratory are out. Long distance running, singer-photographer, daredevils are in. These are the new faces of science. mechanical engineer and an all-purpose daredevil, Nate Ball is also an accomplished...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate Change, Environment, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, Video on 03 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Methane Bubbles up from the Arctic

Researchers at University of Alaska Fairbanks are afraid the permafrost in the Siberian continental shelf is beginning to fail. If it does the trapped methane below will release into the ocean and eventually into the atmosphere. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas — about 25 times more potent...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Food and Nutrition, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Plants, Video on 02 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists Invent Rice That Doesn’t Need Cooking

Agricultural scientists in India say they have developed a variety of rice that requires no cooking and can be eaten simply after being soaked in water.

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Climate Change, Ecology, Environment, Plants, SciClips on 10 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Open Data Opens Doors for Citizen Scientists

Members of the Surui tribe in Brazil test Open Data Kit, photo courtesy of Carl Hartung, UW Cell phones are coming to the aid of international health workers, environmental monitors and even citizen scientists. Now loaded with a data collection tool, Open Data Kit is the brainchild of some doctoral students...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Backyard Science, Biology, Climate Change, Computer Science, Discoveries, Engineering, Environment, Featured Articles, Geology, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, SciClips, Space, Video on 08 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Turning the iPhone into the SciPhone

Just over a year old, the Apple iTunes App Store is churning out–or rather independent developers are–applications to calculate tips, find restaurants and even play countless games. But there is little for the science-interested smart phone users. Oh sure, among the tens of thousands of...

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