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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, The Brain on 02 11th, 2010 | No Comments

The Love Hormone Field Test

It’s a rare occasion when a scientist can test a theory outside the confines of a laboratory. So when Paul Zak got a call from New Scientist reporter Linda Geddes to take her blood at her wedding, he just couldn’t say no. Dr. Zak is an ocytoxin researcher who studies social indicators of...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Computer Science, Energy, Engineering, Featured Articles, Geology, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips on 02 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

Science on Track for Big Budget Gains in 2011

The federal agencies submitted their budget requests to Congress this week, marking a big moment for all things science. According to preliminary reports about $148 billion of the Presidents full $3.8 trillion budget is heading for scientific research programs. Photo courtesy of Brookhaven National...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Environment, Geology, Oceanography, SciClips on 02 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Branson Explores Underwater Flight

The man who is planning to send tourists to space is diving into the world of ocean exploration. The first underwater plane is designed for use by Sir Richard Branson’s guests who visit his private Caribbean island. This fun toy could be the beginning of a new Virgin brand — this called...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, SciClips, Space, Uncategorized on 02 1st, 2010 | 1 Comment

Astrotweets Signal Internet Move to Space

Astronauts can order books on Amazon or watch movies on Netflix, even while orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station. NASA just hooked up the Internet last week and already the astronauts have been tweeting up a storm. NASA also unveiled live streaming aboard the space station, starting...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips, Uncategorized on 01 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Science State of the Union

President Obama’s first State of the Union address was long as these speeches go but short on science. With only a few mentions of science, science education and innovation, the Monday morning science quarterbacks criticized the President for not including more science. But two teenage future...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Geology, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Uncategorized, Video on 01 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists Return to Haiti to Study Quake

A group of geoscientists from leading research universities just received a grant to travel to Haiti to study the aftermath of the 7.0 Haiti earthquake that devastated the capital of Port-au-Prince on January 12. Led by Eric Calais from Purdue University, the team will take measurements of the changes...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Energy, Environment, Global Warming, SciClips, Solar on 01 25th, 2010 | No Comments

The Sun’s Hot Solar Promise

The sun is one-stop shopping when it comes to finding an unlimited supply of power. But harnessing light and turning it into electricity has proven to be a tricky and expensive proposition. But if we could squeeze our huge thirst for power from the sun, one way to go may be something called “solar...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Backyard Science, SciClips, Space, citizen science 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 Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Environment, SciClips on 01 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Make Room for the Mesopredators

The top predators in every animal niche are disappearing. Development and other forces are pushing these animals toward the brink of extinction. New research shows that conservation efforts and a plan to return apex predators to the wild may be more cost-effective than trying to control the predators...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Climate, Endangered Species, Global Warming, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Video, Weird Weather on 01 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Cold Snap Masks Global Warming for a Minute

Much of the country and for that matter the Northern Hemisphere has been locked in an icy weather pattern that sent records tumbling and even forced Florida produce growers to seal oranges and strawberries in ice to protect them from frigid temperatures. Some scientists are saying this is yet another...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Engineering, SciClips, Space on 01 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Russia Takes Aim at Big Asteroid

The head of the Russian space agency surprised scientists recently when he announced that his country needs to start figuring out how to deflect a big asteroid that will pass very close to Earth in about 20 years. When Apophis was discovered in 2004 NASA thought there was a slight chance that the big...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Climate, Diseases, Endangered Species, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics and Science, SciClips on 01 10th, 2010 | No Comments

The Growling Uncertainty of Science

One thing is for sure. Science doesn’t do certainty. No matter how close a researcher gets to complete certainty there is always room to know more. Therefore uncertainty is a scientific fact. And we need to get comfortable with it. From taxonomic tussles over classifying the giant panda to more...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Physics and Chemistry, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips, Space, Uncategorized on 12 30th, 2009 | No Comments

Final Frontier Goes Commercial

There are growing signs that outer space is going to become the domain of private enterprise. Since the U.S. space program began, it has been largely controlled by the federal government. But that’s all changing. The first spaceport just broke ground in New Mexico. The first commercial spaceline...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Engineering, Environment, Geoengineering, Global Warming, Politics and Science, SciClips, Video on 12 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Science Looks for Plan B after Getting the Cold Shoulder at Warming Talks

Many scientists are disappointed after two weeks of climate change negotiations resulted in a toothless agreement that didn’t limit carbon dioxide, the main culprit of global warming. The new Copenhagen Accord(PDF) did not cut emissions as previously thought, dimming some hope that a global treaty...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Featured Articles, Marine Science, SciClips, Video on 12 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Sea Turtle Flies to Miami

An injured hawksbill sea turtle flew First Class from the Caribbean island of Curacao to Miami on Tuesday. Little Anita rode in her own seat, next to marine biologist Alina Szmant. The endangered turtle is now settling into her new home at the Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project’s “Turtle...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, SciClips, Video on 12 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Tree Kangaroos Fate Up in the Air

Matschie's Tree Kangaroo courtesy of Woodland Park Zoo Climate negotiations over how to limit carbon dioxide emissions are heating up in Copenhagen. But one other important area negotiators are addressing — how to sequester existing CO2. Climate sinks — like oceans, forests and permafrost...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics and Science, RawAudio, SciClips, Science & Entertainment on 12 15th, 2009 | No Comments

The Real Grey’s Anatomy

The hit ABC television drama Grey’s Anatomy revolves around the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital and follows the lives of surgical residents. Portland, Oregon medical correspondent and author Andrew Holtz wondered where the line between fact and fiction is being drawn when it comes to training...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, SciClips, SciLebs, Space, Video on 12 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Virgin Galactic Blows Guests Away During Space Ship 2 Unveiling

VSS Enterprise December 7 is a day that will now live in a new kind of infamy. It was the day that Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space company unveiled its new Space Ship 2 and almost blew 800 guests away — in hurricane-force winds — in the process. Video of the destruction...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Environment, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Politics and Science, SciClips on 12 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Gaga for Zhu Zhu

The world has gone nuts for five robotic hamsters, called Zhu Zhu Pets. While the cute and cuddly creatures race around on a surfboard, skateboard or in a car, the “it” toy of 2009 has some heavy metals that are within safety limits but beg the question: Do toys need to have these toxic...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Podcast, RawAudio, SciClips, Space on 12 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Pluto’s Icy Underdog Status

Composite image of Pluto, courtesy Eliot Young (SwRI) et al., NASA For three years, Pluto–the ninth planet–has been given the cold shoulder by the astronomy community, which demoted it to dwarf planet in 2006. What is it about Pluto that tugs at our heartstrings? MSNBC.com Science Editor...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips on 12 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Deconstructing Carbon Emissions

Over the course of the next few weeks we are going to be hearing a lot about carbon emissions–the gas released into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels and a whole host of other human activities. While the catch-all is called “carbon emissions” they aren’t confined to carbon...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, SciClips, The Brain on 11 27th, 2009 | No Comments

Tired from Tryptophan

Did you fall into a turkey coma? Well, if you did don’t blame it on the much-maligned tryptophan. It was more likely something else, like all the starch in stuffing or sugars in candied yams that made you need a nap. New research is finding that carbohydrate-rich meals help tryptophan cross the...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Environment, Global Warming, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips on 11 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Copenhagen Diagnosis Reveals Dire Climate Future

just as world leaders are getting ready to head to Denmark for a big climate negotiations conference that will determine the treaty to follow the Kyoto Protocol, a new scientific assessment is painting a dark picture of the future, based on recent climate science. Though not an official report of the...

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