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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Featured Articles, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Science of..., Video on 02 15th, 2010 | No Comments

The Science of…The Winter Olympics

The Science of…The Winter Olympics
San Francisco Bay area teachers are using the 2010 Winter Olympics to teach kids about math and science. The Silicon Valley Education Foundation teamed up with NBC Learn — the educational arm of NBC News — and the National Science Foundation to provide free lesson plans and video clips....
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Featured Articles, Global Warming, SciClips, Science of..., Weird Weather on 08 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Science of…Heat Wave

Science of…Heat Wave
The western half of North America has been baking in a heat wave that shattered all-time records while the east coast is shivering in one of the coldest summers on record. A giant ridge of high pressure and a giant low pressure trough that span the continent set up and became locked, creating a formidable...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Politics and Science, SciClips, Science of... on 07 24th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Science of…Health Care Reform

Science of…Health Care Reform
As Congress tackles one of the most important and expensive revamps of the American health care system, some are attacking the science used to measure how effective treatments are. This research–known as comparative effectiveness research–does not attempt to ration health care. And, could...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Biology, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Science of..., Space, Video on 05 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Science of…Star Trek

Science of…Star Trek
The new Star Trek movie is fueling a science fiction discussion about what technologies could eventually become science fact. The ability to travel at warp speed–the speed of light is at the root of this discussion. Is it possible and if so when? Well, yes and no. Some scientists believe that...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Science of..., Video on 04 6th, 2009 | No Comments

The Science of…Running

The Science of…Running
Running a marathon can be a grueling effort, even for well-trained athletes. Runners can suffer electrolyte imbalances and even kidney problems. An important factor in all this is hydration. But how much and what should runners drink? Those are questions doctors at Mayo Clinic want to answer. They’re...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Anthropology, Physics and Chemistry, Science of..., The Brain, Video on 03 4th, 2009 | No Comments

Chemistry of Love

Chemistry of Love
Dr. Helen Fisher, the author of Why Him, Why Her talks about the power of love–from a chemical point of view. The chemicals dopamine, serotonin, estrogen, and testosterone and are powerful forces in attracting a mate. Does the opposites-attract idea hold up under scientific scrutiny? Or is like...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Science of..., Video on 01 15th, 2009 | 5 Comments

Science of…Freeze

Science of…Freeze
December 2008 Global Temperatures According to official numbers, 2008 is the coldest year on record since 2000 (and it is still .05 degrees Celsius warmer than seasonal averages) because of the influence of La Nina cooling pattern in the Pacific Ocean. And winter has been brutal so far, with temperatures...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Podcast, Politics and Science, SciClips, Science of... on 12 2nd, 2008 | No Comments

Science of…a Recession

Science of…a Recession
The United States is in a recession. The signs are all around. But how is an official recession calculated or determined? The National Bureau of Economic Research announced that a recession began in December 2007. It took a year of housing foreclosures, bank failures and massive layoffs to slow economic...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Podcast, Politics and Science, SciClips, Science of... on 12 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Science of…a Recession

Science of…a Recession
The United States is in a recession. The signs are all around. But how is an official recession calculated or determined? The National Bureau of Economic Research announced that a recession began in December 2007. It took a year of housing foreclosures, bank failures and massive layoffs to slow economic...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in SciClips, Science of..., economics on 09 7th, 2008 | No Comments

Science of…a Recession

Science of…a Recession
The United States is in a recession. The signs are all around. But how is an official recession calculated or determined? The National Bureau of Economic Research announced that a recession began in December 2007. It took a year of housing foreclosures, bank failures and massive layoffs to slow economic...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Physics and Chemistry, Science of..., Video on 06 13th, 2008 | No Comments

Science of…Fizz

Diet Coke + Mentos = Physics of Fizz [kml_flashembed movie=" At last, a science-based reason to show the famous Diet Coke-Mentos geyser video from YouTube! A group of college Sophomores in North Carolina decided to study the physics of this pop culture experiment. And, their work is published in the...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Science of..., Space on 05 27th, 2008 | No Comments

Phoenix Begins Scientific Mission

Phoenix Begins Scientific Mission
Crater showing carbon dioxide frost, courtesy of NASA After all the anticipation about the landing, the real work begins now that the Phoenix Lander is safely planted on Mars. The three-month mission gets underway this week and will search for clues to the red planet’s watery past. A robotic...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Politics and Science, Science of... on 05 8th, 2008 | No Comments

Science of…Our Clear and Present Danger

Science of…Our Clear and Present Danger
Prices are rising, food seems scarce. Wars are raging in far corners of the world. But is our present time one of more or less violence? A group of Maryland researchers have been following the numbers. It turns out we are living in a very peaceful time. Why doesn’t it feel like it? pp_flashembed( 'powerpress_player_6689', {src:...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Physics and Chemistry, SciLebs, Science of..., Space, Video on 04 4th, 2008 | No Comments

Michio Kaku and Science of…The Impossible

Dr. Michio Kaku examines the link between science fiction and real science. From the technological advances of teleportation in Star Trek and a death star in Star Wars, Kaku rates the impossibility of such realities in the future in his new book, Physics of the Impossible.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Podcast, SciClips, Science of... on 02 11th, 2008 | No Comments

The Science of…Leap Year

The Science of…Leap Year
courtesy of ASU deptarments of Geography and Computer Science This year, February 29 appears on the calendar. That’s because 2008 is a leap year. It’s just an easy way to keep our calendars clear and consistent. Why do we get an extra day every four years? The answer is in the way the Earth...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Podcast, Science of... on 04 3rd, 2007 | No Comments

Real Science on iTunes (at long last)

REAL Science is going live on iTunes! REAL Science is available at iTunes. Because we are new and have little ranking, you must search by name to subscribe. Thanks to all of you intrepid subscribers who continually send e-mail asking when this will happen. We are so excited to be listed among the 60...
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