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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, SciClips, Space, Uncategorized on 02 1st, 2010 | No Comments
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 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 Backyard Science, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Science & Entertainment, Uncategorized on 10 27th, 2009 | No Comments
Balloon Boy Takes Us All for a Ride
The man behind the recent hoax captured our attention but smeared amateur science in the process. Fame-hungry Richard Heene used his son and some faked backyard science to launch his reality TV career.
Most people thought it was highly unlikely that a 40-pound boy stowed away in the balloon and floated...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Math, SciClips, Uncategorized on 10 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Puzzle People Make Math Magic
Brilliant minds have been challenging people to embrace math for centuries. But one man made recreational math fun and has been inspiring legions of followers for decades.
His name? Martin Gardner. This mathemagician has been transforming frightening formulas into fun.
But recreational math doesn’t...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Around the Americas, Climate, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Marine Science, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Uncategorized on 08 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Sailing Through the Thick of the Northwest Passage
Route of Ocean Watch Through the Northwest Passage
Ocean Watch, the 64-foot sailboat that also doubles as a voyage of scientific discovery is traveling over the top of North America, in an effort to traverse the rapidly melting yet still dangerous Northwest Passage.
The fabled shipping route has been...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Featured Articles, Food and Nutrition, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Uncategorized, Video on 03 25th, 2009 | 1 Comment
HowCast: Become a Medical Test Subject
Looking for a way to make extra money and help further medical research?
Try becoming a medical test subject and give yourself over to the warm embrace of science where you can make up to $50,000 a year.
Before starting, go here:
BioTrax.com
and here…
GPGC.net
to see if you qualify.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Biology, SciClips, Uncategorized on 08 25th, 2008 | No Comments
Originating New Species
Horned beetle, photo by Armin Mozcek
The fittest do survive.
But new research from Indiana seems to indicate that what makes a creature fit can be driven by other secondary characteristics.
This can lead to rapid speciation.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Marine Science, SciClips, Uncategorized on 06 6th, 2008 | No Comments
Robofish on The Move
Dr. Kristi Morgansen sends commands to her robofish, courtesy of University of Washington
A group of University of Washington engineers have built a school of fish.
The underwater robots look like fish, act like fish and thanks to some clever programming, move like fish.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Nanotechnology, SciClips, Uncategorized on 05 29th, 2008 | No Comments
Nano Noodles
World’s Smallest Ramen Bowl, Courtesy of University of Tokyo
Hungry engineering students in Japan decided to make a noodle bowl using microscopic pieces of carbon, called nanotubes.
The bowl comes with noodles but they aren’t edible. They do make for a good picture. And, this one was entered...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Global Warming, Marine Science, Uncategorized on 05 1st, 2008 | No Comments
Staying Current
North Pacific Gyre Oscillation, courtesy of Georgia Tech
Ocean currents are complex systems that change climate and determine fish populations.
Long studied by scientists to help fishermen predict sardine and anchovy populations, knowing currents is vital to the fishing industry.
But often the predictions...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Climate, Environment, Global Warming, Uncategorized, Weird Weather on 03 2nd, 2007 | 2 Comments
The Secret Lives of Hurricanes
After a lucky break in data gathering during hurricane heavy 2005 scientists got a glimpse of new dynamics from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita that may help better forecast the tropical monsters in the future.
As a general rule hurricanes can gain or lose intensity with startling quickness, a...
