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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Anthropology, Biology, Climate, Diseases, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Math, Plants, Science & Entertainment, Space, Video on 08 20th, 2010 | No Comments

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 Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Politics and Science, Video on 08 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists Say Toxic BP Oil Mix Sits on Gulf Floor and Floats Below the Surface

After one of their research vessels returned from the Gulf, University of South Florida scientists say they found significant amounts of toxic oil sitting on the Gulf floor – and it is killing sea life. Small oil droplets speckle the Gulf floor and are hard to detect. Best seen under ultraviolet...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, New Inventions, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 08 18th, 2010 | No Comments

AMPERE Project to Watch Space Weather

WARNING: Video Press Release The National Science Foundation, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Boeing and Iridium successfully demonstrate space weather observation system, Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment (AMPERE). The new NSF-funded Boeing AMPERE project is...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Climate, Food and Nutrition, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Video on 08 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Fake Steak for the Future

21 papers produced from scientists in different fields released a report this week saying that technology may be one of the best fixes for a growing problem. Members of Britain’s Royal Society concluded that artificial meat — created in giant vats using vegetable protein — may be one...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Energy, Engineering, Environment, Global Warming, Video on 08 16th, 2010 | No Comments

E-car Teams Race Around the World on Zero Emissions

A round-the-world race aimed at showcasing green technologies began Monday in Switzerland. The aim is to complete the 18,642-mile trip without pumping carbon into the atmosphere. The electric cars, which will pass through 150 cities, including Los Angeles, will power up using regular outlets and offset...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Citizen science, Computer Science, New Discoveries, Space, Video on 08 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Citizen Scis Make Big Astronomical Discovery Using Computer Down Time

Citizen scientists Chris and Helen Colvin from Ames, Iowa, and Daniel Gebhardt from Mainz, Germany participate in Einstein@Home, a distributed computing program that involves a quarter of a million volunteers worldwide. They donated their idle computer time to analyze data gathered by the world’s...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Atmospheric science, Climate, Global Warming, Oceanography, Video on 08 12th, 2010 | No Comments

10 Indicators Point to Warming World

A joint report put out by NOAA and the UK Met Office have looked at the atmospheric and ocean research of 300 scientists around the world and concludes global warming is a fact. Scientists from 48 countries say 10 indicators that are related to surface temperatures all tell the same story: Global warming...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Health and Medicine, The Brain, Video on 08 11th, 2010 | No Comments

New Microchip Talks to Brain Cells

The science fiction world of bionic hybrid people is one step closer to reality now that a University of Calgary team has discovered how to get brain cells to “talk” to a silicon microchip. The applications range from an implantable chip eventually being able to help people control chronic...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Citizen science, Engineering, Environment, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 08 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Droid-1 Blows into Illegal Operation

Science enthusiast Bobby Russell launched his Quest for Stars program last week by sending a helium-filled weather balloon about 107,000 feet up, to the edge of space. On board, Russell outfitted the styrofoam payload bay with cameras, GPS and a Motorola Droid smartphone set to take pictures every seven...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Backyard Science, Engineering, Environment, Physics and Chemistry, Space, Video on 08 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Science Buff Sends Balloon to Edge of Space

San Diego science buff Bobby Russell thought it would be a great experiment to attach cameras, sensors, GPS and a smartphone to a weather balloon and launch it to the edge of space. He even received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct his launch. But instead of collecting...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Space, Video on 08 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Solar Tsunami Shoots Plasma at Earth

Solar eruptions send gases directly toward earth but scientists say they pose no direct threat to us. But for science, it was quite a spectacular cosmic display. On August 1, a large sunspot created a coronal mass ejection from the northern hemisphere of the sun. This discharge of gas and particles...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, Marine Science, New Species, Oceanography, Video on 07 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Marine Biologists Find New Species

Marine biologists believe they have discovered several new species of underwater creatures, including sponges, corals and sea stars

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Video on 07 19th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft Imagine Cup Rewards Students Who Solve Global Problems

The Imagine Cup, now in its eighth year, encourages high school and university students around the world to develop software aiming to solve global problems. Team Skeek from Thailand took home the top prize for software design for creating a program that translates text into sign language using speech...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists Simulate BP Oil Spill Day 360

Simulation of BP Oil Spill, Day 360, courtesy of University of Hawaii University of Hawaii scientists Researchers Axel Timmermann and Fabian Schloesser have been trying to answer a question that few will even dare to ask. They want to how not if but when the oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Endangered Species, Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Scientists Study Gulf Oil Spill Impact on Marine Life

University of Florida’s Neil Hammerschlag is studying whether sharks along the Gulf Coast of Florida can sense oil and move away from it. Hurley the hammerhead shark disappeared from satellite tracking two days after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as researchers were studying migration patterns...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Energy, Environment, Geology, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 13th, 2010 | No Comments

BP Replaces Oil Cap and Runs Pressure Tests to Stop Oil Leak

With a tight new cap freshly installed on its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP planned gradual tests starting Tuesday to see if the device can stop oil from pouring into the sea for the first time in nearly three months. The next step will be to slowly close the valves on that cap to see if it...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Geology, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Oil Gushes Freely for Two Days

Robotic submarines removed the cap from the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, beginning a period of at least two days when oil will flow freely into the sea. And BP isn’t convinced that putting the new Top Hat Number 10 cap on the leaking wellhead will solve the problem. If the new...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, Oceanography, Video on 07 9th, 2010 | No Comments

Capping the BP Oil Leak on the Horizon

The BP oil leak could be completely contained as early as Monday if a new, tighter cap can be fitted over the blown-out well, the government official in charge of the crisis said Friday in some of the most encouraging news to come out of the Gulf in the two and half months since the disaster struck. After...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Anthropology, Health and Medicine, Museum, Video on 07 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Mummies of World Unwrapped and Ready to Tour

The “Mummies of the World” exhibit opens in Los Angeles featuring 150 specimens of human and animal remains and related artifacts from across the globe. Mummy Science Cedars-Sinai Medical Center partnered with the German Mummy Project to perform CT scans of the mummies included in the exhibition. “If...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Space, Video on 07 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Russian Supply Capsule Misses International Space Station

An unmanned Russian space capsule carrying supplies to the International Space Station failed in a docking attempt. As a result, NASA says the Progress vehicle continued on its trajectory and glided safely past the space station. At the time of the communication loss, the vehicle was approximately...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, Space, Video on 07 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Put Your Face in Space

NASA is giving anyone interested the opportunity to send a picture into space on one of the last two space shuttle missions. Go to the Face in Space website to upload an electronic picture to fly with astronauts aboard shuttle Discovery’s STS-133 mission or shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission....

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Environment, Global Warming, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, Space, Video on 07 1st, 2010 | No Comments

2010: A Space Policy

President Obama unveiled his new plan(PDF) for NASA. After scrapping the manned space program Constellation last fall the President pushed back plans to return to the moon and send a manned mission to Mars. This announcement and policy reversal struck some stargazers and scientists as disappointing. The...

Posted by Michael Bradbury in Engineering, Environment, Horizon Oil Spill, Marine Science, New Inventions, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 06 29th, 2010 | 1 Comment

BP Spins Kevin Costner Oil-Separating Centrifuge into Action

“I’ve been to all the oil spill conferences around he country and all I see are booms and the latest helicopter. But I’ve never seen one machine that deals with getting the oil out. That’s me.” — Kevin Costner Actor Kevin Costner was visibly frustrated when he testified...

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