‘Science’ Category
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Google Street View Lets You See the Sights of Midway Atoll
0October 24, 2012 by Dan
Google Streetview seems to be conquering the globe rather quickly and not just cities and easily accessible places. Places like the Amazon, the Great Barrier Reef, and now, the remote Midway Atoll can all be explored from your computer. The Atoll is one of only 28 places designated as both … keep reading
Category Pollution, Science, Technology, Waste, Water, World | Tags: Conservation, Endangered Species, Google
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Presidential campaigns offer energetic energy debate at MIT
0October 16, 2012 by Dan
There could hardly be a more pressing issue than energy policy at a time of global warming, but it has rarely featured in this year’s presidential campaign. AT MIT, representatives of the Obama and Romney campaigns squared off in a crisp, serious-minded debate about energy, revealing significant differences between the … keep reading
Category America, Climate Change, Energy, Science | Tags: Debate, Energy, President
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Spider Silk Could Weave Biodegradable Computer Chips
0October 15, 2012 by Dan
Spiders and some insects use silk to build strong webs and spin cocoons, and now scientists have figured out how to use the material for something even more amazing: electronic computer chips. Many people have heard that spider silk is a sort of super-material: stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar, … keep reading
Category Science, Technology | Tags: Spider, Technology
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Pollution-Cleaning Clothing Created With Special Laundry Detergent
1October 8, 2012 by Dan
Pollution-cleaning clothing apparently isn’t too far off from being a reality. Simply by walking around in your own favorite jeans and t-shirt, you could help scrub the air of nitrogen oxides. The secret is in the detergent. Researchers at the University of Sheffield are developing an additive for laundry detergents … keep reading
Category Pollution, Science, World | Tags: Clothing, Pollution
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Allergy-free milk closer than ever
0October 2, 2012 by Dan
A team of New Zealand scientists claimed to be a step closer to producing allergy-free milk Tuesday, using a genetically-modified cow for their medical breakthrough. The team at the AgResearch Institute said they had bred the first cow in the world to produce high-protein milk with significantly reduced amounts of … keep reading
Category Farming, Food, Health, Science | Tags: Allergy, Milk, Research
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Scientists Discover Secret Behind the World’s Shiniest Fruit
0September 11, 2012 by Dan
Scientists have discovered how Pollia, the world’s shiniest fruit, retains its iridescent color for centuries. The shimmering fruit is not actually juicy or particularly edible—it contains mostly hard seeds—but its brilliantly-colored blue and purple exterior, with tiny pointillist-like dots of red, green, and orange, has attracted scientists into trying figure … keep reading
Category Science, World | Tags: Nature, Science
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Coffee Scraps at Starbucks Reused as Plastics and Consumer Products
0August 22, 2012 by Dan
If there is any place that produces massive amounts of used coffee grounds, it is the thousands of coffee factories around the world, Starbucks. One would think that they would just throw the used grounds into the trash, but the people at Starbucks thought better of it. They were sitting … keep reading
Category Food, Pollution, Recycle, Science, Waste | Tags: Biofuel, Coffee, Recycle, Starbuck's, Waste
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How Twinned Rainbows Form
0August 11, 2012 by Dan
Double rainbows had their fifteen minutes of fame on the Internet. Now get ready for their even more mysterious cousins: twinned rainbows. New research has suggested an explanation for these exotic shows of color. Story Continues
Category Science, Water | Tags: Rainbow, Science
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Studying Mars and linking it with Earth climate change
0August 7, 2012 by Dan
Scientists have made great strides in predicting what will happen to Earth’s climate, but there is a fundamental problem: we only have one climate to test our hypotheses in. We can’t irreversibly hack Earth’s climate (by pumping it full of toxic gases, for example) to test whether our assumptions are … keep reading
Category Climate Change, Science, Uncategorized, World | Tags: Atmosphere, Climate Change, Curiosity, Mars
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When Swimming with Leeches is Alright
0August 1, 2012 by Dan
Terrific, well-written article and a welcome change-of-pace. The appearance of “bloodsucking parasites” in one farm family’s pond got them thinking: How could we be so comfortable with our natural world, yet paranoid about harmless—and helpful—creatures in it? Leeches in your water might not be so bad. Story continues.
Category Recreation, Science, Water | Tags: Natural Systems, Nature, Organism, Recreation, Water
