Jul 31 Why the moon hits your eye like a big … lemon? By Justin Scuiletti Scientists have finally made lemonade out of the origins of our lemon-shaped moon. While the moon may look, to quote crooner Dean Martin, like a big pizza pie -- the real shape is a bit more similar to a lemon. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch asteroids pummel the Earth in its first 500 million years By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Earth got pretty beat up in its first 500 million years. Scientists recreated thousands of asteroid strikes over 4 billion years ago. Those asteroids shaped the planet's crust, and may have contributed to the rise of life on Earth. Continue reading
Jul 30 If there’s an Ebola vaccine that works on monkeys, then what about humans? By Anna Christiansen Tuesday's death of Sheik Umar Khan, the doctor at the front lines of Sierra Leone’s battle against the worst Ebola outbreak in history, marks the latest person killed by the contagious, incurable disease that has devastated communities in Guinea, Liberia… Continue reading
Jul 29 Mars Rover sets extraterrestrial distance record By Andrew Troast NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has now traversed 25.01 miles on the surface of the Red Planet, setting a new record for off-Earth distance traveled. Continue reading
Jul 26 Solar ‘superstorm’ missed Earth in 2012 — but another could strike By Xander Landen Two years ago, the worst solar storm in almost two centuries tore through Earth's orbit. Luckily, the storm's path just missed Earth. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch Connecting strength and vulnerability of the creative brain By PBS News Hour Why have so many creative minds suffered from mental illness? Nancy Andreasen, Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa, has devoted decades of study to the physical differences in the brains of writers and other highly… Continue watching
Jul 25 Probing the creative brain By Jenny Marder "As a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who studies creativity, I’ve had the pleasure of working with many gifted and high-profile subjects over the years, but Kurt Vonnegut—dear, funny, eccentric, lovable, tormented Kurt Vonnegut—will always be one of my favorites."… Continue reading
Jul 24 Making a cheaper, cleaner diesel fuel to do industry’s heavy lifting By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Diesel can be made from just about any carbon-based source, but the process can be expensive and wasteful. Chemists are working on new methods to fix that. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch How studying fruit flies and zebrafish might unlock secrets of the human brain By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 23 How concerned should we be about the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus? By Jenny Marder On Thursday, federal officials announced that the tropical Chikungunya mosquito-borne disease had been transmitted for the first time within the United States, infecting two Florida residents. What’s notable about these cases is that the people affected reported no recent… Continue reading