Oct 05 Boycott planned over Chinese nationals banned from NASA conference Angry U.S. researchers plan to boycott a NASA conference after learning Chinese scientists will be barred from attending, according to the Guardian. Credit:NASA on the Commons/Flickr The meeting is scheduled to take place at the agency's Ames… Continue reading
Oct 05 Ig Nobels ceremony founder: Our prizes ‘make you laugh, then make you think’ What is the Ig Nobel prize? .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%;… Continue reading
Oct 04 Scientist captures art on a cellular level Creative commons photo via flickr user hc gilje Fernan Federici creates art from plants, bacteria and crystals on a cellular level. The molecular geneticist and microscopist posted images on his Flickr page that capture the process of… Continue reading
Oct 02 Live chat on the rise of dwarf planets Photo by Flickr user Image Editor When astronomer Mike Brown announced "Pluto is dead" during a 2006 press conference at Caltech, he sent science teachers and publishers scrambling to alter textbooks and classroom displays. Brown, the author of… Continue reading
Oct 02 Naked mole rats show us how to build a better protein Naked mole rats' long lifespan and resistance to disease may give us clues to living longer healthier lives. Photo by Brandon Vick/University of Rochester A naked mole rat will never win a beauty contest. But the nearly hairless rodents,… Continue reading
Oct 02 Ancient city uncovered in Iraq Photo courtesy Cinzia Pappi The ancient city of Idu was uncovered beneath the modern city Satu Qala in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, reports the journal Anatolica this week. Cinzia Pappi, an archaeologist at Universität Leipzig in Germany, said… Continue reading
Oct 01 NASA visualizes Earth’s possible climate future .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Video by NASA NASA's… Continue reading
Oct 01 Science and the shutdown and a lonely birthday for NASA The parachute for the Mars Science Laboratory mission to Mars. The Mars Curiosity Rover will stop collecting data during the shutdown. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech. Just before 11 p.m. Monday night, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft sent this message… Continue reading
Sep 30 Scientists discover source of 13th century “mystery eruption” Lombok Island, Indonesia. Photo by Trekking Rinjani/Flickr Scientists claim they have found the source of a mysterious volcanic eruption that has eluded glaciologists, volcanologists and climatologists for more than 30 years. In a report published by… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket UPDATE - The launch was successful. A photo of today's Falcon 9 liftoff courtesy of SpaceX. Today at 12 p.m. ET, the commercial spaceflight company SpaceX will launch an improved version of their launch vehicle. The Falcon 9… Continue reading