Jul 12 A Look Into a River’s Past By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy California has funded scientists from the San Francisco Estuary Institute to reconstruct an image of the San Joaquin Delta’s pre-Spanish landscape. They layer navigational charts, government land surveys, drawings, photographs, and journals to paint detailed picture of the Delta ecosystem… Continue reading
Jul 12 Restoring the San Joaquin River and Recalling Its History This photo from 1900 shows European-Americans boarding rowboats on the banks of the San Joaquin River in California. Using archives records like maps and photographs, scientists are trying to revive the delta. Photo courtesy Bank of Stockton For centuries,… Continue reading
Jul 12 Hair Washing in Zero Gravity: A Magnificient Mohawk and the Water Goes Rogue International Space Station crew member, U.S. astronaut Karen Nyberg demonstrates how she washes her hair in space onboard the International Space Station. If you thought brushing your teeth in zero gravity looked hard, try washing your hair. Continue reading
Jul 10 8 Things You Didn’t Know About Nikola Tesla By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy He was born in a lightning storm 158 years ago, and once shook the poop out of Mark Twain. Inventor, visionary, futurist and terrified of germs, he is...Nikola Tesla. And here are a few things you didn't know about him. Continue reading
Jul 09 By the Numbers: The Oil Spill and BP’s Legal Troubles The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 captured the world's attention with the scale of its destruction. It polluted the waters of the Gulf of Mexico with millions of barrels of oil; shut down businesses, fisheries and beaches; and fouled marshes… Continue reading
Jul 09 The day ‘dog vomit’ slime mold invaded my front yard By Jenny Marder Slime mold thrives in the presence of water, shade and dead, decaying leaves. Photo by Emily Johnson. About a week ago, we noticed an intruder in our front yard -- a vivid yellow, blob-like substance that appeared to be… Continue reading
Jul 08 How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Email Hacking By Cat Wise Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike demonstrates how an email message can allow hackers to access your computer. Continue reading
Jul 05 Nobel Laureates Doodle Their Discoveries You can view Nobel Award-winning scientists sketching their research in the video above. What do you get when you ask 56 Nobel Laureate scientists to cartoon their greatest discoveries? Photographer Volker Steger fearlessly tackled the challenge during… Continue reading
Jul 03 Russian Rocket Explosion Releases Toxic Fuel Cloud A Proton-M rocket, carrying a Nimiq 6 communication satellite is raised to the launch pad at the Russian-leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome, on May 14, 2012. Photo by STR/AFP/GettyImages. After a Russian Proton-M rocket lost control, tipped over and… Continue reading
Jul 03 Liver Buds Show Promise, but Growing New Organs Is Still a Long Way Off EmbedVideo(6858, 482, 304); Watch this time lapse video showing how three types of stem cells organized into a three dimensional liver bud over 72 hours. Video by Takanori Takebe When stem cell biologist Takanori Takebe at Japan's Yokohama City… Continue reading