Feb 18 Watch Proposed Keystone Pipeline Prompts Protest March, Heated Debate Proposed Keystone Pipeline Prompts Protest March, Heated Debate… Continue watching
Feb 18 School Shooter: ‘My Grand Plan Was Suicide by Cop’ By Jenny Marder In 2001, Andy Williams opened fire on his high school campus, killing two and wounding 13. In a recent phone call with science correspondent Miles O'Brien, he reflects on that shooting from California's Ironwood State Prison. Continue reading
Feb 18 How the Sticking Power of Mussels Can Advance Fetal Surgery Mussels and barnacles in the intertidal near Newquay, Cornwall, England. Photo by Mark A. Wilson. Department of Geology, The College of Wooster. BOSTON -- I learned this weekend that mussels, those brainless, hard-shell mollusks that and are found in… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Examining Cyber Security With Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Examining Cyber Security With Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Cosmic Coincidence: Asteroid Careens by as Meteor Delivers ‘Buzz Cut’ to Earth Cosmic Coincidence: Asteroid Careens by as Meteor Delivers 'Buzz Cut' to Earth… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Meteor Explosion of Atomic Bomb Strength Injures 1,000 in Russia Meteor Explosion of Atomic Bomb Strength Injures 1,000 in Russia… Continue watching
Feb 15 Know Your Terms: Shooting Stars, Dirty ‘Snowballs’ and Space Rocks on Earth Enjoying the bright Moon's absence from early morning skies, observers around the world reported lovely displays during the Perseid meteor shower, which peaked Aug. 11 and 12, 2012. Photo by Katsuhiro Mouri & Shuji Kobayashi/NASA. Asteroids, comets - they're… Continue reading
Feb 15 Meteor Explodes Over Central Russia Triggering Destructive Sonic Blast Travelling at hypersonic speed, the meteor -- seen above the city of Chelyabinsk, east of the Ural mountains -- exploded and the resulting shock wave smashed windows and set off car alarms. Photo by www.chelyabinsk.ru/REUTERS. A meteor streaking through… Continue reading
Feb 13 EPA contaminated by conflict of interest By Travis Daub In September 2010, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency came to a startling conclusion: Even a small amount of a chemical compound commonly found in tap water may cause cancer. More than 70 million Americans drink traces of chromium every… Continue reading
Feb 13 Ouster of Scientist from EPA Panel Shows Industry Clout Deborah Rice served as chair of an EPA panel assessing the safety levels of flame retardants in 2007, but her removal from that panel led some to believe that a powerful industry lobbying group had influenced the EPA and unfairly… Continue reading