Feb 01 Whip Scorpions and Jungle Nymphs: Behind the Scenes at the Insect Zoo An eastern lubber grasshopper, or Romalea guttata sits on a leaf at the Insect Zoo at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Photos by Jenny Marder. And now, an end-of-the-week pause to celebrate insects and the people who love… Continue reading
Feb 01 Keeping Your Company, Personal Info Safe from Social Engineering Hacks Keep your computer safe from hackers. Before you click on a link in an email, ask yourself a few questions: do you recognize the domain name? Is your name spelled correctly in the email? What time was the email sent?… Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch New York Times Computer System Target of Lengthy Chinese Hacking Attack New York Times Computer System Victim of Lengthy Chinese Hacking Attack… Continue watching
Jan 31 Watch Al Gore’s ‘Future’ Tackles Technology, Global Economy, American Democracy Al Gore's 'Future' Tackles Technology, Global Economy, American Democracy… Continue watching
Jan 31 Al Gore: Public Conditioned to Accept Atmosphere as ‘Open Sewer’ By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // Former Vice President Al Gore talks to NewsHour about climate change and how U.S. policy needs to evolve to confront the crisis. In his new book, "The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change," former Vice President Al Gore examines… Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch Al Gore: Public Conditioned to Accept Pollution Al Gore: Public Conditioned to Accept Pollution… Continue watching
Jan 30 Scientist Seeks Connection Between Fire and Ice in Greenland At this part of the ice sheet in Greenland, where the loss of winter snow during each melt season exposes dirty bare ice, the surface reflectivity drops from 85 percent to 30 percent, Box found in one of… Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Sampling Greenland – Dark Snow Project youtube video on Dark Snow Project… Continue watching
Jan 28 New Space Telescope to Map Dark Matter This artist's concept shows the Euclid spacecraft, which will launch to an orbit around the sun-Earth Lagrange point L2. Image by ESA/C. Carreau. Update: Jan 29 | This week, NASA announced that it will partner with the… Continue reading
Jan 27 Finding an Economic, Environmental Win-Win in Davos DAVOS, Switzerland -- One of the topics that's come to the fore at the World Economic Forum over the last decade of meetings is global climate change. A conference bringing thousands of people from across the planet to a little… Continue reading