Oct 18 Early Triassic's Stifling Heat Made Earth Hostile to Life, Scientists Say Researchers used fossils like this of Early Triassic conodonts, an eel-like marine animal, for oxygen isotope measurement and past temperature reconstruction. Image by Yadong Sun. Some 250 million years ago, the oceans teemed with mollusks, clams, blue-green algae… Continue reading
Oct 17 Australian Scientist Wins 'Dance Your Ph.D' Contest A new "Dance Your PhD" contest winner has been announced, and it involves juggling, shuffling bodies and burlesque-style dancing behind rainbow-colored umbrellas. This year's winner is Peter Liddicoat, a materials scientist at the University of… Continue reading
Oct 16 Behind the Supersonic Stratospheric Skydive By Jenny Marder Update: 4:53 p.m. ET | On Sunday, the world watched as a helium balloon carried a capsule containing Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner to a height of 128,000 feet. And then, clad in an astronaut-like spacesuit, Baumgartner opened the capsule door,… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Austrian Daredevil Lands on His Feet After Supersonic Jump from the Stratosphere Austrian Daredevil Lands on His Feet After Supersonic Jump from the Stratosphere… Continue watching
Oct 14 Austrian Skydiver Lands Safely After Freefalling Faster Than Speed of Sound Felix Baumgartner lifts his arm in victory moments after landing. Photo by Red Bull Stratos. Update: 6:15 p.m. ET, October 14 | Austrian athlete and daredevil Felix Baumgartner broke the speed of sound on Sunday, after riding a… Continue reading
Oct 12 Summer Weather Disasters Change Americans' View of Climate Change By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy A corn plant struggles to survive in a drought-stricken field in Illinois. The sweeping drought in Midwest this summer killed crops. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images, July 2012. After a summer of heat waves, droughts and severe storms, the… Continue reading
Oct 11 Spider-Math and Bat-Physics: Science in a Superhero World EmbedVideo(4694, 482, 304); Toward the end of "The Amazing Spider-Man", Peter Parker saves a small child trapped in a car as the car is tossed from New York City's Williamsburg Bridge by the movie's villain, the… Continue reading
Oct 10 U.S. Scientists Win Nobel for Cell Receptor Research Pictures of US scientists Robert Lefkowitz (L) and Brian Kobilka who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry are projected on a screen as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates on October 10, 2012 in Stockholm. Continue reading