Apr 02 An Interactive History of the Texas Drought By Saskia de Melker Click on the map above for an interactive version. Recently, PBS NewsHour reported from Texas in collaboration with the public media project StateImpact Texas to look at how dry conditions have caused towns to struggle with extreme… Continue reading
Apr 02 Seeing Beyond the Visual Cortex Blindsight is a condition that results from damage to the primary visual cortex, the part of the brain responsible for vision. Even though the injury causes vision loss, other parts of the brain continue to unconsciously process visual information. Continue reading
Mar 29 Colo. Nonprofit Helps Quake Victims Rebuild With Better Techniques Buildings vulnerable to collapse are everywhere. A skyscraper built on a parking garage in San Francisco could have too much open space with too few structural walls. Sand mixed into concrete for a house in Mexico might contain… Continue reading
Mar 29 The Dos and Don'ts of Earthquake-Resistant Construction By Justin Scuiletti Here are some tips on building a home that could withstand an earthquake. Continue reading
Mar 28 What a Baking Pan and Hairspray Taught Us About Earth's Ancient Atmosphere What can fossilized raindrop impressions preserved in 2.7-billion-year-old volcanic ash tell us about the ancient Earth's atmosphere? Can they help resolve a great astrophysical puzzle? A study released online Wednesday in the journal Nature suggests they can at least… Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch Pint-Size Football Players Take Big-League Hits A Hard-Hitting Story: Youth Football Head Impacts Studied… Continue watching
Mar 27 Harnessing Supercomputers to Predict Tornadoes A tornado can rip apart a home or destroy a whole town in just seconds. But when it comes to predicting these vicious storms, current radar technology is limited. At the University of Oklahoma, scientists are using supercomputer simulations… Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch James Cameron Descends 7 Miles Into Pacific Ocean's 'Desolate' Mariana Trench Jame Cameron Descends 7 Miles Into Pacific Ocean's 'Desolute' Mariana Trench… Continue watching
Mar 26 What We're Reading: Spotting Venus, Lunar-Like Sub Dive, and Hitchhiking in Duck Guts By Jenny Marder Cameron's Historic Dive Cut Short by Leak; Few Signs of Life Seen A hydraulic fuel leak cut filmmaker James Cameron's dive to the deepest part of the ocean short, but he still plunged to nearly seven miles underwater. Continue reading
Mar 23 Do You Worry About Access to Water? By Saskia de Melker Kids play in a fountain in downtown Seattle; Creative Commons photo courtesy Flickr user clogozm The extreme drought and record-breaking temperatures across the Southwest have highlighted crucial issues with the region's water supply system. As the population grows and… Continue reading