Aug 17 Human Sewage Identified as Coral Killer The bacterium Serratia marcescens infected this coral from Looe Key in the Florida Keys, revealing the dead, white limestone skeleton underneath. Photo by James W. Porter. A Florida biologist has linked a vicious coral-killing pathogen in the Caribbean and… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Google's Motorola Deal Promises to Shake Up Mobile Technology Industry Google announced plans this week to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. In recent years the Internet giant has made big plays in the smartphone market through its Android platform. Jeffrey Brown discusses the ramifications of the pending deal with… Continue watching
Aug 16 The Secret Language Code Photo by New World Laser Tag via Flickr Are there hidden messages in your emails? Yes, and in everything you write or say, according to James Pennebaker, chair of the department of psychology at the University of Texas at… Continue reading
Aug 15 Black Planets, Moon Blasts and Octopus Camouflage By Jenny Marder Darkest Planet Found: Coal-Black, It Reflects Almost No Light A Jupiter-size gas giant planet so black that it is less reflective than "the blackest acrylic paint" has been discovered by NASA's Kepler space telescope. This National Geographic News… Continue reading
Aug 15 Computer Simulation Brings Maps to Life on Campus For the National Science Foundation's Science Nation,* science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on a computing concept called Geo-immersion, which relies on virtual computer simulation to reflect the world around us in real-time. Cyrus Shahabi, director of the… Continue reading
Aug 11 Pregnant Plesiosaur Fossil May Shed Light on Ancient Animal's Behavior Photo by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Editor's note added on Aug. 12 at the end of this post Scientists have pieced together the first-ever fossil of a pregnant plesiosaur, a giant Mesozoic sea reptile from the… Continue reading
Aug 11 Drought Monitor Tracks Extreme Heat Across the Nation EmbedVideo(1224, 482, 304); Record heat and dry conditions continue to plague large parts of the United States this summer. While the south central region of the United States has been hit especially hard, more than 30 percent of… Continue reading
Aug 09 Tweeting Your Health Woes Could Help Fight Disease Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images That "viral" metaphor for social media just got a little more bona fide. According to a recent slate of independent studies, Twitter can accurately track the spread of a virus or disease -- and… Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch Thelon River Explorers Battles Storms, Harsh Winds, Mosquito Swarms Nature Conservancy's Sanjayan discusses his trip along the remote Thelon River Sanctuary. Continue watching
Aug 09 Thelon River Explorers Check in from the Campground EmbedVideo(1204, 482, 304); After 16 days of battling fierce mosquito swarms and hauling heavy equipment along a poorly charted river, Nature Conservancy's M. Sanjayan and a group of young members from the Dene First Nation have completed their… Continue reading