Tuesday, 26 August 2008

NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock...
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Monday, 25 August 2008

The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has dug. On Tuesday, Aug. 26, the...
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Monday, 25 August 2008

ESA’s orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has discovered the most massive cluster of galaxies seen in the distant Universe until now. The galaxy cluster is so big that there can only be a...
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Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Salt-water intrusion into collapsing crater also allows microbes to flourishFew summer boaters on Chesapeake Bay know that a several-miles-wide maw lies directly beneath them.Called the Chesapeake...
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Thursday, 07 August 2008

Insects, ferns flourished, then flickered out millions of years ago as the tundra retreated.National Science Foundation-funded scientists working in an ice-free region of Antarctica have discovered...
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Feasible, but technology alone won't solve problem.How much gasoline would the nation save in the year 2035 if lightweight hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles dominated the marketplace? More than...
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Saturday, 05 July 2008

Species Have Come and Gone at Different Rates than Previously Believed.Improved understanding of the history of biological diversity has implications for future responses to climate change.Diversity...
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Saturday, 31 May 2008

Graduate student Ellen Currano provides a glimpse of paleontological field work, describing how she collects fossil leaves for research studying the effects of climate change on plants and insect...
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Thursday, 22 May 2008

NSF Launches Special Report to Highlight Differences and Similarities Between the Worlds of Science and Indiana Jones.As audiences around the world eagerly await the opening of the fourth installment...
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 1. An airplane pilot's view of mako, blue, and dusky sharks, as well as seabirds, feeding on a decomposing finback whale, first seen floating about 24 miles southeast of Nantucket on Sept....
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University of Nebraska researchers build a computer center to handle the flood of data expected from the world's next-generation particle accelerator.University of Nebraska-Lincoln particle...
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New Census Shows Massive Gorilla Population in Northern Republic of Congo This is great news for gorillas—new figures double all previous estimates.The world’s population of critically...
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008

 Scientists and medical doctors couple math and medicine for unusual, promising marriage.When kids complain that math homework won't help them in real life, a new answer might be that math...
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Saturday, 02 August 2008

Landmark Atlas Holds Vast Potential to Accelerate Life-Changing Spinal Cord Research Project Made Possible through Generous Support from Funding Consortium Committed to Advancing Breakthrough...
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Thursday, 31 July 2008

Everything is "green" these days. From buying green to living green, the term has become short-hand for environmentally friendly. Concern for the environment is one thing that's fueling...
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