Tag: science

  • Voyager Enters Interstellar Space

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    PBS NEWSHOUR EXTRA passes along NASA’s announcement that the Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached interstellar space. The scientists working on the Voyager 1 mission say the spacecraft entered interstellar space on or around August 25, 2012. They estimate that Voyager 1 is 11 billion miles from Earth, which puts it beyond all of the planets…

  • Why Monetize Sustainability?

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    Reposted from: André Reichel | Sustainability Research When talking about corporate responsibility, the issue of measurement comes up after a while. And rightly so, because if you cannot measure it you can hardly formulate goals, develop programs for implementation and evaluate your success in achieving them. But what is measured? The answer is simple: money. Regardless…

  • Link Between Food Web and Green House Gas Emissions Found in Ocean

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    Earthsky blog reports on a study that uncovers one of the “first and best examples of a direct link between a food web and the dynamics that control greenhouse gas emissions from the ocean.” Results of the study, which was funded primarily by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Ministry of Education and…

  • Harvard Scientists Link Coffee Drinking to 45% Lower Suicide Risk

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    Of course – because drinking coffee makes you happy!!! Harvard scientists say their new study supports an association between drinking two to three cups of coffee daily and a 45% lower risk of suicide.

  • Scientists Find Symbiotic Relationship Unlike Anything Seen Before

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    RedOrbit reports on a discovery that “further demonstrates just how unexpected and unusual nature can be.”  Scientists have found two strains of bacteria whose symbiotic relationship is unlike anything seen before: Long, thin, hairlike Thioploca (meaning “sulfur braids” in Spanish) trichomes form chains down into marine sediment, which tiny anammox cells ride down like an…

  • Swinging CO2 Levels Show The Earth Is ‘Breathing’ More Deeply

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    By Richard Harris | NPR Plant life on our planet soaks up a fair amount of the carbon dioxide that pours out of our tailpipes and smokestacks. Plants take it up during the summer and return some of it to the air in the winter. And a new study shows that those “breaths” have gotten…

  • Sun’s Magnetic Field to Flip

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    The peak of the sun’s solar cycle, which runs about 11-years long, is about to hit. That means that the sun’s magnetic field is about to flip, completely reversing its field in about three to four months. This solar event only happens once during the 11-year cycle, and it signals what solar physicists call the…

  • Lake of Death With Folklore of Danger

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    Reposted from The New India Express By Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras I could not speak. I became unconscious. I could not open my mouth because then I smelled something terrible… I heard my daughter snoring in a terrible way, very abnormal… When crossing to my daughter’s bed… I collapsed and fell… I wanted to speak,…

  • The Key to How Earth Will Respond to Greenhouse Gases is the Past

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    Richard Harris at NPR notes that the best way to predict how the earth will respond to all the carbon dioxide humans are putting into the atmosphere is to look at the past: About 10 million years after the dinosaurs died out, the Earth suffered another huge ecological shock: Carbon dioxide levels in the air…

  • Humans on Mars?

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    On the BBC Science and Environment blog, Neil Bowdler reports on a team of scientists at Imperial College London who have designed a concept mission to land astronauts on Mars: The plan envisages a three-person crew journeying to Mars aboard a small two-part craft. The craft would rotate to generate artificial gravity and use a…