PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica (Alex Leff) – Scientists set off from Costa Rica on Sunday to drill a hole deep under the sea and directly extract rocks from record depths that could add to the understanding of climate change. The rocks dug up from the lower part of Earth’s crust in the coming weeks will be [...]
It’s hard to imagine that we’re still feeling the effects of the last ice age. A rash of close to 30 small earthquakes on the eastern coast of Maine puzzled scientists during the last day of April and the first few days of May. The explanation, as it turns out, is an after-effect of the last [...]
It’s not easy for a teacher to randomly call up the biology department at the local college and ask, “Do you have someone who can come talk to my students about how viruses attack cells?” Likewise, scientists interested in working with students and helping support academic instruction in the classroom don’t always know which schools [...]
Fed up with reporters pretending to be scientists, scientists are now pretending to be rappers. Or rather, scientists are attempting to communicate their message on a level that average, rap-loving people will understand. The question is — should everyone just stick to their job, or is it time for a remix, since clearly something’s not [...]
This may change your whole perspective on the world as you know it. Scientists in the UK have apparently discovered a new clade, or branch, of the tree of life. Though related to fungi, cryptomycota actually seem to make up their own group. And they’re everywhere. In effect, they are so widespread that they may make up [...]
The auditorium was filled with cries of excitement and waving flags — the tension was thick. High school students sat eagerly on the edge of their seats while a loudspeaker read off the names of young scientists whose research has contributed to noble causes such as potential cures for cancer or new ways to convert [...]
Scientists have created an implant that delivers a golden tan without the risk of sun exposure. The implant is no bigger than more familiar contraceptive implants, and can deliver a natural tan for up to three months. The implant works by stimulating the body’s natural production of melanin, the skin pigment that gives all shades [...]
Scientists with Conservation International (CI) have discovered nine potentially new marine species while conducting a survey of the waters surrounding the Indonesian island Bali. Among the discoveries are eight potentially new species of fish and a potentially new species of coral. The marine survey, part of CI’s 20-year-long Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) was conducted at the request [...]
Scientists may be just steps from discovering the first habitable planet beyond our own. Gliese 581d, a planet orbiting the red-dwarf star Gliese, may be the first real candidate for human expansion. That is, if it didn’t take 3,000 lifetimes to get there, according to Science Daily. 581d is the third candidate for becoming the first hospitable [...]
NEW YORK — Are these planets without orbits? Astronomers have found 10 potential planets as massive as Jupiter wandering through a slice of the Milky Way galaxy, following either very wide orbits or no orbit at all. And scientists think they are more common than the stars. These mysterious bodies, apparently gaseous balls like the [...]
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