Scientists may be about to resolve one of the trickiest—and least obvious—questions of climate change: its effect on the rotation of the planet and therefore on the length of the day. That doesn’t mean scientists have an answer, and if they get one, it is likely to be measured in units of time that are […]
Spider silk is known as some of the toughest material on Earth, but would you ever wear it as clothing? The North Face has teamed up with Japanese biomaterials company Spiber to create the Moon Parka, reportedly the “world’s first successful use of synthetic spider silk materials on an actual manufacturing line.” https://twitter.com/SustainBrands/status/662383981422333953 expand=1] The […]
[Editor’s note: This post is part two to this article from May:”Is Antarctica Ice Melting or Growing?“] Last week a study was published in the Journal of Glaciology by a group of NASA researchers reporting that satellite data shows that, as a whole, Antarctica has been gaining—rather than losing—ice mass during the past two or more decades. So was NASA and […]
Thanks to the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite—the nation’s first operational satellite in deep space—you can see daily pictures of the Earth. NASA launched the satellite last February and handed the reigns over to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a little over a week ago. 2015-11-03. Full resolution animation at https://t.co/EZrOlTsxE0 #DSCOVR pic.twitter.com/nGY7bdhwpa — […]
Scientists think they know, in principle, how to tame hurricanes and reduce storm surge risks. A huge ash plume rises from the Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption in 1991. Photo credit: Ed Wolfe / U.S. Geological Survey All it would take would be a stratosphere full of sulphate aerosols sufficient to dim the sun, lower tropic […]
Until 1969, biologists thought mushrooms and other fungi were plants. They’re actually more closely related to animals, but with enough differences that they inhabit their own distinct classification. This and more recent findings about these mysterious organisms illustrate how much we have yet to learn about the complexities of the natural world. New research reveals […]
A new species combining wolves, coyotes and dogs is evolving before scientists’ eyes in the eastern U.S. https://twitter.com/slashgear/status/660180895899365376 expand=1] Wolves faced with a diminishing number of potential mates are lowering their standards and mating with other, similar species, reported The Economist. The interbreeding began up to 200 years ago, as European settlers pushed into southern Ontario, clearing the […]
“Breakthroughs in science have propelled our species forward,” says AsapSCIENCE in the video below. For instance, in the past century life expectancy has risen dramatically worldwide thanks to advances in science. We now have a much firmer grasp of the universe. We, as a species, are constantly innovating, turning algae into biofuel and developing battery storage […]
Scientists wanted to know if we could replicate the Earth’s ecosystems, so in the Sonoran desert outside of Tucson, Arizona they built a three-acre closed-system environment designed to do just that. Known as Biosphere 2 (Biosphere 1 is the Earth), the project was started back in the late 1980s. The idea was to test if we could re-create […]
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