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We’re on Mars!
I love this picture. We so totally have robots that drive around on Mars and take pictures of things: Credit: NASA/Reuters Turns out that NASA has found the most convincing evidence yet of liquid water...
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View the Selenelion!
The next lunar eclipse will be a special one: For most places in the United States and Canada, there will be a chance to observe an unusual effect, one that celestial geometry seems to dictate can’t...
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Extinct Galapagos Tortoise Rediscovered
The tortoise, last seen 150 years ago, can reach almost 6 feet and 900 pounds: [Researchers] found that 84 of the tortoises had genetic indicators that one of their parents was a C. elephantopus, 30 of...
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So Here’s a Connection I Hadn’t Made
I had read a while back that the rising sea levels brought on by climate change will soon leave the island nation of Kiribati under water. Heartbreakingly, the situation is pressing enough that...
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Ancient Roman Road Discovered on Greek Subway Site
So cool: THESSALONIKI, Greece AP — Archaeologists in Greeces second-largest city have uncovered a 70-meter 230-foot section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was the citys main travel artery...
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NASA Finds Snow on Mars
Cool: The snow on Mars fell from clouds around the planet’s south pole during the Martian winter spanning 2006 and 2007, with scientists discovering it only after sifting through observations by NASA’s...
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Discovery of Roman Methane Emissions May Lead to Climate Model Tweaks
Neat: In their Oct. 3 study detailed in the journal Nature, the researchers found that methane production was high around 100 B.C., during the heyday of the Roman Empire, and waned around A.D. 200 as...
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The Research Gap off Somalia’s Coast May Have Permanent Consequences
Paul Salopek is writing a fascinating series of articles for National Geographic detailing his walk from Africa to South America across the migration routes that the first humans are believed to have...
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Super-Sensing Bats and the Frogs They Hunt
The Trachops cirrhosus bat hunts túngara frogs by echolocating them based on the ripples in water produced by the frogs’ mating songs. In defense, the frogs have been observed to go silent when they...
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Reasons Why The Walking Dead Scares the Crap Out of Me, Ctd.
Apropos of previous posts about how the zombie genre hits closer to scientific home than most of us realize, here’s one about parasitic bacteria taking over the function of plants for their own...
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