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Remote sensing places nature at our fingertips

When the crew of Apollo 17 snapped the famous Blue Marble photo of Earth in 1972, they gave humanity its first truly global perspective on the planet we all call home. The image helped spark recognition of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineers unleash car-seat identifier that reads your rear end

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cars of the future may use the driver’s rear end as identity protection, through a system developed at Japan’s Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology. A report surfaced earlier ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

Pluto's hidden ocean

When NASA's New Horizons cruises by Pluto in 2015, the images it captures could help astronomers determine if an ocean is hiding under the frigid surface, opening the door to new possibilities for liquid water ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Amazon rainforest splits along geological lines

From above the Amazon rainforest may look like an endless, uniform sea of greenery, but it turns out there are sharp lines through it separating very different ecosystems with distinct inhabitants. And these ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists predict faster retreat for Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier

The retreat of Antarctica's fast-flowing Thwaites Glacier is expected to speed up within 20 years, once the glacier detaches from an underwater ridge that is currently holding it back, says a new study in ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First Google.org-funded geothermal mapping report confirms vast coast-to-coast clean energy source

New research from SMU's Geothermal Laboratory, funded by a grant from Google.org, documents significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

'Teleportation' of rats sheds light on how the memory is organized

You're rudely awakened by the phone. Your room is pitch black. It's unsettling, because you're a little uncertain about where you are – and then you remember. You're in a hotel room.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists raise concerns regarding erroneous reporting of Greenland ice cover

Scientists from the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) have raised concerns regarding what they believe are erroneous claims of a 15% decrease in the permanent ice cover of Greenland in just 12 years.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Human brain evolution, new insight through X-rays

A paper published today in Science reveals the highest resolution and most accurate X-ray scan ever made of the brain case of an early human ancestor. The insight derived from this data is like a powerful ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Structures on storm's edge could benefit greatly from improved engineering

In the wake of the horrendous tornadoes that delivered massive destruction to the state in April, University of Alabama engineers have analyzed building structures and design codes to recommend an approach ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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