May 20-21 solar eclipse. June 4 lunar eclipse. Off-grid electricity. Chimps plan ahead. Song of week Shearwater’s “You as You Were” from Animal Joy.
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Red oaks in New York City grew eight times faster than rural oaks. Scientists think the the urban heat island effect was the primary reason.
May 14, 2012
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Several months before the Titanic’s fateful encounter with an iceberg, the moon had been closer to Earth than in 1,400 years, and it was full just six minutes before.
May 13, 2012
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In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic has increased by 100 times over in past 40 years. Some sea creatures are now laying their eggs on plastic.
Researchers have developed a robot arm – guided by a cell-detecting computer algorithm – to identify and record information from the brain’s neurons.
May 05, 2012
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A powerful new film takes you through 250 years of human history, from the start of the Industrial Revolution in England to the first Earth Summit in 1992.
Researchers have designed an imager chip that could turn mobile phones into devices that can see through walls, wood, plastics, paper and other objects.
May 01, 2012
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Jorge and sociobiologist Rebecca Costa talk about a hopeful future for humanity. Song of the week Burgess Meredith’s Me As In You from their new Banana Moon EP.
May 01, 2012
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Happy May Day! A few words about this annual celebration, whose roots are in astronomy.
Apr 30, 2012
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We sometimes see in the comments to EarthSky posts that Al Gore has “refuted” his claims about global warming. He has not.
