Posts by Emily

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Mar 04, 2011 Human World 10 Comments

Lily Asquith uses Large Hadron Collider to create sound

Scientists at the LHC are converting data from both real and simulated particle collisions into sound. Hear a proton collision played on marimba.

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Mar 02, 2011 Space 4 Comments

Paul Niles: Rocks may represent habitable environment on ancient Mars

Rocks from the early history of Mars – almost four billion years ago – suggest there might have been a habitable environment underneath the surface of the planet.

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Nov 29, 2010 Human World 4 Comments

Tim Beach: Google Earth view of ancient Mayan agriculture

The ancient Maya altered wetlands into farmland, leaving a lasting impact on the land that’s still visible today to scientists using Google Earth.

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Roland Sutter says new vaccine may eradicate polio

A new polio vaccine holds the potential to eradicate the disease from our planet in as little as three years, according to a new study.

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Oct 18, 2010 Space 11 Comments

Steven Vogt stands by claim of planet in habitable zone of Gliese 581

Dr. Vogt and his team announced the first planet orbiting in the habitable zone – the zone around a star where a planet might support life as we know it – called Gliese 581g.

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Aug 23, 2010 Earth 4 Comments

Oliver Chadwick on why there’s more dust in the air

He says the world is a dustier place than ever before, due to human activities like agriculture and construction.

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Aug 16, 2010 Human World 9 Comments

Ian Hutcheon tests for illegal nuclear activity

Physicist Ian Hutcheon is what you might call a nuclear detective. He looks for evidence of the production of the essential components of nuclear weapons.

MIT Media Lab
Aug 02, 2010 Human World 4 Comments

Ramesh Raskar: Eye tests with cell phones

Researchers at MIT’s Media Lab have developed a way to perform an eye test in three minutes – using a cell phone.

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Jul 05, 2010 Earth 3 Comments

Sylvia Amsler: Chimps kill other chimps to expand territory

Amsler’s team observed groups of male chimps patrolling the edges of their territory and targeting rivals for brutal killings.

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May 24, 2010 Human World 3 Comments

Why don’t cell phone calls get mixed up?

Andrea Goldsmith told us why cell phone calls don’t get mixed up … and why they sometimes get dropped