EarthSky spoke with a professor of Mayan archaeology about the supposed connection between an ancient Mayan calendar and 2012 doomsday prophecies.
jorgesalazar
Jorge Salazar has conducted thousands of in-depth interviews with scientists in the process of creating science content for EarthSky. He also helps host the 90-second EarthSky podcasts. Jorge has a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Texas at Austin. He knows a lot about a lot of different things. For EarthSky, he has explored subjects as diverse as nanotechnology, ecosystem-based management, climate change, global health, international environmental treaties, astrophysics and cosmology, and environmental security. His penetrating research style, poetic writing, and ability to track down and speak with Nobel prize-winning laureates, all make him a huge asset to EarthSky.
Posts by Jorge Salazar
Interviews | Oct 10, 2012
Deep in cracks of hot undersea volcanoes, microbes inhale hydrogen and carbon dioxide and exhale methane. They might help scientists understand life beyond Earth.
Interviews | Sep 27, 2012
Landsat has been observing the landscape of the vast 64,000 square miles of watershed in Chesapeake Bay for decades.
Interviews | Aug 29, 2012
Astronomers have found evidence that billions of rocky planets might orbit the habitable zones around red dwarf stars in our Milky Way.
Interviews | Aug 29, 2012
A soy chicken product with something new – what food scientists call ‘the right chew.’
Interviews | Aug 21, 2012
Andrew Leakey is part of a five-year, $12 million study of grasses useful for biofuels that can grow with as little land, fertilizer, and water as possible.
Blogs | Aug 15, 2012
What better goal for the world’s biggest telescope than to probe details of how stars like our sun and planets like Earth came to be?
Interviews | Aug 03, 2012
David Pieri said, “A person in the U.S. or Europe won’t be hit with a volcanic blast. That’s almost inconceivable. But they might face a threat when they fly.”
Interviews | Aug 02, 2012
Russian scientists have penetrated miles of Antarctic ice to analyze waters for alien-like life. EarthSky spoke with oceanographer Chuck Kennicutt.
Interviews | Aug 02, 2012
NASA’s Curiosity rover will attempt a daring landing on Mars on August 5-6, 2012. EarthSky spoke with the mission’s chief scientist.
