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Earthquake early warning system for California?
Dr. Allen talked to EarthSky about how an earthquake early warning system could work in California. Read more about the possibility for this system here.
March 1, 2010
Going bald is an inherited trait
Baldness is a genetically-inherited trait. A bald head might have been a signal of a good mate early humans. So going bald may be a neutral trait.
February 22, 2010
Jay Zwally: Greenland ice loss is canary in coal mine
"Even if there is no additional climate warming," said Jay Zwally, "sea level will continue to rise, about 16 inches over the next hundred years."
February 22, 2010
Alan Stern: ‘A Chihuahua is still a dog, and Pluto is still a planet’
"Our whole view of the solar system turned upside in the 1990s when we discovered other Pluto-like planets. It's Earth that's the misfit," says Alan Stern.
February 18, 2010
Twitter users enjoy top-ranked tweets from EarthSky
Jorge Salazar has been named one of '100 Amazing Scientists You Should Follow on Twitter.' Salazar has conducted thousands of in-depth interviews.
February 15, 2010
Could Earth’s gravity capture an asteroid?
The Earth's gravity could capture an asteroid if all the conditions - speed, size and angle - were just right.
January 25, 2010
Do the blind ‘see’ in dreams?
Do the blind dream as sighted people do? It turns out sensory experiences that are important in waking life also play a large role in dreams.
January 25, 2010
What is the rainiest place on Earth?
Cherrapunji, India holds many of the world's rainfall records. It is the rainiest place on Earth although there are other very rainy places.
January 25, 2010
Andrew Blaustein on Earth’s disappearing amphibians
"We are undergoing unprecedented extinctions right now where many populations of amphibians throughout the world are disappearing," said Andrew Blaustein.
January 25, 2010
Does Earth’s atmosphere lose molecules to space?
Earth's atmosphere is constantly moving, spurred on by energizing sunlight, and some move quickly enough to escape the grip of Earth's gravity.
January 25, 2010
