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Jorge Salazar
Russians search Antarctic ice for alien-like life
Russians have penetrated miles of Antarctic ice to analyze waters for alien-like life. EarthSky spoke with oceanographer Chuck Kennicutt.
August 2, 2012
Curiosity rover will touch down August 5
NASA's Curiosity rover will attempt a daring landing on Mars on August 5-6, 2012. EarthSky spoke with the mission's chief scientist.
August 2, 2012
Alan Stern on the moons of Pluto
Fans of Pluto celebrated the discovery of its fifth moon in July of 2012. Astronomer Alan Stern was on the discovery team that found Pluto’s new moon.
July 30, 2012
Joseph DeSimone on being an inventor
Joseph DeSimone: "To be proactive in ways that grow the economy, create jobs and improve the well-being of society - that's a great opportunity."
July 27, 2012
Luciano Iess: Liquid ocean on Saturn’s moon Titan
Cassini spacecraft observation of "tides" in the solid surface of Titan suggest that this large moon of the planet Saturn has an ocean below ground.
July 23, 2012
Frank Hill: Future sunspot drop, but no new ice age
Frank Hill told EarthSky that -- while his team did suggest a drop in solar activity beginning around 2019 -- they did not suggest Earth would cool as a result.
July 12, 2012
Jay Harman froze a whirlpool to clean water
Nature likes spirals, from galaxies to shells. Jay Harmon used a natural spiral to design a "frozen whirlpool" for keeping water tanks clean without chemicals.
May 31, 2012
Climate change might drive human evolution
How climate change might have driven turning points in human evolution.
May 29, 2012
Pamela Silver: New fuels from deep sea life
Pamela Silver is exploring the use of deep-ocean extremophiles to create new biofuels. She described the bacteria she works with as “like little batteries.”
May 24, 2012
Carol Raymond on asteroid Vesta
Carol Raymond said asteroid Vesta has revealed itself as colorful, diverse – and even older than Earth - in the first-ever orbit of an asteroid by a space probe.
May 22, 2012
