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Jorge Salazar
Brent Constantz builds cement like corals do
Inspired by the way corals build reefs, Brent Constantz developed a new way to make cement that removes heat-trapping carbon dioxide from Earth’s atmosphere.
April 27, 2012
David Hanson creates robots with human faces
David Hanson builds intelligent robots with lifelike human faces that can make eye contact and understand human speech well enough to hold a conversation.
April 25, 2012
Water lakes on Europa may potentially exist
Scientists have discovered evidence of underground water lakes on Europa as big as the Great Lakes on Earthe. The icy moon might support life.
March 23, 2012
Chemistry makes up the world we live in: George Whitesides:
"The world we live in is chemistry," George Whitesides told EarthSky, and described what it means to be a chemist today.
March 16, 2012
Climate change communication, by Gavin Schmidt
EarthSky's Science Communicator of the Year says that telling people about how scientists work is a key to communicating the science of climate change.
March 15, 2012
Artificial muscles created in the lab
Ray Baughman's lab creates tiny artificial muscles. They spin carbon nanotubes into yarn stronger than steel yet so light it almost floats in air.
March 13, 2012
Cosmic distances measured more accurately
A team of astronomers has devised a better yardstick for measuring cosmic distances across space, based on accurate measurements to certain stars.
March 2, 2012
Alan Boss on Earth-like planet discovered 600 light years away
Alan Boss is on the team of researchers that discovered the planet, named Kepler 22-b. He spoke with EarthSky.
February 17, 2012
Alan Belward tracks changes to Earth’s forests
EarthSky spoke with satellite researcher Alan Belward, who studies changes to Earth's forests from space.
February 8, 2012
Judy Cheng: Milky Way grew from inside out
Astronomer Judy Cheng of UC Santa Cruz was part of a survey of stars called SEGUE-2 that found the inner disk of our Milky Way galaxy grew differently than the outer disk.
January 31, 2012
