Sign Up for Our Amazing Newsletter!
A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.
Thank you! Your submission has been received!
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.
Posts by
Lindsay Patterson
Will we ever fully understand ourselves?
Will we ever fully understand ourselves? This is a very philosophical question.
September 11, 2009
Mark Mehos explains Concentrating Solar Power technology
Mark Mehos believes this technology - known as CSP - is particularly promising because it can store up energy to be used on cloudy days.
September 7, 2009
Upmanu Lall speaks of groundwater crisis for India
Upmanu Lall explained that India has been using groundwater to support agriculture for its growing population. By 2025, many parts of India could run out of groundwater.
September 7, 2009
Greg McPherson on the Tree Carbon Calculator
You might know that trees help take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. But you probably don't know how much carbon a particular tree in your front yard is storing in its roots and branches. Greg McPherson tells EarthSky how to find out.
September 7, 2009
Marc Goldyne uses technologies to deliver medical care
Marc Goldyne uses his computer to work with patients who live hundreds of miles away. He practices what's called telemedicine.
August 31, 2009
Steven Benner takes small step toward artificial life
Molecular biologist Steven Benner talks about a molecule he's designed that could be a first step towards an artificial life form.
August 31, 2009
Klaus Schulten on how birds navigate
Biophysicist Klaus Schulten says that when they can't navigate by physical landmarks, such as in extreme weather or flying over oceans, birds use a sort of internal compass - a light-sensing protein, located in only one eye of the bird.
August 24, 2009
Greg McPherson on urban forests built to last
"They are recognized as having tremendous potential to improve the quality of life in our cities and to improve our health and well-being," Greg McPherson said.
August 24, 2009
Carol Ward being social helped humans evolve
Carol Ward said, "It's the interaction with members of our own species that has shaped the evolution of the human brain and human abilities."
August 23, 2009
Joseph DeSimone innovates drug delivery using nanotechnology
Joseph DeSimone has developed a way to engineer drug particles so they target only diseased regions of the body and avoid healthy cells.
August 17, 2009
