Google Science Fair gives budding scientists ages 13 - 18 the chance to show their work on an international and virtual stage. Read about the online science fair.

Lindsay Patterson

January 11, 2011

The world’s biggest cave passage in Vietnam

Vietnam's Hang Son Doong cave has underground spaces large enough to hold a city block of skyscrapers. Read more about the world's biggest cave passage.

Lindsay Patterson

January 10, 2011

World’s oldest living things in photographs

Rachel Sussman travels the world to photograph the world's oldest living things - organisms that have lived on Earth for over 2,000 years.

Lindsay Patterson

January 9, 2011

Extinct Jamaican bird used club-like wings to batter enemies

Xenicibis xympithecus was a large, flightless, wading bird or ibis. This Extinct Jamaican bird used its wings like a club to bludgeon rivals or predators.

Lindsay Patterson

January 6, 2011

Leaf-cutter ants switch jobs when their tools wear down

A life of cutting apart leaves wears down the leaf-cutter ant's razor sharp mandibles, and that's when they decide to switch jobs. Read about leaf-cutter ants.

Lindsay Patterson

January 6, 2011

EarthSky blogging partners nominated for European Excellence Awards 2010

EarthSky.org features science news posts from GEMINI, a nominee for the European Excellence Awards 2010.

Lindsay Patterson

December 21, 2010

Mummified head matched to murdered monarch Henri IV

Scientists used forensic tests to identify the mummified head as belonging to Henri IV, one of France's most beloved monarchs, who was assassinated in 1610.

Lindsay Patterson

December 20, 2010

Lindsay Patterson

Learning to love science. As a producer for EarthSky, Lindsay Patterson interviews some of the world's most fascinating scientists. Through EarthSky, her work content is syndicated on some of the world's top media websites, including USAToday.com and Reuters.com. Patterson is also charged with helping to stay in steady communication with the thousands of scientists who contribute to EarthSky's work of making the voice of science heard in a noisy world. She graduated from Colorado College with a degree in creative writing, and a keen interest in all forms of journalism and media.