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Did the moon help sink the Titanic?
Several months before the Titanic's fateful encounter with an iceberg, the moon had been closer to Earth than in 1,400 years, and it was full just six minutes before.
May 14, 2012
Plastic in Pacific is changing ocean habitats, study shows
In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic has increased by 100 times over in past 40 years. Some sea creatures are now laying their eggs on plastic.
May 13, 2012
Robots used to retrieve valuable info from living brains
Researchers have developed robots - a robot arm guided by a cell-detecting computer algorithm - to identify and record information from the brain's neurons.
May 13, 2012
X-Ray vision on your smartphone?
Researchers have designed an imager chip that could turn mobile phones into X-ray vision devices that can see through walls, wood, plastics, paper and other objects.
May 2, 2012
Al Gore at Hampshire College: Global warming is real
We sometimes see in the comments to EarthSky posts that Al Gore has "refuted" his claims about global warming. He has not.
April 30, 2012
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
Janine Benyus: Biomimicry is innovation inspired by nature
Janine Benyus helped bring the word biomimicry into 21st century vocabularies. What is biomimicry? Read this interview, or watch the video, to find out.
April 26, 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
Higher heavy metals concentrations in Gulf oysters since oil spill
Comparisons show post-Gulf oil spill oysters have higher heavy metals vanadium, chromium, cobalt, and lead concentrations in shells, gill, and muscle tissue.
April 23, 2012
Which side of your face looks better? The left, research says
Scientists say the left side of you face is most appealing, because we show more emotion on that side.
April 23, 2012
