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Christine Biron studies body’s responders to infection
Natural killer or 'NK' cells really make a difference between health and disease, says Christine Biron, "They can kill, or help kill, virus- infected cells."
February 8, 2010
Francis Collins, speaks on 5-year priorities
Francis Collins, director of the NIH., spoke to EarthSky about NIH priorities for the next five years.
February 1, 2010
Do the blind ‘see’ in dreams?
Do the blind dream as sighted people do? It turns out sensory experiences that are important in waking life also play a large role in dreams.
January 25, 2010
Andy Jarvis models the effect of climate change on world’s top 50 crops
Andy Jarvis said studies have focused primarily on wheat, corn and rice, but food security on a global level depends on a lot more than those three big crops.
January 25, 2010
James Cartreine is working to treat depression with Virtual Space Station
"What we're building is hopefully a model of how the next-generation of mental health services could be delivered," says James Cartreine.
January 25, 2010
Antioxidants might protect against diabetes
Robertson is investigating the possibility that diabetes might be triggered, in part, by an accumulation of toxic molecules in the body - or oxidative stress.
January 18, 2010
Coal and oil: How do they form?
Explore how temperature and lots of time - at least several million years - are the key variables in the formation of coal and oil.
January 17, 2010
EarthSky selects Neil deGrasse Tyson as Science Communicator of the Year
I met Neil deGrasse Tyson when he was in graduate school in astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, and it was clear even then that he was a gifted communicator.
January 11, 2010
Can consumer culture be transformed?
Worldwatch says that over 2 billion of Earth's nearly 7 billion inhabitants are now considered to be in the global consumer culture.
January 8, 2010
Climate science is in, but is the psychology understood?
A guide to the psychology of communicating climate change offers tips on making science more clear - but is it too late to be heard?
January 4, 2010
