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How you can help scientists study earthquakes
The Quake Catcher Network is looking for volunteers to use motion sensors on their computers to capture seismic data from earthquakes.
August 22, 2012
Andrew Leakey studies grasses for biofuels
Andrew Leakey is part of a five-year, $12 million study of grasses useful for biofuels that can grow with as little land, fertilizer, and water as possible.
August 21, 2012
July 2012 was fourth-warmest July globally since 1880
July 2012 was the fourth straight month in which the Northern Hemisphere set a new monthly land temperature record. It was the fourth-warmest July globally.
August 21, 2012
The Innocence Project: Helping innocent people
The Innocence Project: Should Lady Justice, that personification of truth and fairness in the legal system, cast off her ancient Roman robe, sword and scales?
August 20, 2012
Curiosity will make a detour to first destination
The Curiosity rover will first travel 400 meters east-southeast of its landing site to Glenelg, where three types of Martian terrain intersect.
August 20, 2012
A lonely galactic island
DDO 190 is a dwarf irregular galaxy, lying some 3 million light-years from any other galaxy in space. It's a lonely galactic island on a sea of empty space.
August 19, 2012
Curiosity rover’s self-portrait on Mars
Have you seen the Mars rover Curiosity's self-portrait yet? It's amazing.
August 19, 2012
Galaxies: Are they different from each other?
Meet 9 individual galaxies, as various as snowflakes, and contemplate the variety of the billions of galaxies in our universe.
August 19, 2012
Apogalacticon: What is it?
The apogalacticon marks where the sun is farthest from the heart of the Milky Way on its 250 million year orbit around the galactic center.
August 18, 2012
American eels benefit from dam removal in Virginia
The declining American eels population are starting to recover after the removal of the Embrey Dam on the Rappahannock River in Virginia.
August 17, 2012
