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Robot sub, alien life, Jupiter’s moon
A self-guided robotic submarine, designed to look for alien life on an icy moon of Jupiter, completed 6 months of tests in an Antarctic lake here on Earth.
August 9, 2010
A locust plague in Australia in 2010
Aerial drones will track the movements of what's expected to be an unusually large locust plague in Australia in 2010. Read more about it here.
August 9, 2010
DNA linked to pre-eclampsia during pregnancy
What causes pre-eclampsia during pregnancy? The answer lies in the mother’s DNA ... and perhaps the father’s. Read more about the research here.
August 4, 2010
Cell phones determine eye prescription
Researchers at MIT’s Media Lab have developed a way to perform an eye test in three minutes – using cell phones. Read more about it here.
August 2, 2010
Stem cells from your blood with Judith Staerk
Human blood cells - taken at doctors’ offices or hospitals - can now be reprogrammed into a state like embryonic stem cells, according to researchers.
August 2, 2010
The moon went from interesting to fascinating
Pendleton, the new director of NASA's Lunar Science Institute, says that moon is our nearest laboratory off-planet where we can go and explore and test.
August 2, 2010
Early human hunters might have changed climate
A study links early hunters with animal extinctions and climate change, 15,000 years ago. Read more about early human hunters.
August 2, 2010
Hawaiian monk seals and good and bad news
The entire population of Hawaiian monk seals is currently 1,100 seals. Walters explains why that's a good news/bad news situation.
August 2, 2010
EarthSky wins 3 awards for excellence
EarthSky won in the field of sustainable development education, and the EarthSky.org website was awarded two separate awards for science and education.
July 30, 2010
Steven Stone on the greening of Sub-Saharan Africa
UN economist Steven Stone said some African nations are going green both despite – and because of – the nations' relative poverty.
July 26, 2010
