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Birds: Citizen scientists help counting birds
Citizen scientists, ordinary folks like you and me, contributed in counting birds through bird surveys.
March 19, 2009
Hey cutie! Hey cutie!
The Chickadee as harbinger of the growing season was a welcome sound, if not sight, today. So hearing "Hey cutie" wasn't directed at me.
March 19, 2009
Dolphins: Not so tiny bubbles
You can find several versions on YouTube of this extraordinarily beautiful phenomenon of dolphins, plus a short segment of an awesome underwater bubble ring.
March 18, 2009
Jennifer Kuzma urges consumer transparency for nanoproducts
Jennifer Kuzma talks about the impact of nanotechnology - the engineering of materials at the atomic scale - on the food we eat.
March 17, 2009
A flower adapts in the grand scheme of biological evolution
Paleobotanist Sir Peter Crane talks about the connections between fossilized and living plants, and about how human activity can impact how a flower adapts.
March 15, 2009
First contact with inner Earth
Earth scientist Bruce Marsh talks about the first contact discovery of molten magma inside Earth. The dynamic movement of magma has helped shape the world on which we stand.
March 12, 2009
Japanese: Innovative, even about homelessness
The concept of saving face is so ingrained in the Japanese culture that its homeless population will do anything rather than the humiliation of asking for help.
March 10, 2009
Chemicals on Mars: Possible evidence of life?
Peter Smith, Principal Investigator of NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission talks about some possible evidence of signs of life in Martian soil by studying chemicals on Mars.
March 9, 2009
Arctic ice sheet tracking for lost ice
Scientist Terry Wilson talks about using seismic sensors to record the movement of arctic ice sheet and bedrock in Antarctica to track lost ice.
March 7, 2009
Cities can plan ahead for global warming
According to expert Jack Fellows, thinks that if cities plan ahead, they might be able to sell their adaptive knowledge and technologies.
March 6, 2009
