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Melting: The Helheim Glacier The additional fresh water deposited into the north Atlantic by Greenland's melting ice sheet [above, the Helheim Glacier] might shut down the North Atlantic Current...
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Starred Beaker The idea that a presidential debate focused on science will advance the cause of science "is more magical thinking than scientific," according to a new essay by David Goldston in the...
View ArticleThe Future of Cellulosic Ethanol is Green
Corn Field Markus Schöpke"Cellulosic ethanol technology is a lot closer to reality than a lot of articles would have you think," said Jacques Beaudry-Losique, manager of the Department of Energy's...
View ArticleSave Energy by Shutting the Faucet
aqueduct The California State Water Project supplies Southern California with water from the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Deltas. darinmarshallRunning the hot water for five minutes burns as much...
View ArticleMars's Bubbly Past
spiritsilica The bright spot that Spirit's broken wheel excavated is nearly pure silica, the best evidence yet of Mars's watery past NASA/JPL/CornellDay 1,464 of the Mars rovers' 90-day mission to...
View ArticleGrand Engineering Challenges for the 21st Century
solucar Solúcar's PS10 power plant outside Seville, Spain afloresmA panel convened by the National Academy of Engineering announced today a list of the most important projects in the world—at least,...
View ArticleThe Explosive Nuclear Question
cattenom The Cattenom nuclear power plant in Lorraine, France ToucanradioIt's going to be at least another two decades before any commercial models are built, but researchers are at work designing the...
View ArticleThe Endorsement: Emergen-C
Emergen-C Fizz Ruby Honey Lemon flavor ShutterCat7Yesterday morning, 5 am: Oh s***. I'm done for. The viral infection so potent it fells healthy 20-somethings for a week at a time, the epidemic so...
View ArticleShocker: World's Largest Solar Plant to Use Solar Panels
Solar Two This experimental solar thermal plant outside Barstow, California, focused sunlight on molten salt. Concentrated photovoltaic solar plants also use arrays of mirrors, but these mirrors...
View ArticleTesla Roadster Electric Supercar Begins Production
Tesla Roadster Tesla Motors Today the Tesla Motor Company announced that they had begun regular production of the Roadster, the all-electric supercar that does zero-to-60 in less than four seconds....
View ArticleThe Past From 200 Miles Up
On this week's episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage and articles editor Michael Moyer sit down with Mara Hvistendahl, author of "The Space Archaeologists" to find out why archeology has...
View ArticleInside Planktos' Failed Iron Seeding Mission
In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with Michael Moyer and Kalee Thompson--the editor and writer of Carbon Discredit. Learn more about how one of the most elaborate...
View ArticleBreaking Open the Unknown Universe
The proton is a persistent thing. The first one crystallized out of the universe's chaotic froth just 0.00001 of a second after the big bang, when existence was squeezed into…
View ArticleThe Fast Way Around
The purpose of the LHC is to get lots of protons moving very, very fast. The magnet system is the core piece of technology that makes this happen. More than 1,200 magnet…
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