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Reactive Reports
October 2007
David Bradley |
The Venusian Greenhouse A rare form of carbon dioxide in which one oxygen atom contains ten neutrons instead of the usual eight could be to blame for the searing greenhouse effect on the planet Venus.   |
Science News
April 21, 2007 |
Timeline: From the April 17, 1937, Issue Water and Woods Form an Ideal Photograph Subject... More Elements Discovered in Cold of Interstellar Space... May Yet Tap Atom's Energy, Yale Scientists Declares... |
Science News
June 14, 2003 |
TimeLine: June 10, 1933 Brainlike stalagmites found in Maryland cave... Matter created experimentally from light and cosmic rays... Contents of "empty space" revealed by colors of nebulae |
Chemistry World
April 2006
Richard Corfield |
The Greenhouse in the Sky? Venus could be the ultimate example of what can happen when an atmospheric greenhouse effect runs away. The European Space Agency's Venus Express probe is focusing on understanding the planet's atmosphere. |
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Earth-Like Planet Found Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand -- if only it weren't so broiling hot. |
Science News
May 3, 1930 |
TimeLine: May 3, 1930 70 Years Ago in Science News: Moon's Shadow at Eclipse Photogrphed... Cosmic Rays May be Like Tiny Bullets... Electrons Behave Like Waves... |
Science News
July 22, 2006 |
Timeline: From the July 18, 1936, Issue Model Indicates Cosmic Ray Path About the Earth... Blue Light Causes Plants to Bend Toward Each Other... Danger of Being Struck by Lightning is Very Slight... |
Science News
May 9, 2009 |
Science Past From The Issue Of May 9, 1959 Scientists predict 25% increase in carbon dioxide by the year 2000. |
Popular Mechanics
September 24, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
Weaker Solar Wind Won't Slow Global Warming, May Threaten Astronauts If a spacecraft keeps chugging along for long enough, eventually it may find something startling. |
Science News
January 11, 2003 |
TimeLine: January 7, 1933 Atom building keeps stars shining, says A.A.A.S. Head... Millikan and Compton debate cosmic-ray facts and theories... Growth of plants stimulated by proper x-ray treatment |
Science News
August 18, 2007 |
Timeline: From the August 14, 1937, Issue New "Tree-Form" Columns Permit Clear Aisles... Sea Serpent's Skull Found by California Student... Industrial Plants Loose co 2 But Green Plants Return it... |
Scientific American
November 7, 2005
Mark Alpert |
Red Star Rising Small, cool stars may be hot spots for life |
Science News
December 6, 2003 |
TimeLine: December 2, 1933 Scientists unleash largest atom-attacking machine... 10,000 observations yield new cosmic ray theories |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2007
William B. Gail |
Climate Control We will be able to engineer the Earth to our liking -- but we'd better start now. Before we picked a climate, we would need to evolve the political, commercial, and academic institutions to get us there. |
Science News
December 11, 2004 |
From the December 8, 1934, Issue Goose Barnacles Exist, Though Not Hatching Geese... Elements in Earth's Crust Caused by Cosmic Rays... Cosmic Rays Deflected in Strong Electric Fields... |
Wired
March 24, 2008
Erin Biba |
Prepare for the Worst, Because Solar Storms Are About to Get Ugly Scientists discovered a signal that solar windstorms are on the way and some are predicting that at its peak (in about four years) things are gonna get nasty. |
Science News
June 30, 2007 |
Timeline: From the June 26, 1937, issue Guereza monkeys source of fashionable fur... New theory on cosmic-ray origin offered by physicists... Oxygen face tent for pilots advocated as safety measure... |
Science News
October 12, 2002 |
From the October 8, 1932, issue Autumn Brings Nobility Even to Cornfield Weeds... Cosmic Rays May be Emitted When Magnetic Poles Combine... Milk Pasteurized by Conducting Electricity... |
Science News
November 24, 2001 |
TimeLine: November 21, 1931 Turkeys... Artificial gamma radiation approximates cosmic rays... Sex difference in oxygen need for tissues discovered... |
Geotimes
July 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Mercury's Gooey Center Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has a large core, which scientists now know is partially molten and therefore could create a magnetic field around the planet. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2007
Saswato R. Das |
Killer Electrons From Outer Space Accurate space-weather forecasts could come from knowing the cause of super-fast electrons in the Van Allen belts. |
Chemistry World
September 27, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Scientists Uncover How Last Ice Age Ended Scientists have shown that the end of the last age 19,000 years ago began in the higher latitudes of the southern hemisphere before sweeping into the tropics. |
Science News
April 29, 2006 |
From the April 25, 1936, Issue War Tower in Bible Was "Old-Fashioned" Even Then... Chemists Debate Value of Alcohol Blend for Car Fuel... Atoms and Cosmic Rays Yield New Science Knowledge... |
Popular Mechanics
October 9, 2008
Thomas D. Jones |
Why the World Needs Asteroid Insurance: Resident Astronaut Meteors, or bolides, strike Earth routinely, part of the hundred tons or so of cosmic debris that rain down on us every day. We orbit the Sun in a cosmic shooting gallery |
Science News
June 24, 2006 |
From the June 20, 1936, issue Lightning portrait repays patience of photographer... Stars and comets affected by cosmic radiation... Helium suggested as new preventive of "the bends"... |
Popular Mechanics
November 3, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
How Geoengineering Works: 5 Big Plans to Stop Global Warming Some scientists believe that now is the time to research such proposals so that in 10 or 20 years, should governments fail to act, scientists have them at the ready. |
Chemistry World
November 27, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Cool idea for zero-carbon air conditioning that requires no power source A surface that cools in direct sunlight without a power source has been demonstrated by US researchers |
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NASA Studying The Sun The most advanced solar observatory ever built rocketed into space Thursday on a five-year quest to shed light on Earth's star. |
Science News
January 29, 2005 |
From the January 26, 1935, Issue Rolling Supplants Casting in Making Giant Flywheel... Long-Distance Plane Flights Will go to High Altitudes... 600-Billion-Volt Cosmic Rays Predicted... |
Science News
August 26, 2006 |
Timeline: From the August 22, 1936, Issue Camera Stops the Wings of Hummingbird in Flight... New Cosmic-Ray Device Nears Completion at u. Of Chicago... Meteorites Contain Large Amounts of Rare Metals... |
Smithsonian
February 2004
Deborah Franklin |
Gas Guzzlers New research shows how microscopic diatoms remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and may help keep the planet from overheating |
National Defense
February 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Getting to the Bottom of Global Warming -- From Space The first of several satellites designed to monitor Earth's greenhouse gases has reached orbit and will begin collecting data in the coming months. |
Scientific American
September 2008
David Appell |
The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth--Maybe Researchers debate whether Earth will be swallowed by the sun as it expands into a red giant billions of years from now |
Geotimes
October 2003
Naomi Lubick |
Water clues from martian carbonates For the first time, scientists have convincingly detected small yet possibly widespread amounts of carbonate minerals in the dust on Mars' surface. The findings provide new hints about water on Mars, as well as the history of the planet's atmosphere. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2006 |
Scientists Are Finding Life In Earth's Coldest, Hottest, Weirdest Places By creating an alternative life chemistry in the lab, astrobiologist Steven Benner hopes to uncover a formula for alien microbes. How five big questions about life on our planet are shaping the search for it on other worlds. |
Chemistry World
November 20, 2013
Emma Stoye |
NASA probe sets off for Mars NASA's latest Mars mission -- the Maven (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) orbiter -- has begun its 10-month journey to the red planet after its successful launch this week from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, US. |
Science News
June 29, 2002 |
TimeLine: June 25, 1932 Artificial lightning flashed at 10 million volts... Slow electrons make possible "polar light" in laboratory... Sun may be changing its speed of rotation... |
Chemistry World
July 27, 2015
Katrina Kramer |
A space traveller's guide to the solar system Mark Thompson will take you on a holiday around our solar system in his new book, A space traveler's guide to the solar system -- a journey that promises to be both terrifying and awe-inspiring. |
Industrial Physicist
Dec 2003/Jan 2004
Dawn Lenz |
Understanding and predicting space weather When streams of charged particles from the sun interact with the Earth's magnetic field, there can be serious consequences for electrical power grids, communications networks (radio, television, and telephone), and satellite operations. |
Smithsonian
July 2007
Eric Jaffe |
Life Beyond Earth An ocean on Mars. An Earth-like planet light years away. The evidence is mounting, but are astronomers ready to say we're not alone? |
Chemistry World
November 19, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Watching carbon dioxide's globetrotting New high-resolution simulations depicting how local geography affects the transport of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere have been created by NASA. |
Science News
March 9, 2002 |
TimeLine: March 5, 1932 Weird leather costumes protect electric workers... Neutron, atomic brick, may solve mystery of cosmic rays... Solid matter composed of numerous atoms in blocks... |
Geotimes
March 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Starry Lens A newly discovered planet may be the most Earth-like planet found to date outside our solar system. The discovery confirms the value of a relatively new detection method known as gravitational lensing. |
Geotimes
July 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Ancient Ocean Burps A sediment core extracted from the ocean floor off the coast of Baja, Calif., indicates two "burps" of carbon dioxide were once released from a deep, stagnant part of the ocean. |
Popular Mechanics
February 6, 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
Sun Stays Sluggish as Weathermen Fight for Anti-Ice Age Funding With a debate over implications on climate change at stake, solar researchers in Canada have been finding new lows in magnetic field outputs from the sun. |
Geotimes
February 2007
Sally Adee |
Escape From Snowball Earth Early Earth didn't do things half-way: It may or may not have ever been a solidly frozen "snowball" in the deep geological past, but it was never a half-frozen ball of slush, according to a new study. |
Science News
May 31, 2003 |
TimeLine: May 27, 1933 Crystal wonderland... First chemical evidence of artificial transmutation... Positive and negative electrons apparently produced in pairs |
TIME Asia
June 28, 2010
Christopher Shay |
The Moment The Japanese space program confirmed on June 10 it had unfurled the first interplanetary solar sail, powering its spacecraft IKAROS. |
Science News
May 25, 2002 |
From the May 21, 1932, issue Genes, Once Hypothetical, Now Seen And Photographed... X-Rays of Liver Possible Through Chemical Injection... Secret of Photosynthesis Baffling to Scientists... |
Geotimes
June 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Sun Cycle to Flare Back up in 2008 Although the new cycle is predicted to be moderate in intensity, scientists warn that it may still strongly impact space-based technologies. |
