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July 31, 2015
2022 Olympics in China
Congratulations to our friends and colleagues in China. Beijing has won its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. This makes Beijing the first city in history to host both the summer and winter Olympics. The team advocating for the Chinese capital says that it hopes the winter games will spur greater interest in snow … Read more
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July 26, 2015
Hairy Ice Explained
It sprouts on dead wood at night in northern latitudes and disappears when the sun rises. Its micro-thin fibers look like the curls on a baby’s head. What scientists have called “one of the most exciting types of ice,” hair ice has now been replicated in the lab with the help of a certain fungus … Read more
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July 24, 2015
The Kinked Jet Stream
It’s been hotter in Alaska this year than some parts of Texas. Scientists are calling it the Land Surface Temperature Anomaly and it makes general climate patterns look upside down. The data, from NASA’s ‘Terra‘ satellite, shows red as above average temperatures for the region and blue as below average temperatures during the same eight-day … Read more
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July 19, 2015
Images of the Week
From our planet to planets far away, images connect us to the world we know and inspire questions for which we still don’t have answers. For help with your questions, contact us here.
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July 16, 2015
Startling Discoveries from Pluto’s Moon
It’s taken more than nine years and three billion miles of space travel, but NASA released on Wednesday the first batch of mesmerizing close-up images of the icy mountains and geologically active moons of Pluto. “We have completed the initial reconnaissance of the solar system, ” says S. Alan Stern, the principal investigator of … Read more
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July 14, 2015
Data Visualization: Turning Data Sets into Discoveries
Scientific discoveries often start with simple ideas. But when those ideas give rise to more and more questions, how can we better visualize a solution and a path to discovery? Data visualization uses visual tools, literally sketches and drawings, to explore complex ideas and turn them into a linear narrative. Giorgia Lupi the design director at … Read more
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July 12, 2015
Images of the Week
Click here for some of the most compelling images from the world of science and technology this week.
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July 10, 2015
Is This the End of Dengue Fever?
Dengue fever, an incurable viral disease spread by mosquitoes, may one day be a scourge of the past. The infection, also know as ‘Breakbone Fever’ because of its debilitating symptoms, is pandemic in much of the world, sickening over 300 million people each year and killing more than 22,000. It is a leading cause of hospitalization … Read more
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July 6, 2015
Returning plastic to oil
Plastic may have been the wonder invention of the 20th century, but we all know its tenacious lifespan is causing havoc throughout the planet’s ecosystems. It’s estimated that only 8 percent of the world’s plastic is currently recycled. Traditional plastic recycling is limited to certain types of plastic and often converted into new plastic-based products. However, an … Read more