Tag: science
Lawsuit over BP oil spill threatens academic freedom, critics say
The multinational oil company BP recently was allowed to move ahead with a subpoena to gain access to 3,000 emails among the first scientists who showed up to measure the oil spilling from the Deep Water Horizon and contain the damage. Critics say BP's subpoena will have a harmful effect on academic freedom....
Want to live a long, healthy life? How old is your grandfather?
New research out of the Philippines reveals that men who have children at an older age pass along longer telomeres -- special protectors on human chromosomes -- which are believed to lead to longer, healthier lives. And those longer telomeres survive across generations....
Book recalls life of man who, more than anyone, gives us the images we know of dinosaurs
Charles Knight is the man responsible for putting the picture of a dinosaur in your mind. Probably more than any other person in the world, he's the man who gave us the image of dinosaurs from which all current depictions are based. But whether he was right or wrong, it's probably impossible to ever know....
Declining moose population in upper Midwest may be due to climate change
In the last 20 years, the moose population in the northern Midwest has declined. Researchers believe this may be due to climate change and warmer temperatures as well as an increase in the number of predators to moose....
New research says commonly used chemicals are partly to blame for obesity
Some researchers, including Bruce Blumberg from the University of California, Irvine, believe chemicals we’re unwittingly exposed to could be making us fat. Blumberg said if the timing is right, exposure to these chemicals may be instructing stem cells to become fat cells....
Once-in-a-century Transit of Venus will show off planet moving across Sun
For the next 105 years, people who want to see the Venus equivalent of a partial solar eclipse will have to wait. But there's one last chance before then. On Tuesday in the Western Hemisphere and Wednesday in the Eastern, Venus will pass in front of the Sun and obscure part of it -- visible from most places on Earth....
10 newly discovered species you have to see to believe
Some 18,000 new species are discovered every year, some still alive and even a few that have since gone extinct. These new species, though, aren't your typical old monkeys and flowers. Almost all of them have distinct looks them make them truly a shock to see....
New, wide-spread surveillance malware discovered in several Middle East countries
A cyber security firm has discovered a sophisticated malware program that they're describing as a "complete spy kit." It's designed to gather audio, video and photos from computers where it's been installed, potentially unlocking all kinds of secret information....
Research suggests ocean garbage patches may be bigger than once believed
New science is pointing to the ocean garbage patches being larger than previously believed. That's because scientists think a lot of the plastic and other bits of trash in the ocean is actually swirling underwater, rather than collected along the surface....
Dragon capsule makes successful, historic docking at International Space Station
SpaceX made history on Friday when its Dragon capsule was the first private space vehicle to be launched to and dock with the International Space Station. But that could just be the beginning for this privately owned space vehicle....
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