GLOBAL: Tinkering with the science of climate change
An illustration of some of the geo-engineering ideas
TSA Pre✓™ Pilot to Expand to Busiest US Airports
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John S. Pistole today announced the expansion of TSA Pre✓™, a passenger pre-screening initiative, to additional airports...
NASA's Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected the solid form of buckyballs in space for the first time. To form a solid...
Mango Pits, Coconut Shells Could Generate Electricity
Mango pits and coconut shells can be used to generate electricity,...
Planck All-Sky Images Show Cold Gas and Strange Haze
This all-sky image shows the distribution of carbon monoxide (CO), a molecule used by astronomers to trace molecular...
A Real Estate Deal That Spans The Earth
The Jamesburg Earth Station closed in 2002, but the 10-story satellite dish still stands tall.
High-precision map of Milky Way's magnetic fields charted
In a new study, an international team of scientists pooled their radio observations into a database to produce the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way galaxy.
Gene Regulator in Brain’s Executive Hub Tracked Across Lifespan – NIH study
For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain’s executive hub. Among key findings of the study by National Institutes of...
