NASA scientists say that the Moon may be shrinking – but it’s not disappearing, don’t be afraid! The scientists reached this conclusion after studying a series of pictures taken by a spacecraft orbiting our home planet’s closest neighbor. The pictures show a series of small cliffs that were risen while the Moon’s surface cooled over [...]
Evidence has been unveiled that stone tools were used to cut the meat and break the bones of animals 3.4 million years ago, about a million years earlier than scientists have thought until now. The evidence consists of some mammal bones found in Ethiopia that have marks of sharp-edge stones on them. The bones, found [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its British counterpart, the Met Office have released a report today that confirmed the existence of global warming. According to the yearly climate change report released by the two institutions we live through the warmest period of the decade – but this decade was also the warmest [...]
As the Hubble Space Telescope achieves the major milestone of two decades on orbit, NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, or STScI, in Baltimore are celebrating Hubble’s journey of exploration with a stunning new picture and several online educational activities. There are also opportunities for people to explore galaxies as armchair scientists and send [...]
Programs to highlight green chemistry, technology in education, the Obama administration, and interior design The newest developments in green chemistry, the impact of technology on education, an in-depth analysis of President Obama’s first 15 months in office, and the latest trends in working with color are the subjects of this spring’s public lecture series from [...]
Carnegie Science Center announced the winners of its 2010 Carnegie Science Awards, sponsored by Eaton Corporation. Carnegie Science Center established the Carnegie Science Awards program in 1997 to recognize and promote outstanding science and technology achievements in western Pennsylvania. Celebrating its 14th year, the Carnegie Science Awards have honored the accomplishments of more than 250 [...]
After a decade of remarkable growth, total annual funding for biomedical research in the U.S. has decelerated and may have even fallen when adjusted for inflation. That is the conclusion of a study today published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. “The era of rapid expansion in biomedical research funding that began in [...]
Corey Peloquin, Coleman Middle School teacher in Tampa, N.J., has been awarded a fellowship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project was created to allow teachers an opportunity to carry back to the classroom a greater understanding of NASA discoveries to inspire a next generation of explorers, scientists, [...]
Black soot deposited on Tibetan glaciers has contributed significantly to the retreat of the world’s largest non-polar ice masses, according to new research by scientists from NASA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Soot absorbs incoming solar radiation and can speed glacial melting when deposited on snow in sufficient quantities. Temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau [...]
For more than 400 years, scientists have studied the amazing regenerative power of salamanders, trying to understand how these creatures routinely repair injuries that would usually leave humans and other mammals paralyzed — or worse. Now, fueled by a highly competitive National Institutes of Health Grand Opportunity grant of $2.4 million, a multi-institutional team of [...]