New ’super-Earth’ found in space
Experts find an Earth-like planet outside our solar system, one that could have liquid water on its surface.
April 2007
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New ’super-Earth’ found in space Experts find an Earth-like planet
Posted by sciencewatch on 25 Apr 2007 5:07 pm. Filed under General Science News.
CLEO/QELS to convene in Baltimore
Posted by sciencewatch on 25 Apr 2007 5:05 am. Filed under General Science News.
Mother of All ExtinctionsWhy does it matter that countless species
Posted by sciencewatch on 24 Apr 2007 5:07 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Mother of All Extinctions
Why does it matter that countless species perished 250 million years ago? Neil deGrasse Tyson explains.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
NOVA ScienceNOW Dispatch: Bacteria Unite!It’s a scary thought: bacteria “talking”
Posted by sciencewatch on 24 Apr 2007 5:04 am. Filed under General Science News.
NOVA ScienceNOW Dispatch: Bacteria Unite!
It’s a scary thought: bacteria “talking” together, conspiring before they make you sick. Bonnie Bassler of Princeton University explains how scientists are beginning to see these tiny organisms?once thought completely asocial?in a whole new way.
Bonnie Bassler
News: The Brain May Use Only 20 Percent of Its
Posted by sciencewatch on 23 Apr 2007 5:09 pm. Filed under General Science News.
News: The Brain May Use Only 20 Percent of Its Memory-Forming Neurons
Nikhil Swaminathan
Correction
Posted by sciencewatch on 23 Apr 2007 5:09 am. Filed under General Science News.
Physics update Amazonian rainforest regulates its own rain; Trapping radium
Posted by sciencewatch on 22 Apr 2007 5:07 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Physics update
Amazonian rainforest regulates its own rain; Trapping radium atoms; Slowed light handed off; The quantum Hall effect warms up
ManhattanhengePerched over 42nd Street, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson
Posted by sciencewatch on 22 Apr 2007 5:05 am. Filed under General Science News.
Manhattanhenge
Perched over 42nd Street, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson is eager to show you his hometown’s own version of a Stonehenge magic moment. See it in this video.
NOVA scienceNOW
NOVA scienceNOW: Ask The Expert: Space ElevatorBrad Edwards answered selected
Posted by sciencewatch on 21 Apr 2007 5:04 pm. Filed under General Science News.
NOVA scienceNOW: Ask The Expert: Space Elevator
Brad Edwards answered selected viewer questions about space elevators on January 16, 2007.
NOVA
UK tests Moon lander technologyBritish engineers study the technology needed
Posted by sciencewatch on 21 Apr 2007 5:10 am. Filed under General Science News.
UK tests Moon lander technology
British engineers study the technology needed to land on the Moon - which will also be useful on a Mars mission.