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Here's Where Your Backyard Was 300 Million Years Ago

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Free Communicating Climate Science Webinar November 11th

Nov 05 2010 | comment(s)

Climate science is suffering a crisis of confidence among the public but the data is there - what climate scientists need are effective climate change communication strategies and ways to engage the people on the street who influence policy decisions.

Synthetic Biology: Living Buildings May Help Fight Global Warming

Nov 05 2010 | comment(s)

One solution to reducing the environmental footprint of buildings is to create 'living' materials using synthetic biology and cover them with it. Those materials could eventually produce water in desert environments or harvest sunlight to produce biofuels.

Researchers from the University of Greenwich, the University of Southern Denmark, University of Glasgow and University College London are working with an architectural firm and a building materials manufacturer to use protocells - bubbles of oil in an aqueous fluid sensitive to light or different chemicals – to fix carbon from the atmosphere or to create a coral-like skin, which could protect buildings.

Cosmic Alignment - Not Just For Ancient Religions Any More

Nov 05 2010 | comment(s)

The Herschel Space Observatory is the largest telescope in space. It's capable of detecting longer-wavelength light than the human eye can, light in the far-infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, which is the type emitted by galaxies lined up behind other ones in the foreground.

The result is that scientists are discovering hundreds of new galaxies through brighter galaxies in front of them that deflect their faint light back to the massive Herschel telescope, an effect identified by Albert Einstein a century ago known as cosmic gravitational lensing.

Environmental Disasters - Soil Takes Decades To Fully Recover

Nov 05 2010 | comment(s)

With the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the toxic mud spill in Hungary, the big question is how long will recovery take? Unfortunately, yet at least scientifically apt, is that there are previous disasters to help answer those questions.

Electrical Stimulation Can Boost Math Ability For 6 Months, Says Study

Nov 04 2010 | comment(s)

Researchers say that by applying electrical current to the brain they can enhance mathematical performance for up to 6 months - and there is no impact on other cognitive functions.

Aside from being a new way for kids to cheat on their SATs, the work may lead to treatments for the percentage of the population with moderate to severe numerical disabilities like dyscalculia ('math dyslexia') and for those who lose their skill with numbers as a result of stroke or degenerative disease.

Forget Consensus - More Telling, Less Discussing, Recommends NC State Paper

Nov 04 2010 | comment(s)

Science and technology issues are just too complex, according to results a new survey from North Carolina State University - when it comes to public issues pertaining to science and technology, "talking it out" doesn't seem to work.

The more people discuss the risks and benefits associated with scientific endeavors, the more entrenched they become in their viewpoint and the less likely they are to see the merit of other viewpoints, says Dr. Andrew Binder, an assistant professor of communication at NC State