Posts Tagged ‘Science’

Anancy News: Look Up! It’s A Star In The . . .

Posted by admin on September 16th, 2011

Look Up! It’s A Star In The Midst Of A Violent, Bright Death   Something violent is happening in the night sky, right now. And scientists studying the phenomenon said yesterday that with a pair good binoculars or a telescope you can see a star in its final throes causing a spectacular explosion called a [...]

Anancy News: Around the World on Solar . . .

Posted by admin on September 16th, 2011

Around the World on Solar Power Alone    By BETTINA WASSENER Later this month, the Turanor PlanetSolar catamaran will arrive in Singapore, having amassed proof that it is possible to traverse the world’s oceans on solar power alone.      

Anancy News: A Hummingbird’s Musical Tail

Posted by admin on September 16th, 2011

Dot Earth Blog A Hummingbird’s Musical Tail By ANDREW C. REVKIN A close look at hummingbird tails reveals the source of a second, non-vocal, song.

Anancy News: South Africa Bones Offer . . .

Posted by admin on September 16th, 2011

South Africa Bones Offer Evolution ‘Game-Changer’ Australopithecus Sediba Bones: South Africa Discovery Offers Evolution ‘Game-Changer’ WASHINGTON — Two million-year-old bones belonging to a creature with both apelike and human traits provide the clearest evidence of evolution’s first major step toward modern humans – findings some are calling a potential game-changer. An analysis of the bones [...]

Anancy News: A Final Smash For America’s . . .

Posted by admin on September 6th, 2011

Science A Final Smash For America’s Giant Particle Collider Once, the U.S. was a magnet for particle physicists, but Europe’s Large Hadron Collider is now the biggest show around. As the Tevatron prepares to go dark in September, questions remain about the next step in U.S. physics research. September 6, 2011 On the grounds of [...]

Anancy News: Adaptation and Survival of the Fittest

Posted by admin on September 6th, 2011

Adaptation and Survival of the Fittest August 30, 2011 Paola Pedraza, assistant curator of the Institute of Systematic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden, writes about her recent expedition to catalog the flora of Las Orquídeas National Park, Colombia. Survival of the fittest and adaptation — these are concepts that come to my mind [...]

Anancy News: Newly Discovered Star Shouldn’t . . .

Posted by admin on September 5th, 2011

Space Newly Discovered Star Shouldn’t Exist, Says Theory The primordial star has a chemistry and mass that don’t square with star formation theory. Newly Discovered Star Shouldn’t Exist, Says Theory September 2, 2011 Reporting in Nature, researchers write of discovering one of the oldest stars in the Galaxy, formed some 13 billion years ago. But [...]

Anancy News: Born, and Evolved, to Run

Posted by admin on September 1st, 2011

Born, and Evolved, to Run By CLAUDIA DREIFUS Daniel Lieberman, an evolutionary biology professor at Harvard, spends his time studying how the human head and foot have evolved over the millenniums.  

Anancy News: The New Generation of Microbe

Posted by admin on August 31st, 2011

The New Generation of Microbe Hunters By GINA KOLATA Investigators can now take precautions against diseases starting to emerge, like flu or food-borne bugs and antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.   The New Generation of Microbe Hunters GINA KOLATA Published: Monday, August 29, 2011 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 9:09 a.m. [...]

Anancy News: Faces and Artifacts at Old Zharu

Posted by admin on August 17th, 2011

Scientist at Work Blog   Faces and Artifacts at Old Zharu By AMANDA SCHMIDT Geologists studying terraces in Sichuan Province, China, are surprised by the artifacts and carved faces found near an abandoned village.