The Journey of Mankind
The Bradshaw Foundation hosts this marvelous map of human migration, beginning from our origin as a species over 150,000 years ago. It’s cool.
You Can’t Handle the Truth
The Smithsonian’s 2006 exhibit on arctic climate change was tweaked to avoid angering Congress and the White House, says a former associate director:
WASHINGTON: The Smithsonian Institution toned down an exhibit on climate change in the Arctic for fear of angering the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration, says a former administrator at the museum.
Among other [...]
Boom
We know that some 13,000 years ago, when humans were new to the Americas, many of the largest land mammals disappeared. Theories to explain it have ranged from overhunting to disease to simple competition for food. New data suggests catastrophe:
Scientists will outline dramatic evidence this week that suggests a comet exploded over the [...]
Superdupernova
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away:
The cataclysm — a monster more than a hundred times as energetic as the typical supernova in which the more massive stars end their lives — may be an example, they said, of a completely new type of explosion. Such a blast, proposed but never seen, [...]
Kinda Like Chicken
It’s astonishing that 68 million-year-old fossilized bones can contain preserved soft tissue, sure, but what’s really cool is that protein molecules found therein can be used to demonstrate an evolutionary link to modern birds.
“I mean can you imagine pulling a bone out the ground after 68 million years and then getting intact protein sequences?” said [...]
It Ain’t the Size of the Ship
Titan has oceans. Oceans of liquid methane and/or ethane. Dig it.
Cassini’s camera last month imaged a large, irregular feature stretching 680 miles long with a surface area similar to the landlocked Caspian Sea. Its radar instrument swept over the feature’s northern tip and determined it likely contains liquid methane or ethane because of [...]
The Vulcan Science Directorate Has Determined That Time Travel Is Impossible
You can’t go home again. LiveScience attempts to rule out the possibility of travel backward through time, though their story links to scientists such as Dr. Michio Kaku who leave that door open. Feasibility is another matter, one which should keep your grandfather safe. Probably impossible is the verdict the story arrives at, eventually:
The [...]
Peek! I See You!
We’re not only finding planets circling nearby stars; we’ve begun to sample their atmospheres:
The study of one planet found hints of fine silicate-particle clouds. Research on the other planet found no chemical fingerprints for any of the molecules scientists were seeking.
“We had expected this tremendous signature of water … and it wasn’t there,” said the [...]
And How About the Holocaust?
Count on FOX to cough up a global-warming denier, pitting the expertise of attorney Christopher Horner against…well, against science.
…Fox News guest Christopher Horner “debunks the myths of global warming.” He says that humanity’s actions have not led to climate change and that receding glaciers are a result of “global cooling.”
“Climate changes, weather happens, always has, [...]
An Elaborate Deception
Comedian Bill Maher paid a visit to the Creation Museum in Cincinnati, frightening Christian publisher Ken Ham, who was unaware of just who was about to interview him.
…Ham called Maher’s visit an “elaborate deception.” He said the film crew asked for a one-on-one interview with Ham after a tour of the museum. After the tour, [...]
