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Why freshwater life survived the asteroid impact that wiped out most dinosaurs

Posted Jul 17, 2013 - 10:22 am

The asteroid blast that resulted in the extinction of most land-based dinosaurs nearly 66 million years ago spared most inland freshwater organisms.
Hardware, asteroid impact, dinosaurs
Air pollution's deadly toll: More than 2 million people each year

Posted Jul 15, 2013 - 02:27 pm

Air pollution kills more than 2 million people around the world each year, an international team of researchers has concluded.
Software, air pollution, deaths
How to wash your hair in space: A video primer

Posted Jul 12, 2013 - 10:32 am

Traveling in space should not preclude personal hygiene, as NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg demonstrates in this video.
Hardware, astronaut, hygiene
To solve mystery of life on Mars, we should drill, baby, drill

Posted Jul 10, 2013 - 02:44 pm

We need to transition from looking for signs of life on the surface of Mars to drilling into the planet on an archaeological search.
Hardware, archaeology, Curiosity rover
What the first news articles said about the Roswell UFO incident

Posted Jul 08, 2013 - 02:19 pm

It's been 66 years since initial reports that a flying saucer had been recovered in the New Mexico desert. Here's what the first articles said about the sightings, investigation and official statements.
Hardware, Air Force, aliens
Human head transplant is 'bad science,' says neurologist who just may have a point

Posted Jul 03, 2013 - 09:29 am

One neuroscientist believes human heads can be transplanted onto host bodies, but another doctor thinks this is crazy talk.
Hardware, head transplant, neurobiology
Pinecones and snails and bears, oh my! Here are some wild ways to die

Posted Jul 02, 2013 - 03:14 pm

There are some bad ways to die in the wild. Then there are worse ways.
Software, bees, carnivores
A pair of great Civil War databases

Posted Jul 01, 2013 - 02:21 pm

The 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg will come and go, but these Civil War databases will live on.
Hardware, civil war, databases
Understanding the minds of murderers

Posted Jun 28, 2013 - 12:41 pm

New research into the minds of murderers reveals differences between impulsive and premeditated killers.
Hardware, murderers, premedidated
Start-up plans 'fleet' of satellites taking photos of Earth for massive, open database

Posted Jun 27, 2013 - 06:00 am

A start-up begun by three former NASA scientists wants to create an open database of Earth images that will spur positive global action.
Hardware, Blue Marble, Earth

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