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Now polluters can rebrand themselves as 'storm killers'

Posted Jun 25, 2013 - 04:35 pm

A new study suggests that successful efforts to curb global pollution may have increased the frequency of tropical storms.
Software, air pollution, global warming
No, the moon didn't get bigger (and isn't going to crash into us)

Posted Jun 24, 2013 - 09:31 am

If you thought Sunday's full moon seemed brighter than normal, it wasn't your imagination.
Hardware, moon, space
Just who do you think you are? The Genographic Project has the answer

Posted Jun 21, 2013 - 11:02 am

Want to find out if you are part Neanderthal? The Genographic Project can tell you (well, for $200).
Software, ancestry, DNA
Actually, NASA, we were counting on you to find the asteroids that could kill us

Posted Jun 19, 2013 - 01:35 pm

When our space agency turns to citizen astronomers to help find dangerous asteroids, is it time to worry?
Hardware, asteroids, dinosaurs
Know a kid obsessed with Mars? Here's the perfect gift

Posted Jun 18, 2013 - 11:24 am

If a child you know is into LEGOs and space, you cannot go wrong with this gift.
Hardware, Curiosity rover, lego
Meet NASA's 8 new astronauts (including 4 women)

Posted Jun 17, 2013 - 04:24 pm

The latest batch of astronaut trainees includes a flight surgeon, fighter pilots and a Harvard professor.
Software, asteroid, astronauts
How Mars became so groovy

Posted Jun 13, 2013 - 10:46 am

NASA researchers say chunks of dry ice sliding down Martian dunes may be causing deep furrows on surface.
Hardware, dunes, ICE
Plastic shielding could reduce astronaut radiation risk

Posted Jun 12, 2013 - 01:50 pm

Data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against space radiation.
Hardware, astronauts, moon
Scientists examine the cutest little galaxy!

Posted Jun 11, 2013 - 01:42 pm

Researchers are finally learning about the dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way.
Hardware, dwarf galaxy, Earth
A database of U.S. espionage cases

Posted Jun 10, 2013 - 01:25 pm

What's the primary motivator for people to engage in espionage? The Espionage Database Project can tell you.
Hardware, database, Edward Snowden

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