Saturday, September 13, 2008

Full Coverage Of Hurricane Ike: Hurricane Blogs, News, And Webcam Links -- This Post Is Bumped To The Top Of Cool Science News Till Sunday

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Tracking Hurricane Ike Click Here For Updated Picture Click Here For Updated Picture Click Here For Updated Picture HURRICANE BLOGS, NEWS, W...

Experiment Boosts Hopes for Space Solar Power

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From Space.com WASHINGTON — A former NASA scientist has used radio waves to transmit solar power a distance of 92 miles (148 km) between two...

World's Strongest Hurricanes Could Be Getting Stronger

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Gustav and Hanna spin in the Caribbean Sea last week. A study released today found that the strongest Atlantic hurricanes have become strong...

The Science Behind A Storm Surge

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Hurricane Ike, still forming in the Gulf of Mexico, caused floods near Surfside Beach, Texas September 12, 2008. Hurricane Ike closed in on ...

A Guide To Hurricanes

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From Scientific American: Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike: What's next for the U.S.? What causes nature's destructive storms? How do scienti...

With Ike, Size Matters For Killer Storm Surge

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From My Way News/AP Hurricane Ike's gargantuan size - not its strength - will likely push an extra large storm surge inland in a region ...
Friday, September 12, 2008

Antarctic Sea Ice Increases Despite Warming

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Cold, snowy, and stuck at the “bottom” of the Earth, Antarctica might seem like a dull place. But this big continent can produce a surprisin...

Painting Rooftops White Would Slow Global Warming

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From Sustain A Blog : Study: If we painted every rooftop in 100 major cities white, it would offset the entire planet’s carbon dioxide emiss...

Black Hole's 'Birth Scream' Heard Across Universe

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From FOX News: Six months ago, satellite telescopes spotted an exceptionally bright burst of energy that would have been the most distant ob...

9 Big Questions On NASA Infighting

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From Popular Mechanics: As if a new administration and the rise of the private space industry weren't enough, it's suddenly become a...

Why Ike Could Be Texas' Worst Nightmare

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The unnamed Category 4 hurricane that slammed into Galveston, Texas Sept. 8, 1900 remains the deadliest ever to hit the United States, havin...

Fifty Years Of Earth-Observation Satellites

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Views such as this one are made possible by satellites orbiting the planet, a feat they have been performing for the past half-century. Alth...

The Microchip's 50th Birthday Party

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The first integrated circuit invented by Jack Kilby. Kilby won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2000 for his work. Happy 50th Birthday: Microc...

Eight Organisms That Make You Go 'Eww'

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From MSNBC: Skunk. The mere mention of the black and white mammal is enough to make people plug their noses. That's because these creatu...

U.N. Agency Eyes Curbs On Internet Anonymity

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From CNET News: A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tr...

U.S. Makes 1st Antarctic Night Landing

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From CBS News: (AP) A U.S. Air Force pilot has landed a plane in Antarctica in the dark for the first time using night-vision goggles, a fea...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

Meat: Making Global Warming Worse

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From Time Magazine: Need another reason to feel guilty about feeding your children that Happy Meal — aside from the fat, the calories and th...

Russia May Build Own Particle-Colliding Machine

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From RIA-Novosti: MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) - A day after the Large Hadron Collider was successfully switched on in Switzerland, a ...

Websites Shed Light On How Humans Value Fresh Ideas

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From New Scientist: Analysing the rise and fall of websites is the perfect way to shed light on the old debate over whether talent or experi...

With Hurricane Ike, Size Matters For Killer Storm Surge

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From My Way/AP: Hurricane Ike's gargantuan size - not its strength - will likely push an extra large storm surge inland in a region alre...