Category Archives: Science



Can the Ocean’s Color Help Predict Hurricane Paths?

Having spent the past weekend here at the North Carolina coast, I know that the color of water can make a big difference in your day. Learning the subtle shifts in shade can help you avoid running aground, or give you insight as to where to dock your boat when the tide is high. But […]

Human ancestors were tooled up

Recently-discovered bones in Ethiopia suggest that human beings (at least as we know ourselves) did not invent the first tools. The bones were found by Zeresenay Alemseged, a palaeoanthropologist from the California Academy of Science. He led a previous expedition in the same region that uncovered the remains of Selam, otherwise known as Lucy’s baby, […]



Meteor season kicks off with fiery display

The annual Perseid meteor shower is set to peak on Thursday night and has already caused a fireball. The display took place 70 miles above Paint Rock, Alabama when a meteor just one inch in diameter hit the Earth’s atmosphere are 134,000 miles per hour, causing a spectacular demise. According to NASA, the meteor was […]

GAS Featured on Discovery’s Friday News Feedbag!

By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Those crazy guys over at the Discovery News Friday Feedbag, a podcast that summarizes the most interesting science stories of the week, invited me to chat on the show once again.  If you missed my first appearance, they asked me to share three GAS stories to add a little […]

The Great Coffee Debate

Like Dave Munger of Seed Magazine, I have been a coffee addict for the better part of my life. I discovered the dark brew’s magic toward the end of high school, and probably would have slept through the bulk of college were it not for the Starbucks conveniently located on the way to the English […]

Geeky “I Will Survive” Spoof: I Will Derive!

Yeah, I know, this is kind of old, but since this is the first time I’ve heard (and enjoyed!) this song, I figured many of you probably haven’t either. Enjoy! [Via]

Lunar ice water may be red herring

Those of you hoping to relocate to the Moon may be out of luck: it appears that although there’s ice on the surface, that might be it as far as water goes. Geochemist Zachary Sharp of the University of New Mexico believes his studies of lunar rock suggest that not only is the inside of […]