The Colorado River in Grand Canyon remains flooded with controversy, more than a decade after federal policies were established to regulate flows out of Glen Canyon Dam. I was tipped off to the latest round of legal battles by a blog post in Arizona Geology, “Science ignored in Grand Canyon flows.” In the short item, author and state [...]
The comment arrived on Day 2 of my 100-day effort, and I now regret getting so angry that I deleted it. My friend, posing as an anonymous reader, quoted my own line: “The scientific process is robust; its only weakness is human error,” and wrote:
“Yikes, what if we humans erred right at the beginning, in our [...]
On my way to becoming a science writer, I earned a master’s degree in biology. My thesis was a genetics project, and I conducted my experiments among a group of dedicated future geneticists led by an already accomplished — indeed, famous — one. Each week, we would gather for lab meetings, where we gave reports [...]
NASA’s Fermi telescope has discovered 12 previously unseen pulsars — the tip of the iceberg, researchers say — and has the potential to unlock new secrets of supernova explosions.
The Fermi/LAT collaboration announced the discovery of 12 pulsars on Tuesday that have never been observed before, along with 17 that were previously identified by their radio [...]
It’s a wonderful thing when kids are invited to get excited about science. And with the launch of the space shuttle Endeavor on Friday, NASA is throwing open the door.
As it heads to the International Space Station, Endeavor will be toting living things besides seven astronauts: butterfly larvae, young spiders, and the nectar and fruit [...]
