Around_the_Web – Page 187

Scientists Look to the (Diminishing) Ice to Explain ‘Weather Weirding’
By the Editor on March 29, 2012
Lurching from one weather extreme to another seems to have become routine across the Northern Hemisphere. Parts of the...
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Fossilized Raindrop Dimples Add to Mystery of Ancient Earth’s Warmth
By the Editor on March 29, 2012
Pumice-like cratery indents formed by ancient raindrop splats are adding to the mystery of why the adolescent Earth was...
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Military Wants Keys to Biological Clock
By the Editor on March 29, 2012
An unprecedented project that will attempt to unravel the ways our biological clocks tick is underway by the Defense...
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Most Cities Unprepared for Coming Population Boom
By the Editor on March 28, 2012
The world’s cities are mushrooming at the rate of around 1 million people a week as the planet’s population...
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Ancient Human Ancestor Had Feet Like an Ape
By the Editor on March 28, 2012
Fossil foot hints that tree-dwellers lived alongside species built for walking.
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Big Philanthropy’s Role in Higher Education
By the Editor on March 28, 2012
This is truly the era of the megafoundation. The private-philanthropic sector in the United States has experienced an explosion...
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Can Astronauts Survive Rigors of Long Space Journeys?
By the Editor on March 28, 2012
As the United States considers a manned mission to Mars by the mid-2030s, ongoing research is beginning to raise...
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Farming Needs ‘Climate-Smart’ Change
By the Editor on March 28, 2012
Major changes are needed in agriculture and food consumption around the world if future generations are to be adequately...
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Geologists Correct a Rift in Africa
By the Editor on March 28, 2012
The Great Rift Valley of East Africa – the birthplace of the human species – may have taken much...
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Billions of Habitable Alien Planets Should Exist in Our Galaxy
By the Editor on March 28, 2012
There should be billions of habitable, rocky planets around the faint red stars of our Milky Way galaxy, a...
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