Around_the_Web – Page 19

Efforts to Protect Earth From Asteroids Are Under Way. But Will They Be Enough?
By the Editor on February 22, 2013
In the wake of Earth’s largest meteor strike in more than a century, the world’s attention has turned skyward....
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The Robot Will See You Now
By the Editor on February 21, 2013
Information technology that helps doctors and patients make decisions has been around for a long time. Crude online tools...
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NASA’s Mars Rover Makes Successful First Drill
By the Editor on February 21, 2013
Images sent back from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Wednesday confirmed that the precious sample is being held by...
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The Moon Has Had Water Its Whole Life, New Study Says
By the Editor on February 20, 2013
Scientists have known for almost five years now that the moon is watery–or at least that lots of water...
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Do Low Doses of BPA Harm People?
By the Editor on February 20, 2013
Are people exposed to doses of bisphenol A in their canned foods and other consumer products that can harm...
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A New Way to Listen to Extinct Languages
By the Editor on February 19, 2013
Languages are like species. They evolve in mostly predictable ways, splitting into new species or dying out over time....
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How to Freak Out a Foodie
By the Editor on February 19, 2013
“Why hyperdecant?” Myhrvold asked the audience in a plenary lecture here on Saturday at the annual meeting of AAAS...
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Obama Seeking to Boost Study of Human Brain
By the Editor on February 19, 2013
The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build...
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Dinosaur Extinction & Chicxulub Asteroid Impact Most Likely Coincided, Study Says
By the Editor on February 8, 2013
The idea that a cosmic impact ended the age of dinosaurs in what is now Mexico now has fresh...
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In Mysterious Pattern, Math and Nature Converge
By the Editor on February 8, 2013
In 1999, while sitting at a bus stop in Cuernavaca, Mexico, a Czech physicist named Petr Šeba noticed young...
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