BIG Problems – Page 115

Miniature Honeycomb Grows Nerve
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
A “miniature honeycomb” – or scaffold – could one day be used to encourage damaged nerves to grow and...
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Arctic Methane Leaks Threaten Climate
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
As Arctic sea ice breaks apart, massive amounts of methane could be released into the atmosphere from the cold...
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A Quixotic Quest to Mine Asteroids
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
A new company backed by two Google Inc. billionaires, film director James Cameron and other space exploration proponents is...
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Greening for God: Evangelicals Learn to Love Earth Day
By the Editor on April 21, 2012
While some of their leaders denounce environmentalism as pagan worship, others are adopting a distinctly Christian approach to "creation...
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Women Seek Less-Dominant Dates in Recession
By the Editor on April 20, 2012
When thinking about the economic recession, women exhibit less interest in alpha males in favor of guys who call...
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How Big Data Is Changing Astronomy
By the Editor on April 20, 2012
Think of all the data humans have collected over the long history of astronomy, from the cuneiform tablets of...
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We Have No Idea How Bad Solar Storms Might Get
By the Editor on April 20, 2012
When the sun really acts up, spewing out heaps of charged particles in a burst called a coronal mass...
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Scientists Work To Combat Aging
By the Editor on April 20, 2012
Do you want to live to 120, only to feel like you’re 120? In the human quest for longevity...
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Polar Bears Older Than Thought
By the Editor on April 20, 2012
Polar bears have been chilling on the ice far longer than is generally thought, new research suggests, and they...
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Carbon Capture Viable With Long-Term Support
By the Editor on April 19, 2012
Capturing and burying the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from power stations is viable – but long-term government support will...
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