…in understanding the natural world. Read the full article (posted with permission of Science Scope). Watch a video about the Building Models project, featuring Dan Damelin and Joe Krajcik. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BErVRfttHic…
…compensate for the lack of ice? Explore how greenhouse gases and ice affect Earth’s temperature and learn more about feedback and tipping points in the High-Adventure Science climate investigation. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111201174225.htm…
…it a little machine that can easily crack the current military code (http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206105179). This is a critical decision that will affect the architecture of future computers: will the future generation…
…100 to be considered significant. http://www.xkcd.com/882 Scientists test their hypotheses multiple times to be sure of the significance of their results. Even though one test may reach a significant p-value,…
…on–that’s why it’s called RE-search! Read the ScienceDaily summary of the research at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101006141558.htm. Learn more about solar effects on Earth’s temperature and how climate scientists do research in our…
…help us to better understand our own planet and the wide variety of organisms with which we share it. Read about the discovery at: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/gliese_581_feature.html Learn how scientists find new…
From xkcd: http://www.xkcd.com/402/ The permafrost line is shifting. It may be slow by tornado-chasing standards, but it’s shifting. A study earlier this year from Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada…
From xkcd: http://www.xkcd.com/164/ Science is about facts and evidence. There is a lot of evidence that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. You can explore with our models how carbon…
…All they need to do now is find stars that have planets that have at least one moon. “When they’re found, we’ll be ready to weigh them,” said Kipping. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101015140801.htm…
…detect smaller and smaller motions will enhance the ability of instruments to detect smaller and smaller planets around other stars–perhaps even another “Earth.” Technological innovation is the only limit. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101128220203.htm…