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…
…think it is important to get that message out now.” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110216132100.htm Explore the relationship between temperature and greenhouse gases in our activity, “What will Earth’s climate be in the future?“…
…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,…
…Formaldehyde is relatively abundant throughout the galaxy, making it possible that life could form in other solar systems in the same way that it formed in this solar system. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110404151351.htm…
…being stored in the wood rather than being released into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, the trees don’t take in ALL of the released carbon dioxide… trees to the (partial) rescue! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110525120050.htm…
…means to explore or predict possible system responses to the current climate change.” As always, science requires more study to start filling in the blanks of the big unknowns! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526141406.htm…
…already been made. Stay tuned to see what they re-name “Snow White.” Explore how spectroscopy is used to determine the atmospheric composition of distant planets in our space investigation. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110822124955.htm…
…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…
Mashable.com included the Concord Consortium’s free, open source software on it’s in its December 16th list of favorite online resources for science teachers. View the full list on Mashable.com…
Chad’s Great American Eclipse Chase: Part 6—Partial eclipse viewing with and without eclipse glasses – DIY filters, other optical setups, and more Blog Post
…the partial phases will be four minutes and 17 seconds shorter.) If you’re interested in extensive detail on this, Stephen Wolfram’s highly comprehensive write-up at Wired.com on the history and…