…If the evidence doesn’t fit the claim, then the claim is rejected and revised. New evidence can result in changes to long-held understandings about how the world works–it is the…
…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…
…less on Earth’s moon than on Earth, without losing any of your mass. Scientists are currently using measurements of objects’ gravitational pulls to find new planets around stars. As a…
Warm millennium, that is. And Southern Hemisphere, that is. New research suggests that Earth will continue to warm into the year 3000, even if human-caused carbon dioxide emissions stop right…
…from The Wall Street Journal about astronomers’ latest discoveries of new planets and how they’ll know if they’ve found a planet that can support life. The Search for Other Earths…
…up with new ideas and tested them. We only wish kids everywhere could have the same experience. This investigation was prompted by Ewa Kedzierska’s presentation at the World Conference on…
What does irrigation have to do with climate change? Possibly a lot. According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, irrigation has increased agricultural productivity by an amount…
…example to the right, “How solar cycles affect the duty cycle of a thermostat,” showcases this new feature. When you click the “Java Webstart Installer” on the website, the software…
…with more traditional areas of physics research. Sadly, a new dean eliminated AMSTEL in 2010. Ton soldiers on from a nonprofit he founded in 1987 (Foundation CMA), but with a…
…already a highly interactive system–you can change anything that is allowed to change by the author of a simulation while it is running. Recently, I have added two new features…