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Salon.com
June 29, 2001
Suzy Hansen |
We've got company Astronomer David Darling talks about the controversial science of astrobiology and the near-certainty that extraterrestrial life forms exist in our solar system...   |
Scientific American
May 8, 2006
Graham P. Collins |
Chaos in the Crater Welcome to the Vredefort Crater, a real Bermuda Triangle about 100 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg. It is the oldest and largest impact remnant on the planet, created by an asteroid about two billion years ago. |
Geotimes
June 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
So, When Did Earth Become Attractive? Ever since Earth's protective field was discovered in 1958, scientists have been wondering when did the planet grow up and become attractive? |
Geotimes
June 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Seeing Earthquakes From Space A small instrument aboard the International Space Station can be used to look for disturbances in the Earth's magnetic field that may precede large earthquakes. |
Geotimes
July 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
X-ray Eyes in the Sky Scientists are working on the next generation of low-orbiting satellites that they hope will see far past the Earth's surface and into its interior, to better understand the structure and composition of Earth's crust, mantle and core. |
Geotimes
April 2003
Christina Reed |
Watching The Core: A movie review Geotimes went to the movies with four geophysicists from the Carnegie Institution of Washington to see the new blockbuster movie The Core. With Hollywood blaming its newest apocalypse on Earth's core, we couldn't resist. |
Popular Mechanics
February 19, 2009
Michio Kaku |
Lost's Space-Time Backstory: Lost Season 5, Episode 6 After four seasons following the harrowing exploits of the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 on and off their island, last night's episode of Lost, "316," dropped a huge piece of the jigsaw puzzle into the laps of the show's devotees. |
Geotimes
October 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: Krakatoa... DVD: Revisiting The Core... Maps: Annotated list of references for geologic mapping in Iraq... etc. |
D-Lib
April 2005 |
D-Lib Featured Collection April 2005: IMAGES Images acquired before and during a magnetic storm, showing the buildup of energetic particles surrounding the Earth during the storm's main phase. Courtesy of the IMAGE HENA Team and NASA. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Sara Pratt |
Deciphering Planetary Magnetism Neptune and Uranus both have unusual magnetic fields that tilt at a 60-degree angle toward their equators. Scientists are now able to model the processes that shape the planets' magnetism. |
Wired
July 2003
Gregg Easterbrook |
We're All Gonna Die! But it won't be from germ warfare, runaway nanobots, or shifting magnetic poles. A skeptical guide to Doomsday. |
Popular Mechanics
April 24, 2008
Erin McCarthy |
Debunking Lost's Science: Hollywood Sci-Fi Behind the Scenes Lost's show runners agonize over the real-life science behind the sci-fi drama as much as they do over six-year plot arcs and love triangles. |
Popular Mechanics
July 31, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Martian Water Is Red Herring in Fledgling Alien Intelligence Hunt If the chain of evidence on Mars bears out, and NASA's ongoing robotic experiments on the Red Planet eventually yield proof of life, it could open an entirely new field of research for biologists. |
Chemistry World
April 30, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
Chemical compass clue to migration mystery Trying to identify the mysterious innate compass that many animals use to navigate the globe, chemists at the University of Oxford, UK, have shown for the first time that the Earth's magnetic field can influence the outcome of a chemical reaction. |
Industrial Physicist
Dec 2003/Jan 2004
Dawn Lenz |
Understanding and predicting space weather When streams of charged particles from the sun interact with the Earth's magnetic field, there can be serious consequences for electrical power grids, communications networks (radio, television, and telephone), and satellite operations. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2003
Paul Eisenstein |
World's Most Powerful Magnet The "magnetar," or magnetic neutron star known as Soft Gamma Repeater 1806-20, is the most powerful known magnetic object in the universe. While it's unlikely anything man-made will ever come close to the power of a magnetar, it's not for lack of trying. |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Quick Take: 2010 Marks the End for "Lost" ABC makes a move to keep shark-jumping at bay. Given the ratings decrease this season, ABC and the producers of the show still have plenty to worry about when it comes to execution if they want to keep Lost going for the next three years. |
Popular Mechanics
February 12, 2009
Erin Scottberg |
Lost's Time Travel Theories Start To Become Clear A look at some of the rules of time travel revealed on last weeks episode of Lost. |
Popular Mechanics
May 14, 2009
Erin Sottberg |
Lost's Season Five Finale's Electromagnetic Science Makes the Grade According to physicist Daniel Faraday's plan, the only way to prevent "the incident" from happening is by destroying the pocket of electromagnetic energy that lies underneath the Swan station. |
Geotimes
July 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Ship Logs Record Earth's Magnetism New information gleaned from old ships' logs is now leading to a better understanding of the magnetic field's past strength, which is turning out to be more erratic than some scientists previously thought. |
Science News
August 12, 2000 |
TimeLine: August 9, 1930 A Fish With Hands... Little Eros on Way to Visit Earth... Birthplace of the Moon... |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2011
Hadjipanayis & Gabay |
The Incredible Pull of Nanocomposite Magnets Nanotechnology could make rare earth magnets even stronger. |
Geotimes
July 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Mercury's Gooey Center Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has a large core, which scientists now know is partially molten and therefore could create a magnetic field around the planet. |
Geotimes
May 2003
Lisa M. Pinsker |
Molten martian core The more researchers study Mars, the more similarities they seem to find between the Red Planet and Earth. The latest parallels come from the planet's enigmatic interior. |
Salon.com
January 29, 2002
Alison Motluk |
"Future Evolution" by Peter Ward A scientist and an artist team up to portray a future of square tomatoes, kangaroo rats and universally brown-skinned humans who don't need food... |
Scientific American
September 2008
David Appell |
The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth--Maybe Researchers debate whether Earth will be swallowed by the sun as it expands into a red giant billions of years from now |
Chemistry World
November 22, 2012
Jon Cartwright |
Magnesium oxide might be liquid in super-Earths There may be more planets outside our solar system with protective magnetic fields than previously thought. That's the implication of a US study, which has demonstrated that the common planetary mineral magnesium oxide turns into a metallic liquid at high pressure. |
Geotimes
June 2004
Megan Sever |
Shifting Compass Points A new study sheds some light on the processes driving the creation of Earth's magnetic field and what happens when the field reverses. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Supercomputer Models Earth's Magnetic Field A team of researchers has made a step toward modeling the Earth's chaotic magnetic field behavior using one of the largest supercomputers on the planet to run the most realistic model yet. |
