What Is the Current State of the U.S. “War on Drugs”?

“What if the difference between not being addicted and being addicted was the difference between seeing the world as your park and seeing the world as your cage?” – Stuart ... Continue Reading →

New Siberian Craters Linked to Methane, But How?

(VIDEO 34 sec.) Scientists were concerned when, in July, 2014, a large hole mysteriously appeared on the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia, Russia. Scientists are still searching for the ... Continue Reading →

Build an App for Science: NASA SpaceAppsChallenges.

Crowdsourcing diagram attribution: By Dbrabham (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons The 2015 Hackathon Is Over, But the Opportunity ... Continue Reading →

Crows Can Teach Us, But Do We Listen?

Above Image source: “Crow in Flight -Delaware-8” by Pheanix – originally posted to Flickr as Crow in Flight. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Image ... Continue Reading →

Is Global Warming Fact or Fiction?

PLEASE WAIT FOR VIDEO TO LOAD. Watch this 1-minute satellite image sequence of Arctic ice disappearing, 1987-2014. Global warming predictions have been hotly debated. According to ... Continue Reading →

What a Baby Hears in the Womb Could Reveal Neural Pathways.

A newborn remembers sensations from the womb. For one bird, prenatal memory is life-saving. Image: Fledgeling fairy wren calling to mother, who holds its next meal. Photo attribution: ... Continue Reading →

How Valid Is the Science behind Interstellar, the Movie?

Above image: A concept drawing by NASA showing the accretion lines and accretion disk from a black hole. Source: Wikimedia.org. Human travel over interstellar distances required ... Continue Reading →

What Ever Happened to the NASA-Inspired Plant Air Purification Revolution?

Photo: Snake Plant in Rock Planter, Attribution: By JLHA3050 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons (Please see last page ... Continue Reading →

Largest Man-Carved Stone Unearthed in Lebanon

Beside the Stone of the Pregnant Woman, in a quarry near temple ruins at Baalbek, Lebanon, travelers walked unknowingly on an even larger hand-carved stone which lay hidden for centuries. ... Continue Reading →

Could Yellowstone Enzyme Help Diagnose Ebola?

Image: Mushroom Spring, Yellowstone National Park, where Thermus Aquaticus was found in 1966 by Dr. Thomas Brock Image: Dr. Thomas Brock In 1966, Dr. Thomas Brock studied a pink ... Continue Reading →