Originally Published by The Ecologist – Kate Houghton explains why Smart Growth, rather than a revival in garden cities, could have an important role to play in tackling current environmental as well as social challenges.
– Renowned for its cuisine and chefs and as a global hub of the energy industry, New Orleans this week hosts the 245th National Meeting Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.
– A solar prominence began to bow out and the broke apart in a graceful, floating style in a little less than four hours (Mar. 16, 2013).
Originally Published by ScienceDaily – A new study of nearly 5,000 Haiti bird fossils shows contrary to a commonly held theory, human arrival 6,000 years ago didn’t cause the island’s birds to die simultaneously.
Originally Published by Earth Today – Statement of Dr. John P. Holdren Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Office of the President of the United States to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology United States House of Representatives on March 19, 2013 (updated).
Originally Published by New Scientist – Using a simple model, geologists have shown that mountain-building earthquakes deep below Earth’s surface pull apart rocks so quickly that the high-pressure fluids they contain instantly vaporise.
– A deep rumble produced by the great Tohoku earthquake in Japan two years ago was sensed by a satellite circling the Earth, scientists say.
Originally Published by Earth Science Picture of the Day – This photo shows the amazing arrays of ice spheres that accumulated along Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the northeastern shore of Lake Michigan in late February.
– Already visible in the Southern Hemisphere. In March, Comet PANSTARRS should come into view for northern skywatchers. Viewing guide here.
Originally Published by New Scientist – The world’s first brain-to-brain connection has given rats the power to communicate by thought alone.
