| Pirate Economics?: Captain Hook Meets Adam Smith Will Turner : “If we can outrun her, we can take her. We should turn and fight.” Captain Jack Sparrow : “Why fight when you can negotiate?” [More] rss.sciam.com |
Trying to keep Rudolph, and his fellow reindeer, from going down in history Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. But if we're not careful, his reindeer could soon be nothing more than a myth. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Nitrogen cruise ends, mission to explore undersea volcanism begins Editor's Note: Journalist and crew member Kathryn Eident is traveling on board the RV Atlantis on a monthlong voyage to sample and study nitrogen fixation in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, among other research projects. This is the seventh and final blog post detailing this voyage of discovery for ScientificAmerican.com . But the next leg of the cruise begins now: a deep water exploration of undersea volcanism. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Slow and Steady: Astronomy Advisory Report Charts a Long Road for Exoplanet Science The study of planets outside the solar system was one of the hottest corners of the science world in the 2000s, a decade that saw the known tally of exoplanets increase by more than a factor of 10. By the end of 2009, more than 400 worlds had been discovered in the young field of study, and the scientists working on NASA's Kepler planet-hunting mission were preparing to announce the first discoveries of their recently launched spacecraft. [More] NASA - Astronomy - Solar System - Extrasolar planet - Kepler Mission rss.sciam.com |
SEGA and Sonic step in (briefly) to protect endangered hedgehogs Britain's beloved hedgehogs are in crisis. Some 50,000 hedgehogs die every year under the wheels of cars and trucks throughout the U.K. That high death rate has had a mighty toll on the cute little creatures: There are now 300,000 fewer hedgehogs in Britain than there were a decade ago. (Other threats to hedgehogs include loss of habitat to industrial farms.)According to research from the People's Trust for Endangered Species , which has been monitoring hedgehog deaths and populations, the greatest losses are in Wales, where hedgehog populations have dropped 78 percent since 2001. The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales has warned that hedgehogs could go extinct in Wales by 2025 if steps are not taken soon. [More] rss.sciam.com |