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Racetrack Memory On the Move
Racetrack Memory is a new idea that could compete with some of the most popular memory devices in use today.
Post on Jan 05, 2011 by Christopher Smallwood
Five Environmental Resolutions for the New Year
I’m kind of a sucker for New Year’s resolutions. Here are my environmental resolutions for 2011.
Post on Jan 03, 2011 by Jennifer Skene
Piled Higher and Deeper
People with doctorate degrees are piling up while waiting for their dream (or any research) job. This is at the back of my mind most days since I work with graduate students.
Post on Jan 03, 2011 by Dr. Barry Starr
To Boldly Go…Alone
The idea of a one-way, one-astronaut mission to Mars isn't brand new, even in the non-sci-fi world of real space exploration chatter, but it has recently resurfaced in the news.
Post on Dec 31, 2010 by Ben Burress
Post on Dec 20, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Midnight Delight: Total Lunar Eclipse
The Moon and the Earth have a very special relationship in the Cosmos, and one of the most striking and beautiful examples of the this takes place Monday evening: a total lunar eclipse.
Post on Dec 17, 2010 by Ben Burress
Enter Our Photo Caption Contest with The Monterey Bay Aquarium!
Enter our photo caption contest and you may win (2) tickets to the Monterey Bay Aquarium!
Post on Dec 16, 2010 by Jenny Oh
Arsenic and Old Lakes: NASA Finds Life NOT As We Know It
NASA announces finding "life NOT as we know it" in the arsenic-laced waters of Mono Lake.
Post on Dec 03, 2010 by Ben Burress
Ghostbusters of the Forest
Because clones aren't always the same, Stanford geneticists have a pretty good shot at figuring out what makes a redwood albino using DNA sequencing.
Post on Nov 22, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Comet Hartley 2: Up Close and Personal
On November 4, 2010, NASA's EPOXI flyby mission captured stunning close-up images of comet Hartley 2, and let web and satellite audiences fly along on an exciting live experience of the encounter.
Post on Nov 19, 2010 by Ben Burress
Feeling Crabby? Dungeness Crab Season Is Upon Us
Got Crabs? It's that time of year again for San Francisco’s favorite crustacean: the Dungeness crab.
Post on Nov 16, 2010 by David McGuire
A Food, Forest and Education Center by the Freeway
I live in Hayes Valley and there has been a transformation a few blocks down from where I live. Hayes Valley Farm blooms in an abandoned concrete space; it is a 2.2 acre non-profit community run farm and urban agriculture education and research project.
Post on Nov 10, 2010 by Cat
Facts are Facts
Despite what you might read on the web (including in the comments section of this blog), herd immunity is real. There is an overwhelming amount of data out there to support the idea that it protects us from the diseases that used to sweep through our population. Herd immunity is a fact and therefore real whether you believe in it or not.
Post on Nov 08, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
A National Expo of Science
This past weekend, I was on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. with a notebook and a very good pair of walking shoes. I spent the weekend exploring the inaugural expo of the USA Science and Engineering Festival.
Post on Oct 27, 2010 by Cat
Tracing Bad (and Dangerous) Internet Science
A dangerous rumor has been spreading across the web that people with Rh negative blood are resistant or even immune to getting AIDS. They’re not. This is the “everyone is an expert” ethos of the web at its worst.
Post on Oct 25, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
When A Sanctuary Is No Longer A Sanctuary
All is not well in our national marine sanctuaries. This summer and fall there have been at least six ship strikes on whales in the Gulf of the Farallones, the Monterey Bay and near the Channel Island National Marine Sanctuaries.
Post on Oct 20, 2010 by David McGuire
Diving in Cordell Bank
Over the past five days I have had the incredible experience of diving on a location few have ever had the opportunity: the Cordell Bank.
Post on Oct 13, 2010 by David McGuire
Test Tube Baby Nobel Prize
Dr. Edwards recently received a Nobel Prize in medicine for figuring out how to fertilize an egg in a Petri dish. Huge social impact but was the science Nobel-worthy?
Post on Oct 11, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Who's Your Daddy?
What became clear to me at a recent meeting I attended is that most everyone is going to have his or her DNA read in the near future. Another thing that became obvious is that scientists aren’t doing enough thinking about what impact this will have on society.
Post on Sep 27, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Happy Birthday, Claude!
I have a birthday month in common with Claude, the Albino Alligator at the California Academy of Sciences! On Wednesday morning, September 15, 2010 – Claude celebrated his golden birthday and turned 15 years old.
Post on Sep 16, 2010 by Cat
