November 9, 2018
Travels in Geology: Touring the Capital Geology of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., is one of the biggest centers of power on the planet — a nexus of domestic and international politics, backroom deal-making and …
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August 3, 2018
Science as a family affair
Ian Weiss had already taken off his shoes and socks when he realized he’d left his lacrosse stick in the car one day in May 2015. He went to …
December 16, 2015
Is aviation 'whitening' the sky?
Clear blue skies may not be as clear as they appear. Skies are actually becoming less clear, causing incoming sunlight to scatter in different …
January 14, 2015
Did three convicts survive their escape from Alcatraz? Modern modeling adds to a decades-old mystery
Twenty-first century science is shedding new light on a 53-year-old mystery involving one of the country’s most notorious prisons: Did three …
December 22, 2014
Bare Earth Elements: Past and present directors dissect the future of USGS
December tends to be a busy time for geoscientists — likewise for those of us who cover and write about work in the field. Part of that annual …
December 11, 2013
Comet ISON still intrigues and inspires, even after its demise
“Comet ISON is dead, but its memory will live on." That eulogy for the much-discussed “comet of the century" was delivered today by Karl Battams …
December 11, 2013
Juno salutes its home planet and heads to Jupiter
Thanks to orbital mechanics, a spacecraft heading to Jupiter must go most of the way there, then loop around the sun, zoom back close to Earth, …
December 10, 2013
Be prepared: Navigating the risks of hazards research
Just over a year ago, in a cavernous room of the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Calif., hundreds of geophysicists, seismologists, …
December 9, 2013
Curiosity finds an ancient habitable environment in Mars' Gale Crater
San Francisco - Yellowknife Bay is named for Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, but is nowhere near that subarctic city. …
December 6, 2012
Two NASA spacecraft reveal ancient underground cracks from moon's formation
SAN FRANCISCO: The face of the moon has always enchanted humankind, but new data from a NASA mission have given scientists a glimpse of what lies …
December 5, 2012
Satellites can detect underground nuclear explosions
SAN FRANCISCO: If you’re looking for hints of an underground nuclear explosion, the last place you might think to look is up. But it turns out …
December 3, 2012
Simple organic compounds detected by Curiosity on Mars
Too early to tell if findings are evidence of biological activity, scientists say SAN FRANCISCO: The Curiosity rover has detected evidence of …
March 5, 2012
Undressing Vesta
Researchers find surprising characteristics of the asteroid Since last July, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting the asteroid Vesta and …
January 5, 2012
Science and soccer: They're both child's play
It’s late in the afternoon, and by now, 9-year-old Claire Dworsky has already answered questions like mine many times over. But, when I approach …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: Yellow submarine robot debuts at AGU meeting
It doesn’t look like a typical robot. About half a meter across and 9 meters long, a new, super-high-tech submarine ROV, unveiled Tuesday in San …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on Earth: Driveway sealants add PAHs to environment
Winter is hard on asphalt: Water that seeps into tiny cracks freezes and expands, breaking the asphalt apart. That’s why homeowners and business …
January 5, 2012
Blogging on EARTH: "Climategate" scientist tells his side
SAN FRANCISCO: In November, hackers broke into the e-mail server of the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit and stole thousands of …
January 5, 2012
AGU: Climate science report questions likelihood of abrupt climate change
SAN FRANCISCO — A new U.S. Climate Change Science Program report states that abrupt climate change is unlikely to happen over the next century, …
January 5, 2012
AGU: Aloha, magma! Geothermal engineers drill into surprising lava
SAN FRANCISCO — While drilling deep into Earth, geothermal engineers struck geological gold, opening a never-before-seen window into a classic …