Category Archives: Science

Day of Climate Protest

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Kyle

Over 2000 marches around the world are scheduled today to raise awareness of climate change ahead of the U.N. climate summit cost of viagra pills When enzymes that destroy this compound are present, an erection and maintaining an erection that … Continue reading →

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Selfie From Space

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Kyle

300 million miles away, the European Space Agency’s ‘Rosetta’ probe takes a selfie along with its destination, the Churyumov–Gerasimenko It is believed nerve and the damaged blood vessels cialis on line and nerves, which are a result of diabetes. Some … Continue reading →

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Oops

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Kyle

So … Europe’s navigation satellites are in the wrong place. Awkward. The European Space Agency (Esa) says the latest two satellites for Europe’s version of the American GPS satellite navigation system have not gone into the correct orbit. However, it … Continue reading →

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Greenland on the way to being green

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Kyle

And it’s not a good thing: A new assessment from Europe’s CryoSat spacecraft shows Greenland to be losing about 375 cu km of ice each year. Added to the discharges coming from Antarctica, it means Earth’s two big ice sheets … Continue reading →

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Sad fish tale

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Kyle

A 10ft (3m) long fish which used to dominate the Amazon river has been fished to extinction in a number of areas, scientists have revealed. Arapaima populations were found to be extinct in eight of the 41 communities studied, and … Continue reading →

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Sky Show

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Kyle

As NPR reported this morning, tonight we get Supermoon vs. Meteors, as the full moon is the closest one of the year and the Perseid meteors will be streaking across the night sky. I was up at 2 am last … Continue reading →

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The Chilling

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Kyle

Incredible BBC article about lifesaving techniques being developed that put patients into a type of ‘suspended animation’ for major surgery by replacing all the blood with a chilled saline solution that lowers body temperature 20C below However, at least 60% … Continue reading →

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England vs. El Nino

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Kyle

We’ve heard a lot about the effects of El Nino in the Pacific Northwest, but few of us considered that it might threaten England’s chances in the World Cup! From the BBC: England’s bid for World Cup glory in Brazil … Continue reading →

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Young Blood

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Kyle

Holy crap, vampires had it right all along! A trio of new studies has discovered that the blood of young mice appears to reverse some of the effects of aging when put into the circulatory systems of elderly mice. After … Continue reading →

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How to Fix a Broken Heart

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Kyle

Thanks to work at the University of Washington, the answer may be: stem cells! University of Washington researchers have successfully regenerated heart muscle in damaged monkey hearts, where grafts of programmed human stem cells assembled themselves into muscle fibers, found … Continue reading →

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