Hubble Finds Relic of a Shredded Galaxy Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have found a cluster of young blue stars surrounding a mid-sized … NewsRead more
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Two Centuries of Climate Science: part two – Hulburt to Keeling, 1931- 1965
We resume this narrative in 1931, when American physicist E.O Hulburt ran calculations to determine the effect of doubling carbon dioxide once again, and, including … Two Centuries of Climate Science: part two – Hulburt to Keeling, 1931- 1965Read more
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Two Centuries of Climate Science: part three – Manabe to the present day, 1966-2012
We begin this third part of the narrative with a breakthrough. By 1967, the first computer model that simulated the entire planet’s climate had been … Two Centuries of Climate Science: part three – Manabe to the present day, 1966-2012Read more
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Two Centuries of Climate Science: part one – Fourier to Arrhenius, 1820-1930
To pick up the scientific trail of what is today known as the Greenhouse Effect, we need to travel back in time to France in … Two Centuries of Climate Science: part one – Fourier to Arrhenius, 1820-1930Read more
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Can Behavior Be Controlled by Genes?
In an article published in the advance online edition of Genes, Brain and Behavior April 6, he and colleagues from Washington University, the University of … Can Behavior Be Controlled by Genes?Read more
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Remembering the story of CFCs
Few weeks back Frank Sherwood Rowland died. It’s not a name most of us would recognise, but Rowland was the chemist who first identified the … Remembering the story of CFCsRead more
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Human evolution cultural roots
Metal scrapes on hard sand as archaeologist Chris Henshilwood shaves away the top layer of sediment in Blombos Cave. After just a few moments, the … Human evolution cultural rootsRead more
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Pulsars: The Universe’s Gift to Physics
Neutron stars are the remnants of massive stars that exploded as supernovae. They pack more than the mass of the Sun into a sphere no … Pulsars: The Universe’s Gift to PhysicsRead more
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UK submarine data de-classified to aid climate science
The UK Ministry of Defence is to de-classify submarine data to help shed light on climate change in the Arctic. Environmental data are routinely monitored … UK submarine data de-classified to aid climate scienceRead more