Preserving a Soft Skeleton: Backs without Bones
By Sebastien Enault What are shark skeletons made of? The skeleton of modern sharks, rays, and skates consists of cartilage,…
Year: 2015
New Graphene Microphone Outperforms Nickel
By Kate Stone Scientists have developed a graphene microphone that is nearly 32 times more sensitive than ordinary microphones made…
More Heat Waves Predicted in Next 20 Years
By Kate Stone Scientists have developed a new method to more accurately measure and predict heat waves, and the results…
A Tale of Two Turtles: Part 2
By Steven Spence This is the second part of our series on turtles and how cute animals can inspire successful…
Ruminations on Flight
By Rosalind Rude I have a friend who pilots his own aircraft. He’s been away from it for a while…
A Tale of Two Turtles: Part 1
Steven Spence visits Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens to photograph an aquatic turtle with many names: the Arrau River or giant South American turtle.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: A Dynamic View of Life
By Florian Celli Florian Celli is a PhD student of biophysics in the Center for Atomic Energy (CEA of Saclay)…
Bald Eagles of Alaskan Skies
By Max Goldberg During my last trip through Alaska, I was primarily focused on photographing the wild grizzly bears as they fished…
Dakotaraptor: Giant Raptor Straight Out of Hell Creek
By Emily Willoughby For centuries, dinosaurs have captured the public’s imagination through their massive proportions and power, and their ancestral…
We May Send Humans to Mars by 2030
Our partners at ResearchGate recently spoke with Alfonso Davila from SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, about what draws us…