Articles by Carrie Poppy
Scientists Confirm That Comets And Asteroids Caused Most Mass Extinctions
New data allows more specific crater dating, which lines up perfectly with the five major mass extinctions.
Astronomers Spot A Black Hole Eating A Star Alive
The star is being torn apart, but some of its debris is getting away in the form of gas. That gas could tell us a lot about what happens in mysterious black holes.
A Far Off Star Is Destroying A Neighboring Planet
Kepler 2 data reveals a rocky object being shredded to pieces by a white dwarf. Somewhere in Virgo, a planet is dying. That's what astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics revealed today.
Chinese Scientists Use Gene Splicer To Create Hulk Dogs
The muscly beagles will be used for studying muscle-related disorders, but there is already speculation of their use as pets and in dog fighting.
Experts May Be Able To Teach Your Mouth To Grow Extra Teeth
Fish may hold the secret to helping grow extra human teeth and replacing those destroyed by decay or injury.
3D Technology Maps The Human Heart
Doctors use 3D imaging to create topographical maps of patient's hearts. The maps can then pinpoint areas where heart disease is secretly festering.
Scientists Zap Breast Cancer With Super-Strength 'GammaPod'
New and innovative technology would use radiation beams to target tumors and leave healthy tissue intact.
Engineers Use A Quantum-Tweaked Virus To Make Better Solar Power
Quantum physics, virology, sustainability and engineering come together to create the most efficient solar panel cells.
Spring Will Be Three Months Earlier in 2100, Say Researchers
An earlier spring could spell disaster for native plants and animals. Your grandchildren may expect spring in February, according to ecologists. A new paper, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters, predicts that, by the year 2100, flowers will begin blooming up to a month earlier than they do now in the U.
Why Do Humans Have Weird Eyes?
No other primates have 'whites' in their eyes. Why? It's partly to sniff out liars. Draw a picture of an eye. Go ahead, I'm not looking.
NASA Releases A Full Map Of Jupiter In New Video
The global map is the most detailed view of Jupiter, to date. It may provide essential information about its climate.
New Gel Might Eliminate The Need For Animals In Breast Cancer Research
New funding for the advanced technology spells hope for researchers and rodents alike. Researchers in the United Kingdom are developing a gel that will speed breast cancer research in the right direction, by curtailing the use of animal models.
Boeing Creates 'World’s Lightest Material' For Air Travel
The new material is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam, and will be used inside Boeing aircrafts. HRL Laboratories, a research company which is owned jointly by Boeing and General Motors, has developed what it is calling "the world's lightest material," and you might ride inside of it, soon.
Pigs Could Be Engineered To Create Safe Organs For Humans
Pigs share much of our DNA, and have long been studied as potential donors. Biologists at Harvard have achieved a critical step in making pig-to-human transplants possible.
Space Station Astronauts Film Beautiful Floating 'Bubbles' Of Liquid In HD
The beautiful footage is part of a new series of high-definition videos coming out of the International Space Station.
Is Intelligence Hardwired In Our Brains?
New research says 'probably.' Scientists were able to accurately predict how well a subject did on tests, based on their brain scan.
Physicists Get An Atom To Act Like It’s In Another Universe
Chinese and Spanish physicists have challenged the natural laws of our world. Their 'trapped' atom acted like an atom in another universe.
Researchers Make Breakthrough In Studying Elderly Brain Cells
The new technique will be a boon to the study of Alzheimer's and will provide new avenues for research on other age-related illnesses.
Extreme Cold Can Save An Injured Baby’s Brain - But Why?
Doctors induce hypothermia in infants to slow brain damage. Until now, we haven't known why it works.
This Software Can Read Your Mind -- In A Good Way!
New software could help stroke patients and others to correct movements. Bioengineers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are working on software that would read your mind.
'Lucy' Walked A Lot More Like Us Than We Thought
New research shows that chimps rotate their torsos as much as humans. That means early hominids did, too.
Rocks From Ocean Floor Show Earliest Evidence Of Photosynthesis
Scientists found 3.2 billion year old rocks that contain oxygen made by bacteria. That evidence places oxygen on Earth about a billion years earlier than prior evidence.
TONIGHT: NASA Launches A Rocket That Farts Beautiful Colors
The launch will stream live at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. NASA is launching a rocket tonight that will turn the East Coast sky into a prism. Tonight, between 7 and 9 p.
Physicists Develop A Magic Wand That Controls Atoms
Cool temperatures and special wavelengths change the way atoms behave. A team of physicists from the University of Chicago has discovered how to make atoms do its bidding.
Humans Are Worse For Forest Animals Than Nuclear Fallout
In the area around Chernobyl, 29 years after the nuclear disaster, animal populations are thriving. After almost three decades of radiation exposure at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, unexpectedly huge wildlife populations are thriving.
'Earthquakes' In Your Brain Could Help Doctors Diagnose Illness
Seismology is a new key in studying brain tumors and other illnesses. Apparently, when your guru talks about how your heart or spleen are full of "vibrations," she is kind of right.
Astronomers Release The Keys To Finding Alien Life
The Habitability Index for Transiting Planets outlines the best place to look for extraterrestrials.
A New Shot Might Help Stop Animal Overpopulation
A new shot could help render animals sterile. Earlier today, we reported on some good news in the development of temporary male birth control, and now we have more good news for dogs, cats, and amorous mice: A new shot could render them sterile, semi-permanently.
UK Scientists Find A New Way To Weigh Lonely Stars
Scientists devise a new way to measure the mass of stars. British scientists have found a clever way to find the mass of certain stars, even if they're alone out there in space.
Is a Male Birth Control Pill On Its Way?
New findings point to the potential for a male birth control pill. A temporary birth control option could soon be available to men. Scientists from Osaka University and the University of Tsukuba, both in Japan, have just published findings that show promise for a shot or oral medication that would give men the same kind of temporary birth control currently afforded to women through methods like the pill.
