Tag Archive | "discovery"
Space Launches As You’ve Never Seen Them Before
Oh. My. Golly. What a shot. Taken in 1998, this awesome image shows NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft shooting into the sky above Cape Canaveral. Destination is in sight. The fiery launch tail forms an arch in the foreground, while the moon, near first quarter phase, looks on, some 250,000 miles away. Prepare for blast-off as we explore stunning photos of space launches and wonder what it all means from an environmental point of view.
Continue reading...Frog With No Lungs Discovered
Monday, April 7, 2008
Scientists in Borneo have been “gasping for air” according to New Scientist. Ironic, as they’ve discovered a frog that doesn’t have any lungs at all, but rather absorbs oxygen through its skin. Definitely not the frog. Image from Thomas Hawk on Flickr This biological wonder, however, [...]
Continue reading...The 5 Most Important Amateur Scientists
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
These days it seems you’ve got to have a PhD and decades of research experience before anyone will take you seriously as a scientist. Mendel’s pea plants helped the amateur scientist discover genetics Despite the difficulty amateurs have in discovering new scientific truths, and their even greater problems getting [...]
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Monday, May 4, 2009
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