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Moon between Mars and Saturn on May 11 11 May 2008 at 2:05am Sunday, May 11, 2008. As darkness falls tonight, the waxing moon can be found between two planets, Mars and Saturn. Saturn lies to the east of the moon. Mars lies to the west. Saturn is brighter, and easy to notice now because it’s right next to a bright star, Regulus in the constellation Leo. Read more... Listen to the Podcast Nanotechnology for ?smart? soldier uniforms 10 May 2008 at 2:05am MIT’s Paula Hammond talks about using nanotech to protect against a biological or chemical attack. Read more... Listen to the Podcast Population, biodiversity interaction is 'complicated business' 9 May 2008 at 2:05am Population expert Joel Cohen talks about the “complicated busisness” that’s the interaction between Earth’s rising human population and our planet’s biodiversity. Read more... Listen to the Podcast Dropping the f-bomb: Steven Pinker on swearing 8 May 2008 at 2:05am What do swear words reveal about the human psyche? Harvards’s Steven Pinker offers insight into taboo language. Read more... Listen to the Podcast Prehistoric insects grew giant 7 May 2008 at 2:05am Eons ago, dragonflies had the wingspan of a hawk and millipedes almost as long as a man crawled along forest floors. What happened to decrease the size of these gigantic arthropods? Hear from Arizona biologist Alexander Kaiser. Read more... Listen to the Podcast What will it mean to live in an urban world? 6 May 2008 at 2:05am Earth is becoming more urbanized, according to the United Nations. Hear demographer Carl Haub talk about what ‘urban’ really means. Read more... Listen to the Podcast Will you see the very young moon on May 5? 5 May 2008 at 2:05am Monday, May 5, 2008. After the sun sets today, there’s a slim chance of someone spotting a record-setting young crescent moon in eastern Canada. From eastern North America, the young moon is less than 1/2 day old. No matter where you live, try to spot this razor-thin crescent moon in the west immediately after sunset. Read more... Listen to the Podcast Mystery ocean dead zones in Pacific Northwest 4 May 2008 at 2:05am Six dead zones in the past six years, but none before that. That’s what scientists have discovered in the Pacific ocean off the northwest U.S. coast. Marine biologist Jane Lubchenco talk about what might be causing these “virtual wastelands.” Read more... Listen to the Podcast Clear skies spell trouble for Arctic sea ice 3 May 2008 at 2:05am Clear summer skies might be great for picnics, but sea ice does better with some cloud cover. Scientist Jennifer Kay talks about the dramatic loss of sea ice this past summer. Read more... Listen to the Podcast

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The Sky 6 - Student Edition (from Software Bisque). The Sky Student Edition is for the budding or student astronomer. It is easy to use, yet contains a powerful set of features to help learn about the fascinating field of astronomy.

Earth And Sky Podcast News

The World Wide Telescope: A new view of the night sky - CBC.ca

9 May 2008 at 6:11am

CBC.ca

The World Wide Telescope: A new view of the night sky
CBC.ca, Canada - May 9, 2008
Click and download a podcast by a leading astronomer explaining what you're looking at and how it ties into their research. Six-year-old Ben checks out the ...

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Forever young with nanotechnology - Nanodot

25 Apr 2008 at 4:13pm

Forever young with nanotechnology
Nanodot - Apr 25, 2008
To round out our week in nanotech on an upbeat note, we have Caltech professor Michael Roukes? podcast over at Earth & Sky: Forever Young. ...

KPLU's wildly popular "BirdNote" program calls out to fans around ... - Seatt...

22 Apr 2008 at 12:23am

KPLU's wildly popular "BirdNote" program calls out to fans around ...
Seattle Times, United States - Apr 22, 2008
You might be familiar with two other such public radio entities: "Earth & Sky," a science program that's been around since 1991, and the Garrison ...

The Next Atomic Age: Can Safe Nuclear Power Work for America? - Popular Mecha...

21 Apr 2008 at 4:54pm Photographs by Dan Winters POWER BALL Uranium in graphite ?pebbles? (directly above) may fuel future reactors. Other promising materials will be tested at the Idaho National ...
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Discussions of our proximity to a "global tipping point" on ... - GreenBiz

15 Apr 2008 at 11:37pm

GreenBiz

Discussions of our proximity to a "global tipping point" on ...
GreenBiz, CA - Apr 15, 2008
"We don't understand how fast ice sheets can respond," Hansen said in a podcast interview with Earth & Sky. "But what we're learning is that they're ...