Category: Science

Via Slashdot, the ESA probe Smart-1 will image the Apollo sites, this might put to rest certain conspiracy theories.

The ESA probe Rosetta has taken more spectacular images of Earth.

It is being called the most compelling evidence yet: Scientists say they have “compelling” evidence that ocean warming over the past 40 years can be linked to the industrial release of carbon dioxide. US researchers compared the rise in ocean temperatures with predictions from climate models and found human activity was the most likely cause.…

The Guardian speculates on peak oil theory, and where certain people get money from.

New Scientist has an interview with Barry McSweeney, Ireland’s first Chief Science Adviser. Some interesting stuff, go have a look.

Here is hoping this will never have to be done, but it’s good to see NASA has some new contingency plans in place should an accident happen.

One of the most highly charged topics preoccupying the governments of the world is to be thrashed out at a UK conference starting on 1 February. But Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change, a three-day meeting at the Met Office in Exeter, is mainly about the science. The participants, more than 200 in all, will try to…

Global warming is approaching the critical point of no return, after which widespread drought, crop failure and rising sea-levels would be irreversible, an international climate change task force warned Monday. The report, “Meeting the Climate Challenge,” called on the G-8 leading industrial nations to cut carbon emissions, double their research spending on green technology and…

Can insurance be related to a rise in traffic deaths? A study by Alma Cohen and Rajeev Dehejia is worth a look. This is interesting for Irish readers who pay exorbitant rates, things are done differently in other countries… To the roll of highway perils—drunks, cell phones, teenagers—can be added one more: the insured. A…