Archives for April 2018

Oil Boom Earthquakes

April 12, 2018

Did early 20th century oil wells in southern California trigger major earthquakes?

April 11, 2018

Could a well-thrown baseball sail from the moon’s surface into orbit?

April 10, 2018

A camera based on the complex eye of the morpho butterfly could improve cancer surgeries.

April 9, 2018

The songs of Arctic bowhead whales are constantly changing.

April 6, 2018

Technology for turning plastic trash into energy could keep the garbage out of the ocean.

April 5, 2018

A listener wants to know if space has smells.

April 4, 2018

Bits of DNA may prevent neurons from producing a disease-causing protein.

April 3, 2018

Tiny fibers from our washing machines could harm marine life.