http://www.vimeo.com/7088523
Is the recent dust storm that swept through Sydney a sign of climate change?
The images were too amazing to pass this story up. As we were doing our research, we found this interesting article saying that dust storms help decrease the affects of global warming. No scientists were named in the story, so we decided to dig deeper. Contacting various departments at UC Berkeley, we were put in contact with Charlie Koven, who had done his PhD thesis on dust and climate change. What a great find. Thanks to Skype, we were able to interview him in France, where he’s currently a postdoc.
Dust Storms and Climate Change:
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Gene therapy has proven to cure color blindness in squirrel monkeys— can the same process work for humans?
We’ve been tracking a lot of vision stories lately… What have you found?
Gene Therapy for Color Blindness:
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In early morning hours this coming Friday, the LCROSS spacecraft will impact the moon at twice the speed of a bullet looking for water ice. Science in Action is sending one team to Mt. Diablo to observe the impact and one team to NASA Ames. We’ll have an updated story that day. in the meantime, are you planning on observing the impact? Let us know.
http://www.vimeo.com/6684496
The recent discovery of an ancient flax fiber in a cave in the Republic of Georgia has scientists rethinking when human ancestors started constructing clothing from textiles and not animal skins.
34,000 Year-Old Fiber:
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What colors are dinosaurs? We may be closer to figuring this out. Last week, a team of researchers published the first evidence of color in a fossil bird feather. The scientists hope that eventually their study can give some color to feathered dinosaurs.
No one wants to pass up a good dinosaur story, including us. The press has been all over this story, but I think it’s only the beginning– I can’t wait to find out Velociraptor’s true color.
