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19-Nov-2009
The disappearance of mammoths and mastodons
For years, researchers have believed that large prehistoric creatures like mammoths and mastodons went extinct due to human hunters and changes in their environment. Some researchers also proposed that a meteor could have contributed to their extinction as well. But, new research published in the journal Science shows that those large prehistoric creatures disappeared from the Earth several thousands of years before all of that happened.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
17-Nov-2009
NASA's hurricane page is all 'a-Twitter'
NASA is all "a-Twitter" about its tropical cyclone research. In 2005, NASA created the NASA Hurricane and Tropical Cyclone Web page that covers NASA research on tropical cyclones around the world every day. That includes all ocean basins in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Now, NASA's Hurricane page has a companion "Twitter" page.
Contact: Rob Gutro
Robert.J.Gutro@nasa.gov
301-286-4044
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
12-Nov-2009
Measuring Greenland's ice loss
Greenland has tons of ice. The Greenland ice sheet covers about 80 percent of the country, and it's the second largest ice sheet in the world, after the Antarctic ice sheet.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
12-Nov-2009
Surf's up with DAMSL!
The University of Miami is launching a free, online interactive database, the Digital Atlas of Marine Species and Locations (DAMSL). Teachers, students and others interested in the ocean can just surf on over to www.damsl.org to check out hundreds of photos shot by Myron and Nicole Wang that have been cataloged.
Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
barbgo@rsmas.miami.edu
305-421-4704
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
11-Nov-2009
University of Kansas helps monarch butterflies head into space
Monarch Watch -- a KU-based network of students, teachers, volunteers and researchers dedicated to study of the monarch butterfly -- is providing the caterpillars to NASA, along with a special artificial diet. If all goes according to plan, the insects will eat, grow and go through metamorphosis to emerge as adult butterflies in 17 days while in low Earth orbit.
Contact: Chip Taylor
chip@ku.edu
785-864-4850
University of Kansas
10-Nov-2009
NHGRI launches improved online talking glossary of genetic terms
The National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched the next generation of its online Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms. The glossary contains several new features, including more than 100 colorful illustrations and more than two dozen 3-D animations that allow the user to dive in and see genetic concepts in action at the cellular level.
Contact: Omar McCrimmon
mccrimmono@mail.nih.gov
301-402-0911
NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute
5-Nov-2009
Handling the horse genome
Researchers have successfully sequenced the horse genome, and they say it sheds light on how the creatures were domesticated long ago. They also say the newly sequenced genome shows many similarities to the genomes of other mammals, like cows. It even has some things in common with the human genome!
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
2-Nov-2009
High school students tackle real-world issues using math
Want to know if the stimulus act will work or whether ethanol is the right choice for US energy independence? Need advice on how to beat Wall Street? If so, you may want to consult a high school student!
Contact: Jessica Stephenson
stephenson@siam.org
215-382-9800 x383
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
30-Oct-2009
UAB biologists headed to Antarctica, invite classrooms to follow the adventure
Biologists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham are heading to Antarctica in February 2010, and they invite classrooms, educators and other science enthusiasts from across the country to join them on the trip via the award-winning UAB in Antarctica Web site at antarctica.uab.edu.
Contact: Andrew Hayenga
ahayenga@uab.edu
205-934-1676
University of Alabama at Birmingham
30-Oct-2009
With venom and vigor, bugs vie to be crowned 'ugliest'
The "Ask A Biologist" Web site at Arizona State University, a scientific sanctuary for students and teachers alike, hosts this year's Ugly Bug Contest.
Contact: Carol Hughes
carol.hughes@asu.edu
480-965-6375
Arizona State University
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