Wednesday, 23 May, 2012

X-ray astronomers will study black holes, neutron stars and dark matter with the orbiting Chandra telescope. Like explosions? Then you gotta love X-ray astro!

Isotope analysis help track monarch butterfly migration; also used for dating specimens in anthropology and biology.

Giants of abstract expressionism sold for millions; now fakery is charged! How do modern art-sleuths fight art fraud and theft with high technology?

Forget Big Brother, your neighbor could be watching you! Newest tricks of the spy game.

How climatologists know about past and present climates. What role do pollen, ice cores, computer models, archeology and tree rings play in the effort to explore ancient climates?

Beat the back-to-school blues with four ultra-cool science learning experiences from The Why Files. So roll up your sleeves and flex your biggest muscle, the one between your ears.

In 1997, a computer first squashed a chess champ. How do chess computers work? Do they think differently than humans, or just faster?

Archeologists think they’ve found the wrecked flagship of Blackbeard the scurvy pirate. What else is hiding in Davy Jones’ Locker? Dive into the archeology of the deep.

At the South Pole, giant telescope searches for elusive neutrinos, hoping to find evidence of huge explosions in the distant universe. In neutrino astronomy, ice is definitely nice!