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If a DNA testing company gets bought out, what happens to their customers' DNA? Image by Molly Eyres. / CC BY 2.0
One niggling worry I had when I decided to get some genetic testing from 23andMe was what would happen to my DNA if the company failed. ...
Quantum mechanics and Foosball? Credit: RickyDavid.
When I began this story, it seemed pretty simple. I'd heard that scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab were working to mimic photosynthesis and create a man-made version of the process that...
The view from the control room of Chabot's planetarium during
the live LCROSS lunar impact eventIt's official: NASA's LCROSS mission found water on the Moon, no bones about it. Though NASA is still analyzing all the data they reaped from the LCROSS...
Geek Out by taking the Mars Survival Challenge
Forget the challenging landscapes of the Arctic or Everest; if you want a true survival test, how about Mars? Our red neighbor has inspired thousands of intrepid explorers (and a number of awful movies)...
Electron microscope image of a hole embedded within a sheet of graphene. The corners of the green hexagons are carbon atoms which form graphene’s crystal structure. Image courtesy of the Zettl Research Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and...