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Dot Earth Blog: A Google Duo and Media Maven Explore a Hyper-Connected Planet

Originally Published by The NY Times

– A brisk chat between Googlers and a media maven about the emerging Knowosphere.    

Bring Your Camera

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory

– Scientists on NASA’s P-3B research plane get eye-popping views of rarely seen or photographed ice. The latest round of Operation IceBridge flights concluded on May 2, 2013.

Secret chamber under Old Faithful drives eruptions

 Jordi Elias Grassot/Alamy)Originally Published by New Scientist - The Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone national park is famed for its clockwork eruptions – every 90 minutes, on average.

For sand tiger sharks, a deadly, cannibalistic battle inside the womb is part of evolution

Originally Published by The Washington Post

– It’s a tough world from the moment of conception for a sand tiger shark. When a female gets pregnant, it’s usually with multiple offspring of several different male sharks. As soon as the fetuses are old enough, they begin a cannibalistic battle for primacy in utero, with only one surviving.

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‘White graphene’ to clean up spills

Photograph of a river. Originally Published by The BBC - A material called boron nitride - originally touted as useful for next-generation electronics - turns out to be a high-performance pollutant absorber.

Energy Bill ‘should be amended to protect community energy schemes’

Originally Published by Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk

– Developed with large commercial operators in mind, the bill could stop wind farm projects from proceeding.

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