Events May 20, 2009

SETI@Home celebrates 10th anniversary

by Eric

The SETI@Home project is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week with a symposium on May 21 at the Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, and a picnic on May 23rd at Tilden Park in Berkeley.

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Tagged as: citizen science, SETI@Home

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Events May 18, 2009

Week In Preview: SF Events for 05.18.09-05.24.09

by Eric

Event listings for the of week of 05.18.09 from bayareascience.org

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News May 13, 2009

Berkeley tapped by minor earthquake, aftershocks

by Eric

Residents of Berkeley, Oakland, and Emeryville were gently bothered by a 3.0 earthquake that struck Wednesday afternoon at 3:34pm PDT. The quake struck the Hayward Fault, which by itself is a rather common occurrence, but in a an unusual turn of events, this particular quake was followed by a series of 7 smaller aftershocks, the […]

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Tagged as: earthquake

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News May 11, 2009

STS125 successfully launched on mission to service Hubble

by Eric

Space Shuttle Atlantis was successfully launched from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 2:01pm EDT.

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Tagged as: Atlantis, Hubble Space Telescope, STS125

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Events May 11, 2009

Must see: USGS Open House 05.16-17.09

by Eric

It’s time again for the 9th triennial Open House in Menlo Park May 16 and 17, from 10am to 4pm. If you have an interest in earthquakes, volcanoes, geology, energy resources or the natural history of the Bay Area and Pacific Northwest, this is the event for you.

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Tagged as: Open House, USGS

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News May 1, 2009

The Daily Show uncovers plot to destroy the world with the LHC

by Eric

Recently, The Daily Show sent John Oliver to CERN to find out more about why Dr. John Ellis wants to use the LCH to destroy the world.

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Tagged as: John Ellis, Large Hadron Collider, Walter Wagner

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News April 27, 2009

1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference opens

by Eric

While the rest of us worry about the coming swine flu pandemic, engineers and astronomers are meeting in Granada, Spain to discuss the prospects for defending the Earth from Near-Earth Objects (NEOs).

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Tagged as: asteroid, NEO

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News April 27, 2009

President Obama reaffirms commitment to science with promises of increased research funding

by Eric

In a speech to the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, President Obama committed the country to expanded science research, especially in the areas of energy independence and health care, and improvements to math and science education.

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Tagged as: National Academy of Sciences, Obama, policy

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News April 22, 2009

Energy Secretary Chu schools TX Representative Barton On Plate Tectonics

by Eric

During today’s House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on cap-and-trade legislation, Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) apparently thought he could stump Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu with a question on the origins of Alaska’s petroleum reserves.

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Tagged as: continental drift, Joe Barton, plate tectonics

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News April 21, 2009

Newest Exoplanet Is the Lightest One Yet

by Eric

Rack up another exoplanet find for Michel Mayor of the University of Geneva. At today’s session of the JENAM conference at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, Mayor announced that yet another planet has been found orbiting that exoplanet superstar Gliese 581.

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Tagged as: astronomy, exoplanet

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