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Photos: Algae Blankets China Beaches; Dead Zone Brewing?Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:42PMMats of green algae have covered miles of coastline in China, creating foul odors and possibly choking life underneath the waves. Algae - China - Biology - Flora and Fauna - Bacteria

Looking to InspireFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 2:12PMDarpa looks beyond aerospace and defense industry to tap wider population for new ideas

Keck AO Observations: Io Volcanism - "Mornes plaines" [Life at the SETI Institute]Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:52PMBy Dr. Franck Marchis Planetary Astronomer at the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe , SETI Institute I'd like to share the first of two blogs on observations of Io that we did using the Keck telescope and its Adaptive Optics (AO) system. Similar to last year, my summer is busy with the REU ( Research Experience for Undergraduates ) students of the SETI Institute. I will ...

New DimensionFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:22PMThe consumer electronics industry has so far lined up behind a single 3-D TV methodology—a regular HD screen with an inexpensive infrared-signal emitter on top, though other types of synchronization emitters, including Bluetooth and RF, can also be found.

Face on Mars or Rocky Hill? Photo Reveals TruthFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:06AMA new image just released by NASA confirms what the space agency has said all along: That's no face on Mars. It's just a rocky mesa. In 1976, NASA's Viking space craft first captured the stunning picture of the area, showing what clearly looked like a face on the surface of Mars.

Peter Hanlon: Wake Up and See the Dead Zones!Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:51AMOriginally published at Ecocentric. NASA's Earth Observatory's "Image of the Day" blog is like a high-grade morning fix for nerdy armchair geographers (ahem). It takes...

Google Earth Shows Real-Time WeatherFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 9:08AMWhile we certainly don't expect you'll begin planning your days around the new feature, Google has added a new layer to Google Earth that makes it feel even more like you're taking a live, real-time look at the earth from a satellite above - real-time weather. Just added to the latest version of Google Earth , the feature offers a live view of the weather, from radar to raindrops. Sponsor ...

The Flight of Migrating MicrobesFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:52AMEvery day, millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region - by flying.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Satellite Images Show Gulf Oil Has Spread Further Than ExpectedFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:33AMYesterday's MODIS and RADARSAT images show something we didn't expect: slicks and sheen spanning nearly 12,000 square miles . Based on other reports, and the recent trend on satellite images indicating steady dissipation of the surface oil slick, we are optimistically assuming that nearly all of this is very thin sheen.