How Deep is Too Deep to Dive?
Source: LeisurePro
Being aware that there is a potential risk of getting into difficulties and knowing what to do when things go wrong could save a diver’s life.
Science & Nature
Clare Students on Top of the World after Claiming NASA Prize with Radical Idea
Source: Silicon Republic
Four Irish students from a school in Co. Clare beat 4,000 other students from around the world to scoop the NASA prize at the International Space Development Conference in Puerto Rico.
We See Colors Differently Based On Season
Source: The Weather Network
Yellow is yellow, right? Apparently not! As each season changes the colors in our natural environment, how we identify colors also changes.
Why Do Some Birds Lay Blue Eggs?
Source: Discover Magazine
Read what scientists have deciphered about why some eggs have a blue color.
Environmental art is on the rise – with a little help from Leonardo DiCaprio
Source: The Guardian
Read about the growing market for environmental art.
Mathphilic
Source: The New Yorker
Physicists of today still build on Albert Einstein’s now century-old theory of general relativity. Learn about the genius of Einstein’s math.
11 crazy facts about getting struck by lightning (and how to avoid it)
Source: Treehugger
You might be surprised to learn that being struck by lightning is more often a matter of life than of death. Learn some amazing facts and survival strategies.
Tardigrades—the microscopic, oddly cute toughest animals on Earth—explained
Source: Vox
Tardigrades are tiny creatures that live everywhere on Earth, from the underside of a rock next to your school to the Antarctic ice. They can even survive in space! Learn about the amazing, indestructible “water bear.”
Rising seas threaten to drown important mangrove forests, unless we intervene
Source: The Conversation
Global climate change is resulting in rising sea levels, which could in turn speed up the change by depriving the planet of a crucial carbon sink.
How British scientist Hertha Marks Ayrton discovered the secret of ripples
Source: The Telegraph
Mathematician, engineer, physicist, and inventor Ayrton received recognition for her first invention at a British exhibition, and many more inventions followed. Read about her work on ripples and the electric arc and her award for making her ideas heard.