Scientists

Scientists observe 'tragic experiment' of tsunami debris

26 May 2012

Material swept across the Pacific after Japan's 2011 earthquake offers an opportunity to track items originating from a single point at a single time. Debris has begun washing up on the West Coast. Jeff Larson has seen just about everything wash up on the shores of Santa Cruz: bottles, toys, shotgun shells, busted surfboards and fishing floats that looked like they had bobbed across the Pacific.

UBC, U.S. scientists identify organ that helps whales gulp up prey

25 May 2012

Scientists at the University of British Columbia and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., have identified an organ that helps rorqual whales open and close their giant mouths underwater during the process known as lunge feeding.

Mars or Bust! Scientists Flood NASA With 400 Ideas to Explore Red Planet

25 May 2012

Scientists have responded in a big way to NASA's call to help reformulate its Mars robotic exploration strategy, submitting about 400 ideas and Red Planet mission concepts to the space agency.