A hole opens up under Antarctic glacier — big enough to fit two-thirds of Manhattan

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 7, 2019February 7, 2019 Science

Click Here to Read: A hole opens up under Antarctic glacier — big enough to fit two-thirds of Manhattan. Scientists say if Thwaites collapses, it could trigger a catastrophic rise in global sea levels, flooding coastal cities around the world y Denise Chow on the Mach website on February 4, 2019.

The calving front of Thwaites Ice Shelf looking at the ice below the water’s surface as seen from the NASA DC-8 on Oct. 16, 2012. Note how the water acts as a blue filter. Photo: NASA ICE / James Yungel. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Fridays for future. The school strike continues!

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 4, 2019February 4, 2019 Politics, Science

Click Here to Read: Fridays for future. The school strike continues! #climatestrike #klimatstrejk #FridaysForFuture twitterfeed from Greta Thunberg.

On December 12 2009, while the COP15 climate negotiations were taking place in Copenhagen, around the globe people protested for an ambitious and fair climate treaty. These are photos from the Melbourne Walk against Warming. Image: Takver.

A Bold New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 4, 2019February 4, 2019 Science

Click Here to Read: A Bold New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves: A leading anthropologist suggests that protohumans became domesticated by killing off violent males by Melvin Konner in the Atlantic Monthly in the March 2019 Issue. Homo neanderthalensis lifting Rock close Reconstruction. Image: Neozoon. Public Domaian via Wikimedia Commons

What Impossible Meant to Feynman

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 2, 2019February 2, 2019 Science

Click Here to Read: What Impossible Meant to Feynman: Physicist Paul Steinhardt remembers a great mentor and scientist. BY Paul J. Steinhardt on the Nautilus website on January 31, 2019.

Richard Feynman. Image: Uuganmn Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons .

‘Three Identical Strangers’: The high cost of experimentation without ethics

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 28, 2019January 28, 2019 History, Science

Click Here to Read: ‘Three Identical Strangers’: The high cost of experimentation without ethics By Barron H. Lerner in The Washington Post on January 27, 2019.

New Hubble view is ‘deepest image of the universe from space’

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 26, 2019January 26, 2019 Science

Click Here to Read: New Hubble view is ‘deepest image of the universe from space’ The space telescope run by NASA and ESA once again delivers a wondrous look at the cosmos by Amanda Kooser on the CNET news website on January 24, 2019.

Image: NASA, ESA, R. Ellis (Caltech), and the HUDF 2012 Team. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Is Only-Child Syndrome Real?

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: Is Only-Child Syndrome Real? Children without siblings have long been thought of as spoiled and selfish. Are the claims true? By Corinna Hartmann on the Scientific American website on January 21, 2019.

Image: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons