Archives: January2010

• Giant Carbon “Vault” Proposed Near New York City

  Undersea carbon dioxide reservoirs could store massive amounts of the potent greenhouse gas near eastern U.S. cities—but may also pose an earthquake risk, a new study says.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Five New Planets Found; Hotter Than Molten Lava

  NASA’s new Kepler space telescope has already spotted five new planets, each hotter than molten lava and one as dense as Styrofoam.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Isaac Newton: Who He Was, Why Google Apples Are Falling

  Today animated apples are tumbling on Google—a birthday tribute to Isaac Newton, father of gravitational theory and so much more. Find out why he still matters.