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nn If Alaska wants to take a cue from Iceland, it might find itself with more power than it can use. That is, if the dreams of the Alaska Division […]
nn So, this isn’t exactly about current eruptions, but I was able to watch the new (well, to the U.S.) Doctor Who episode centered around the 79 A.D. eruption of Mt. […]
Ever since he came out to the public in February 2007, former NBA player John Amaechi says he has been “that big gay guy.” But there is much more to […]
Over the past few years, a growing body of research from the social sciences has pointed to one of the major challenges in communicating about climate change. This research suggests […]
As the world grows more interconnected, support for developing countries should be an even bigger concern, says former Irish President Mary Robinson. A failed state like Somalia, which lacks any […]
In this guest post on Colorado’s Amendment 62, a ballot initiative that, if passed, would grant full legal rights to fertilized human eggs by classifying embryos as ‘persons’ under the […]
On August 23rd, the Public Broadcasting System launched a new web portal for promoting the arts. PBS Artsspearheads an overall expansion of arts programming to take place over the next […]
News outlets and the blogosphere are abuzz over Bill Clinton’s appearance on Fox News Sunday. The whole episode is a classic example of how the negotiation of news between journalists […]
Roger Ebert knows (and celebrates) the void beyond life. He recalls his own bout with cancer and near-death experience to comment on Christopher Hitchen’s cancer diagnosis.
There has been a wave of articles over the last few weeks out on the geoblogosphere on columnar jointing in lavas – with many, many great images of columns seen […]
There are some signs that the new dome at Redoubt might be beginning to crumble in a piecemeal fashion, but nothing dramatic so far.
More and more, it seems that there is little question that the earthquakes felt in western Saudi Arabia have a volcanic origin … UPDATE: or maybe not?
Writing in the New York Review of Books blog, Notre Dame professors John T. McGreevy and R. Scott Appleby recently provided a useful lesson on the history of religious discrimination […]
Art is good for the soul, but sometimes it can be bad for your health. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds installation at the Tate Modern in London aroused curiosity […]
German architect Christoph Ingenhoven says the attitude which defines modernism is against superfluous design and that many Asian cities are modernizing in all the wrong ways.
Readers in Washington, DC will find this event, open to the public, of strong interest: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Meteorological Society (AMS), and […]
Readers of FRAMING SCIENCE who work in downtown DC or on Capitol Hill may want to take an extended lunch break tomorrow to check out this American Meteorological Society briefing […]
For those unable to attend next week’s talk at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, there is a call in number to listen to the presentation and discussion. See details […]
A perspective from Vanderbilt University professor John Greer: When a candidate goes on the offensive to show the harm in an opponent’s preferred policies or an inconsistency between an opponent’s […]
Delusions of control seem built into the human mind, even when they aren’t comforting. More than a few people, for example, would prefer to think hurricanes are punishments for abortions […]
A peculiar reversal of cartography’s ‘original sin’
Research suggests that promiscuity is not associated with increased happiness and, in fact, that the number of sexual partners needed to maximize happiness is exactly one.
We’ve had a lot of success with the Q&A series here on Eruptions, so why not keep it up. Earlier in the summer, I briefly mentioned an article that was picked […]
Need your fix for news and information about Mt. Baker? Sure you do.
Google Streetview now lets you visit Pompeii, farmers in Hawai`i are eligible for disaster money for vog damage and National Geographic joins the SB fun.
There are a lot of signs of an impending eruption at Nevado del Huila in Colombia and we are approaching the 24th anniversary of one of the worst volcano disasters of the 20th century.
Turrialba, one of the largest volcanoes in Costa Rica, continues to show signs of unrest that might be leading to its first eruption since 1866 (or was it 2007?)
nnRedoubt (above) is definitely taking its time. After catching everyone’s attention last week with seismic activity, melting of its snow cap and increased gas emissions, the volcano is still, well, […]
One of the more impressive areas I visited while in New Zealand was the Waimangu Valley near Mt. Tarawera (above). The valley itself was created by blast explosions (phreatic explosions) […]