Currents blog - December 2012

A blog covering science news by Inside Science writers and editors

Dec 28 2012 - 4:30pm

2012 Year In Review: Inside Science

As the year draws to an end, we take a quick look at some of the most popular Inside Science content of 2012.

Dec 24 2012 - 2:45pm

Inside Christmas Science

The Inside Science staff would like to send warm season’s greetings to all of our readers. Today, on Christmas Eve, many of you will be gathering with your loved ones to celebrate Christmas.

Dec 20 2012 - 5:15pm

Keeping Santa's Christmas Snacks Safe

From the staff of Inside Science, we'd like to wish our readers happy holidays. What follows is a seasonal story from our archive. It's actually one of my first stories for Inside Science News Service, written four years ago.

Dec 13 2012 - 2:45pm

Detecting Quakes With Smartphones, How Waterfalls Grow, And More

Earth and planetary science covers such a wide range of topics, which is why the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union was so interesting.

Dec 4 2012 - 6:15pm

Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

The climate is a big topic in San Francisco this week at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting

Dec 3 2012 - 6:00pm

Science Experiments In Space

At the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting, two companies discussed hosting science experiments outside of Earth.

Dec 2 2012 - 1:15pm

Building a Better Battery

Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory came up with an innovative method of peeking at the processes inside lithium-ion batteries.

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