Science Links, 10/07/14

There was an AMA on Reddit with Dr Alan Stern and the New Horizons team.

On this week's It's Okay To Be Smart, Dr Joe speaks on the science of clouds. If you plan to participate in NASA's SkyScience next week, this is very possibly of interest. 

A green tea based nanocarrier appears to kill cancer cells efficiently.

Here is a profile of Doctors Edvard & Mary-Britt Moser, the husband and wife team who are part of the winners of the Nobel Award for Medicine. 

New "programmable" antibiotic targets drug resistant genes.

Three scientists in Japan were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for invention of blue light emitting diodes.

Science Links, 10/3/14

Dr Joe brings us the science of pizza and uses pizza for science.

Space missions map undersea mysteries.

Swirling cloud at Titan's pole is cold and toxic.

Elon Musk says next year's Tesla cars will be able to self-drive 90% of the time.

The Majorana Particle is a theoretical particle speculated by physicist Ettore Majorana to be both matter and antimatter. It may no longer be theoretical. 

Look up! NASA wants you to get involved in #SkyScience and help!

This viral DNA infects cells by changing from a solid to a liquid.

This massive sunshield will protect the James Webb Space Telescope.

Science Links, 9/30/14

Astronomers believe they are watching the formation of a planet.

Krakatoa eruption of 1883 could be heard 3000 miles away.

Ramez Naam looks at the plunging price of renewable energy. 

Doctor Joe with this week's It's Okay to be Smart with "Bats: Wonders of the Night."