![Four mock-mirage flashes light up the sky over San Francisco. [Credit: Mila Zinkova]](http://scienceline.org/_s/files/2007/12/the_green_flash.jpg)
Four mock-mirage flashes light up the sky over San Francisco. [Credit: Mila Zinkova]
Is there really such a thing as a “green flash” at sunset and sunrise?
- asks Jessie from New York
By Karina Hamalainen, December 10th, 2007
TOPIC environment
The Antarctica Strain
Scientists show microbes can survive after 8 million years on ice.
By Adam T. Hadhazy, November 28th, 2007
Genetic Flower Power
Studying wild mustard weed may uncover the way the environment and genetics interact during a crucial moment in the life of a plant.
By Meredith Knight, November 2nd, 2007
Summer Sun, Bleaching’s Begun
Scientists worry that warming waters could endanger the Great Barrier Reef.
By Ben Leach, October 31st, 2007
Drilling for Energy, But Not Oil
Geothermal wells increase in popularity as a fossil fuel alternative.
By Emily V. Driscoll, October 19th, 2007
More than a Print
Researchers think drug use can be detected in fingerprints.
By Rachele Cooper, October 12th, 2007
Storm Signs from New York’s Past
The Big Apple is due for a hurricane and more vulnerable than ever.
By Jeremy Hsu, October 6th, 2007
Wiring America
A new book explores the power network that connected us before the internet.
By Joshua J Romero, September 28th, 2007
Tainted Lavender
Apathy and dreams along the Gowanus Canal.
By Kristin Elise Phillips, September 26th, 2007
Why do mosquitoes bite some people more than others?
- asks Allison from Austin
By Meredith Knight, September 10th, 2007
