Dr. Armando Azua-Bustos Beverage: Oolong Tea (Wuyi Mountains – China) Handout: [click here] Listen: [mp3 download] [ca_audio url=”http://beerwith.bmsis.org/BwBMSIS_25_NOV2013.mp3″ width=”500″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]
Read moreBMSIS now has a presence on most of the major social networks, so feel free to follow along for news items, project updates, and opportunities to get involved! Twitter profile: @BlueMarbleSpace Facebook group: facebook.com/BMSInstituteofScience LinkedIn company: linkedin.com/company/2671691 Google+ page: plus.google.com/106603522036139665595
Read moreA new paper led by Dr. Dimitra Atri explores the effect of galactic cosmic rays on planetary habitability. The paper is titled “Galactic cosmic ray induced radiation dose on terrestrial exoplanets” and is currently in press in the journal Astrobiology. In a new episode of our podcast series “Pubs with BMSIS”, join Brendan Mullen in a conversation with Dimitra about the importance of cosmic rays in both astrobiology and daily life. [listen to the conversation]
Read moreDr. Jim Kasting Beverage: Dogfish Head Punkin Ale (United States – Delaware) Handout: [click here] Listen: [mp3 download] [ca_audio url=”http://beerwith.bmsis.org/BwBMSIS_24_OCT2013.mp3″ width=”500″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]
Read moreIn a special September edition of our “Beer with BMSIS” podcast we feature a conversation with journalist and author Lee Billings about his upcoming book Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars. In his book, scheduled for release on October 3rd, Lee takes the reader on a journey through the recent history of exoplanet discoveries by introducing some of the most influential and colorful characters in the field. Carefully researched through numerous interviews with experts […]
Read moreJuly’s “Beer with BMSIS” podcast features a conversation with Dr. Arsev Aydinoglu titled Cross-disciplinarity in astrobiology research: Messy or diverse?. Trained as a social scientist, Dr. Aydinoglu discusses his experiences and current research with the NASA astrobiology institute to help think critically about interdisciplinary in astrobiology and to help identify practices that promote interdisciplinary collaborations among astrobiology teams. The tools of social science allow for some quantitative measures to be made, which can be combined with qualitative data that can […]
Read moreBMSIS research scientist Dr. Sanjoy Som was selected for a 2013 Lewis and Clark Award to support field research in astrobiology. Dr. Som will be using his award to support his research in Iceland on “Hydrogen Production in Basalt-Hosted Hydrothermal Systems”. The goal of this fieldwork is to understand the suitability of basaltic rock systems for supporting life. In particular, water reacts with basaltic rocks to release hydrogen gas through many processes on Earth. This production of hydrogen gas from […]
Read moreBMSIS research scientist Armando Azua-Bustos was recently interviewed for the newspaper El Mercurio in Chile. A scan of the article appears below, which features a discussion about the Curiosity rover’s one year anniversary of landing on Mars. Congrats Armando!
Read moreOur “Beer with BMSIS” podcast for June features a conversation with Dr. Britney Schmidt titled Europa in our Backyard. Dr. Schmidt discusses her field research in Antarctica and describes how this unique landscape on Earth presents an analog to icy worlds such as Europa. Scientists have been long interested in visiting Europa–and Dr. Schmidt describes some of these efforts underway–but in the meanwhile, we can learn from remote settings in our own back yard of planet Earth to learn about […]
Read moreDr. Britney Schmidt Beverage: Liquid Hero Schweet Ale Handout: [click here] Listen: [mp3 download] [ca_audio url=”http://beerwith.bmsis.org/BwBMSIS_20_JUN2013.mp3″ width=”500″ height=”27″ css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player”]
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