Colin Schultz

Colin Schultz

 

Colin Schultz is a freelance science writer and editor based in Toronto, Canada. He blogs for Smart News and contributes to the American Geophysical Union. He has a B.Sc. in physical science and philosophy, and a M.A. in journalism.

Students at school in Lagos, Nigeria circa 2003 (not the school from which the 234 girls were kidnapped)

After Two Weeks, 234 Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls Are Still Missing

A terrorist group opposed to western education is thought to be behind the kidnappings

Part of the centuries old depiction from the Japanese art scroll He-Gassen

Anthropologists Are Afraid to Ask About Farting

Why are farts so universally reviled?

The Freezing Winter Forced New York's Rats To a New Food Source: Trees

This past winter was particularly hard on the animals

A fragment of the meteorite that tore through the Earth above Chelyabinsk, Russia, in February 2013.

The Earth Is Pummeled By Asteroids All the Time; That They're Not Causing Damage Is Just Luck

Most asteroids explode high up in the air or crash into the ocean, but some don't

Not Robertson's bread, nor his hands

America's Best Bread Recipe Is 38 Pages Long

Simple ingredients and lots of patience combined make this bread rise to the top

Pavement Cracks And Chain-Link Fences Are the New Ecosystems of the Anthropocene

The "natural" world is gone, and it's not coming back

Elvis back stage after a show at the New Frontier Hotel

Elvis’ First Big Vegas Show Was a Total Flop

Playing to the middle-aged crowd at the New Frontier Hotel, Elvis' first Vegas show didn't go over so well

Americans Are Living Longer, Healthier Lives, But Suicide And Drug-Induced Deaths Are on the Rise

Heart disease and cancer are still the big killers, but digging deeper into death statistics reveals some alarming trends

Scientists Confirm That Cats a) Are Pretty Smart, b) Don't Really Care What You Want

Cats' impressive individuality makes it hard to study their smarts

A Lyrid meteor as seen from Oregon in 2012

Look Up Tonight As the Lyrid Meteor Shower Hits Its Peak

Look to the northeast tonight to catch the peak of the annual meteor shower

Supporters gather at the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday to commemorate the victims of last year's bombings.

For the First Time in Nearly 30 Years an American Won the Boston Marathon

Meb Keflezighi's win at the Boston Marathon is first American victory since Lisa Widenbach's in 1985

Mars’ Super-Thin Atmosphere May Mean that Flowing Water Was the Exception, Not the Rule

A new analysis suggests that Mars' atmosphere was often too thin to support liquid water

A wind farm in Amarillo, Texas.

See All These New Energy Projects? Most of Them Are Renewables

In the next four years, U.S. renewable energy development will outpace conventional fuel plants

Skeletal remains being dug up at La Isabela, the first European settlement in the New World, founded by Christopher Columbus is 1493.

Scurvy Plagued Columbus' Crew, Even After the Sailors Left the Sea

Severe scurvy and malnutrition set the stage for the fall of La Isabela

The bright spot on the lower left of Saturn's A ring is not Peggy, but rather the visible sign of Peggy's gravitation distortion of the ring structure.

Saturn’s Rings May Be Shredding One of Its Moons to Bits

Or giving birth to a new one

Supernova remnant Puppis A.

The Big “Gravitational Wave” Finding May Have Actually Just Been Some Dust

A supernova remnant interacting with interstellar dust could have caused the signals interpreted to be gravitational waves

Pot Smokers' Brains Are Different

But we can’t say for sure whether it's pot that made them that way

Marijuana Grow Ops Are Drying Out California's Water Supply

Illegal marijuana grow ops use thousands of gallons of water a day

In modern role-playing games, like BioWare's Mass Effect series, gamers are being called upon to make emotional decisions.

Pretty Soon, Video Games Will Be Able to Read Your Emotions

Video games are becoming increasingly adept at reading our emotions

What "Peak Beard" Says About Human Sexual Selection

Being sexy means standing out

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