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.

A photo of the 4.4 billion-year old zircon.

This Little Gem Is the Oldest Piece of the Earth We’ve Ever Found

A tiny zircon from western Australia is 4.4 billion years old

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Computer-on-a-Ring Reads Text Out Loud

MIT's prototype FingerReader reads text aloud

Exposed tree stumps dot the landscape off the coast of Borth, Wales.

Those U.K. Storms Revealed the Remains of a 4,500 Year Old Forest

The ancient preserved forest is tied to the fable of Cantre'r Gwaelod

A Team of Developers Wants to Print Out Wikipedia—All 1,000 Books Of It

A crowdfunding campaign seeks to make a print copy of the online encyclopedia

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Like All of Nature, Humans Will Go to Extreme Lengths to Stay in the Light

Michael Langan shows our basic instincts

The storming of the Bastille

The French Revolution in Pictures

The French Revolution Digital Archive has more than 14,000 images from the Revolution of 1789

This illustration appeared on the cover of Tribal Force #1, which came out in 1996

Tribal Force, the First Comic to Feature a Team of Native American Superheroes, Is Returning

Tribal Force was the first comic to feature a superhero team made entirely of Native American characters

Breadcrump sponges, Halichondria panicea, can survive with minimal oxygen.

Earth’s First Animals May Have Lived in a Dead Zone

Breadcrumb sponges show how Earth's first animals may have got by with barely any oxygen

A green light on the back of the Armatrix iP1 shows the gun is armed. When disarmed, the light is red.

Will Smart Guns Actually Save Lives?

Smart guns, like the Armatrix iP1, will only fire for their owner

Caffeine Kick Not Doing It For You? Try a Mild Electric Shock—The Pentagon Is

Direct jolts of electricity to the brain give a burst of alertness

The United Nations Just Compared North Korea to the Nazis

The U.N. Human Rights commission wants North Korean leaders to stand trial for crimes against humanity

Madame Leon Clapisson, Renoir, 1883

Scientists Revitalize the Reds in Renoir’s Faded Painting

Paint fades over time, but scientific analysis can help reconstruct the original

Facebook Can See When Your Flirting Turns Into Something More Serious

Facebook exchanges increase in the build up to a new relationship

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xkcd's "Frequency" Will Make You Feel How Fast the Earth Is Moving

How long do you need to watch to see a magnitude 4 earthquake?

A mosquito of the genus Anopheles.

Nazi Scientists Wanted to Use Mosquitoes to Send Diseases Behind Enemy Lines

The Nazi SS ran an entomological research facility

The British Guiana 1-cent stamp

The World’s Most Valuable Stamp Is Expect to Sell for More than $10 Million

There's only one of these stamps left in existence

Wisdom the Albatross with her newest chick.

Wisdom the Albatross, the World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird, Has Yet Another Baby

Wisdom is 63, and this is thought to be her 35th-or-so chick

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New York Could Grow All Its Own Food

Theoretically, New York City could become largely self-sufficient

The Tooth Fairy Is a Very Recent, Very American Creation

The tooth fairy first appeared around the turn of the 20th century

If You Think Climbing a Tree Will Save You From a Crocodile…

Crocodiles can climb trees

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