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.

In the Animal Kingdom, Deadbeat Dads Breed Bigger Babies

Female reproductive strategies vary with paternal investment

Some People Can Train Away Their Peanut Allergy

Being exposed to small doses of peanut protein can help allergic people build a tolerance

This bee is not having a good day.

Zombees Have Made it Across the U.S.

That gives us what, 28 days left?

GM Purple Tomatoes Could Actually Be Good for You

These tomatoes are stuffed with anthocyanins (but they're not the only source of the healthy pigment)

Climate Change Is Already Causing Mass Human Migration

When temperatures are high, Pakistani men are 11 times more likely to move out of town

The Sun Is Spraying Water Into Space

When the solar wind hits oxygen-rich rocks, water can form

The USS Pueblo.

The Time the U.S. Nearly Nuked North Korea Over a Highjacked Spy Ship

The Pueblo incident ended peacefully, but newly unclassified documents detail President Johnson's contingency plans

China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover, or Chang'e 3

China’s Lunar Rover Just Melodramatically Announced Its Impending Demise

A mechanical failure could mean the end of China's Jade Rabbit

A rare atmospheric anomaly in December filled the Grand Canyon with fog.

The Grand Canyon Is Young And Old, All at the Same Time

Geologically, the Grand Canyon is a baby, but you might say it has an old soul

Look Closely at This Picture of John Glenn

The reflected faces of NASA staff appear in John Glenn's spacesuit

The supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way.

Stephen Hawking Thinks Black Holes Don’t Exist

And he's been trying to tell the rest of us for a decade

Dogs Can Get Sexually Transmitted Cancer, And They’ve Been Spreading It for Millenia

This contagious cancer has spread from a single dog that lived 11,000 years ago

A New Device Can Use The Motion of a Beating Heart to Produce Electricity

Piezoelectric generators turn motion into electricity

The Army Is Open to Beards, Turbans And Other Religiously Affiliated Symbols

New dress regulations seek to accommodate soldier's religious symbols

Ceres, as seen by Hubble.

An Oasis in the Void: Dwarf Planet Ceres Is Venting Water

Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, between Mars and Jupiter

Seriously, Just Stay in Bed: Fever-Reducing Pills May Boost Flu Transmission

Nixing a fever boosts virus replication, which could result in additional transmission

2013 Continues 37-Year Warm Streak

Yep, global warming is still a thing. The last time it was cold, globally, was in 1976.

This Crazy Anemone Hangs Upside Down From the Antarctic Ice Shelf

<i>Edwardsiella andrillae</i> pop their tentacles out to feed

This One Site in Texas Will Get Most of America's Low-Level Nuclear Waste

As America's nuclear plants run out their lives, decommissioning waste will be headed to Texas

Virgin Galactic Started Selling Tickets to Space Before Getting Permission to Take People There

The private spaceflight company is missing a crucial FAA permit

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