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.

Digging up a Prototaxites fossil

Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms

Twenty-four feet tall and three feet wide, these giant spires dotted the ancient landscape

A Weddell Seal sunbathes near Antarctica’s Ross Sea.

Instead of Being Protected, Antarctica’s Oceans Will Be Open for Fishing

A plan to protect millions of acres of Antarctic ocean was temporarily killed in a meeting yesterday

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Thieves Stole—And Maybe Burned—Millions of Dollars of Fine Art

Tens of millions of dollars of fine art may now be a pile of fine ash

Flooded streets in Kolkata following heavy June rains Elsewhere in the country, flooding from the monsoon was much more extensive.

5,700 Dead As India Struggles With Changing Monsoon

As the climate changes, India's monsoon is changing with it

Neptune’s new moon, S/2004 N 1, is the planet’s 14th.

In Archival Photos, Astronomer Discovers Neptune’s 14th Moon

The little moon had ignored detection until a veteran moon hunter spotted it in old photos

Warlpiri youth in Australia’s Northern Territory

A New Language Is Being Born in This Remote Australian Village

A unique language is being born in northern Australia

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This Bridge Is Nicknamed the ‘Ladies Bridge’ Because It Was Built Largely by Women

Women built the Waterloo Bridge, but their contributions were largely lost to history

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Weird Blips Randomly Change the Length of Earth’s Days for Months on End

Three times in the past decade the length of the day has jumped

Satellite imagery from NOAA shows the hurricane just a few hours ago.

Already Dealing With Deadly Flooding, China Faces Down a Hurricane

A category 2 hurricane will make landfall in southeastern China today

The original Smokey the Bear ad

It’s a Good Thing We Have Smokey: These 1940s Fire Prevention Ads Are Something Else

Replacing racially charged and aggressive World War II imagery, Smokey the Bear is an iconic character

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Scientists Just Measured the True Color of a Far-Off Planet

For the first time, scientists have measured the color of a far off planet

The Sun’s tail, or ‘heliotail,’ as seen by IBEX.

For the First Time, NASA Took a Photo of the Sun’s Tail

Stretched by the interstellar medium, the Sun's tail stretches far behind us

Looking west from the Apollo 11 landing site.

Legislators Want to Put a National Park on the Moon

A bill in the House of Representatives wants to protect the Apollo landing sites. But can it?

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When the Sun Gets Violent, It Shoots Antimatter at the Earth

When it casts a solar flare, the Sun also launches antimatter

“Waterloo” by C. M. Coolidge

Dogs Have Terrible Eyesight: See for Yourself

Red--green color blind and with awful, awful vision. Life for a dog is kind of a blurry mess

Zebra Finches are one of the birds that hold a trace of ancient hepatitis B in their genes.

Ancient Dinosaur Birds Were Infected With Hepatitis B

82 million years ago hepatitis B infected birds

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You’re Not Supposed to Mine the Grand Canyon, So Why Are These Miners Digging Up Uranium?

There are four mines still turning out ore near the Grand Canyon

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These New Windows Let the Summer Breeze In, But Block the Street Noise

A window speckled with little holes will let the air through, but not the sound

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Thousands of Species Found in a Lake Cut Off From the World for Millions of Years

Cut off for maybe as much as 15 million years, Antarctica's Lake Vostok seems to be full of life

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You Get Slow As You Get Older—But Catching a Ruler Is Always Hard

Something as simple as catching a falling ruler triggers a complex process behind the scenes

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