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.

Alibaba has launched its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange this morning.

Three Short Answers to Why Alibaba's Worth So Much

Alibaba just raised $21.8 billion during its initial public offering

Even People With Locked-In Syndrome Respond to Hitchcock Movies

The brain of a patient in a vegetative state responded to a movie the same way as healthy people

Artificial Sweeteners May Be Screwing Up How Your Body Handles Sugar

By affecting gut microbes, artificial sweeteners may be messing with your metabolism

Australian Intelligence: ISIS Was Planning a Beheading in Sydney

In response, the Australian authorities conducted what they say is the country's largest counterterrorism raid ever

SpaceX's Dragon V2 crew capsule was unveiled in May

SpaceX and Boeing Will Be NASA Astronauts’ New Ride Come 2017

Commercial companies could take over as early as 2017

Why It Makes Sense to Send the US Military to Fight Ebola in Africa

The military may have capabilities others do not

Mindlessly Vegging Out Is Good for You, But Only If You Don’t Guilt Yourself for It

Relaxing only works if you let yourself do it

Half As Many Small Children Died Last Year As Did in 1990

The global mortality rate for children under five is continuing to drop

A teenage boy sends a text message on his mobile phone as stands in the floodwater on the main street of Bentley in Doncaster.

Programmers Are Creating a Way for Your Phone to Get Online Even When Data Is Down

The Cosmos Browser uses text messages to browse the web

America: The Land of the (Romantically) Free

For the first time on record, more Americans are single than married

Russia Is Building a New Military Base in the Arctic

The cold war over the Arctic continues

Mine resistant ambush protected vehicles in their natural habitat.

How Many Left-Over Mine-Resistant Vehicles Did Your School Get From the Military?

School police forces also get used military gear

This Map Shows Where All That Carbon Dioxide Is Coming From

Global carbon emissions have an obvious bias

The International Space Station Is Getting Its Own 3-D Printer

Researchers are hoping their 3-D printer will work in microgravity

A screenshot from the Metafilter discussion "Plane crashes in to the wor[l]d trade center."

This Is How the Internet Reacted to Two Planes Crashing Into the WTC on 9/11/01

The Metafilter page discussing 9/11 is still online

Back in 2005 Virgin Galactic and New Mexico worked out a deal for the state to build a multimillion dollar spaceport. Here's Richard Branson (right) giving Governor Bill Richardson a model airplane to commemorate the occasion.

Delay-Plagued Virgin Galactic Finds Itself Delayed, Again

It will be hard for Virgin Galactic to fly by 2015 without a fully tested rocket engine

Saturn Is Making (And Destroying) Mini-Moons All The Time

Saturn's F ring is a little moon factory

Rescue workers look through the ruins left by the August 3, 2014 earthquake.

Deadly Chinese Earthquake May Have Been Man-Made

More than 600 people died in the August 3 Yunnan earthquake

The World's Carbon Sinks May Be Running Out of Room

The Earth's biosphere may be absorbing less carbon than it used to

Pew pew

A Military Contractor Just Went Ahead And Used an Xbox Controller For Their New Giant Laser Cannon

The army’s new laser cannon is controlled with an Xbox controller

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