How the Mariana Trench Became Earth’s Deepest Point (National Geographic) “Many other deep trenches are more filled with sediment,” Chris Goldfinger, director of the Active Tectonics and Seafloor Mapping Laboratory at Oregon State University, said in an email. “This one isn’t.” Heavens above: Severe global warming 55million years ago ‘triggered by changes in Earth’s orbit’ [...]

Ice age thaw may serve as global warning (Washington Post) The ice sheet was actually so large that it was unstable, said study co-author Peter Clark of Oregon State University. (See also: Reuters, U.S. News & World Report) A Privacy Manifesto in Code: What If Your Emails Never Went to Gmail and Twitter Couldn’t See [...]

Breast Cancer Survival May Improve With Vegetable Consumption (Huffington Post) “An association has also been established with colon cancer and prostate cancer,” explained Emily Ho, an associate professor in nutrition and exercise sciences at Oregon State University. Herpes May Be Killing Off Coral Reefs (Time) Rebecca Vega-Thurber, a microbiologist at Oregon State University, said in [...]

Panel Recommends Harvest Cutbacks On Small Schooling Fish (NPR) Oregon State University professor Selina Heppell co-authored the study. She’s proud to say the sardine and mackerel fisheries on the U.S. West Coast are already managed quite conservatively. (See also: Science Codex) Study of the Day: Impatient Parents Tend to Bring Up Unruly Toddlers (The Atlantic) [...]

Family Affair: Michelle Obama to give commencement address at brother’s school (Chicago Tribune) Call it sisterly love: First lady Michelle Obama will deliver a commencement address June 17 at Oregon State University, where brother Craig Robinson coaches the men’s basketball team, her aides said Wednesday. (See also: OPB, White House) Is herpes killing coral? (Toronto [...]