Roxanne Palmer

Roxanne has liked science ever since she started watching "Bill Nye the Science Guy" on Saturday mornings over a bowl of sucrotic O's. She especially likes writing about dinosaurs, climate change and evolution. In college, she studied English literature but still managed to put in time in the greenhouse as a botany lab assistant and in the pool for varsity water polo. When not writing about science, she moonlights as a cartoonist and illustrator.

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Ancient 'Gray Mars' Could Have Supported Life: NASA
March 12 2013 2:17 PM

Powdered rock extracted by the NASA rover from the Martian surface contains some of the chemical building blocks for life.
Fabled Viking 'Sunstone' Could Be More Than Myth
March 12 2013 12:57 PM

Icelandic sagas mention a "sunstone" that could find the sun even when it was hidden behind clouds or just below the horizon.
Pink Rainbows: A Peculiar Beauty [PHOTOS]
March 11 2013 4:27 PM

At sunset, the sun's low position makes light travel on a longer path, scattering blue and green away from our vision.
A Short History of Mayor Bloomberg's Health Crusades
March 11 2013 2:53 PM

Along with the soda ban, Bloomberg's three-term reign has produced health initiatives aimed at curbing obesity, smoking and hearing.
4.7-Magnitude Quake Rattles Southern Calif. - Worst Since 2010 [UPDATES]
March 11 2013 1:36 PM

The quake was centered near the rural community of Anza, Calif., about 100 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
Can Tactics For Combatting Street Crime Be Used For The White-Collar Kind?
March 08 2013 7:30 PM

Strategies used to apprehend everyday street criminals may be applicable in targeting white-collar criminals as well.
Daylight Saving Time Is Upon Us, So Here Are Pictures Of Animals
March 08 2013 4:05 PM

A cat and a hedgehog would like to remind you that daylight saving time was formally adopted in the U.S. in 1918.
House Dust Mites Made Unusual Evolutionary U-Turn
March 08 2013 2:56 PM

A genetic examination of house dust mites appears to have demonstrated a case of "reversible evolution."
Is NYC's 'Forgotten Borough' Still In The Eye Of The Storm?
March 08 2013 2:49 PM

At a forum on Staten Island on Friday, experts outlined strategies for protecting the area from future storm surges.
Oldest Known Star Not Actually Older Than Universe
March 07 2013 5:56 PM

The initial age estimate for it was about 16 billion years old -- problematic, since the universe is just 13.8 billion years old!
The Case For Year-Round Daylight Saving Time
March 07 2013 8:47 AM

What if we sprang forward but never fell back?
Winter Storm Caution: Shoveling 'Heart Attack Snow' Risky For Elderly
March 06 2013 10:48 AM

Winter Storm Saturn is bringing along some especially wet snow, which is heavier than soft, fluffy flakes.