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.

A view of a damaged production unit after a bomb attack at Baiji oil refinery, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad February 26, 2011. Militants attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery on Saturday, killing four workers and detonating bombs that touched off a raging fire and shut down the plant in northern Iraq, officials said

The Jihadists That Just Attacked Iraq's Oil Fields May Already Have More Than $2 Billion in Assets

ISIS is an incredibly well-financed terrorist organization

Sure it's a lot of fun, if you don't like your fingernails.

Spending Too Much Time in Space Basically Sets You Up for Type 2 Diabetes

Being an astronaut is not a healthy lifestyle choice

Double Tornadoes Aren't Particularly Rare, But Yesterday's Was Remarkable

Double, triple, quad and quintuple tornadoes are more common than you'd think

There Are Only So Many Ways Animals Can Poison You (Not That That's Reassuring)

They say that knowledge is power, but we're certainly not feeling any safer

When Did We Start Calling ‘Football’ ‘Soccer’?

"Soccer" isn't an Americanism at all—it's a British word

Mexican emigrants crossing the Rio Grande near El Paso, Texas.

At Least 47,000 Children Have Illegally Crossed the Border Since October

And tens of thousands more are expected to cross before the year's out

A woman raises a knife and shouts slogans against then Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and the Brotherhood during a march against sexual harassment and violence against women in Cairo, February 6, 2013.

In Egypt, 99 Percent of Women Have Been Sexually Harassed

The government recently moved to criminalize sexual harassment

Back in 2004, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush (bottom jumper) celebrated his 80th birthday with a tandem parachute jump over Texas A&M University with the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team.

George H.W. Bush Celebrated His 90th Birthday by Jumping Out of a Helicopter

At 90, Bush is still a decade short of being the world's oldest skydiver

The Borei class nuclear-powered submarine Yuri Dolgoruky arrives at the Russian Northern Fleet's naval base after tests. September 9, 2013.

As the Ice Melts, Spying in the Arctic is Hitting Cold War Levels

The prospect of resources and shipping lanes has sparked tensions in the Arctic

Carl Linnaeus, 1707 to 1778. Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist. From Crabb's Historical Dictionary published 1825.

Who Does Wikipedia Think Is Bigger Than Jesus?

Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus is Wikipedia's most influential person, according to one measurement

Americans Actually Want to Pay More Money If It Will Help Stop Climate Change

Nearly two thirds of Americans are willing to pay more for their electricity if it means cutting carbon emissions

Residents walk near a destroyed house after a landslide in Teresopolis January 15, 2011.

Deadly Flooding Hits Brazil Two Days Before World Cup Begins

Flooding in southeastern Brazil has killed at least nine

The heads of human ancestors like Australopithecus afarensis may have evolved to better withstand blows to the face.

Were Ancient Humans Built for Boxing?

Males may have bigger bones and stronger jaws to better withstand getting hit in the face

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These Researchers Put a Camera on a Polar Bear

In case you've ever wondered what it's like to be a polar bear

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Would Projected Windows Make a Cramped Micro Apartment More Comfortable?

Is virtual reality the solution to housing densification?

The newly discovered "mega-Earth" Kepler-10c dominates the foreground in this artist's conception. Its sibling, the lava world Kepler-10b, is in the background. Both orbit a sunlike star. Kepler-10c has a diameter of about 18,000 miles, 2.3 times as large as Earth, and weighs 17 times as much. Therefore it is all solids, although it may possess a thin atmosphere shown here as wispy clouds.

This Rocky Exoplanet is Really, Really Big—Too Big

Kepler-10c is a rocky planet that's too big to be a rocky planet

Military police during the ceremonial lowering of the Chinese flag in Tiananmen Square.

Twenty-Five Years After the Tiananmen Square Massacre, China's Still Trying to Muffle Its Memory

Stories and photos preserve the memory of the massacre that is all but a mystery to many young Chinese

A young woman walks through gritty neighborhood streets beneath smokestacks at Datong No. 2 Power Station at dawn.

China’s Going to Cap Its Carbon Emissions (Updated: Maybe One Day)

China announced plans to put an absolute cap on its carbon emissions

Believing that a large gun presence deters crime and makes Texas safer, almost forty long gun rights activists, slinging long guns over their shoulders and backs, joined in a walking rally calling for less restrictive open carry gun legislation. Arlington, 2013.

NRA Tells Gun Owners They Went Too Far, For a Change

A letter from the NRA tells "open carry" enthusiasts to tone it down

Here's a Little Perspective On the EPA's New Carbon Rules

A planned reduction in power plant carbon emissions will help with climate change, but it's not a full fix

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