Astronomers have detected the first Earth-sized planets, which are orbiting a star similar to our own Sun. In the distant past they may have been able to support life and one of them may have had conditions similar to our own planet - a so-called Earth-twin - according to the research team. They... Read more...
“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” began one of the most famous of the classic radio mystery serials. “The Shadow knows!” If so, the Shadow is still the only one who does. Despite decades of advances in biometric technologies and neuroscience, investigators have at best on... Read more...
Scientists have used DNA lurking inside the teeth of medieval Black Death victims to figure out the entire genetic code of the deadly bacterium that swept across Europe more than 600 years ago, killing an estimated half of the population. The researchers didn't find any genetic feature th... Read more...
Earth and asteroid 2010TK7 orbiting the sun together. The path of the asteroid is traced in green. Astronomers have spotted a huge lump of rock that hurtles through space ahead of the Earth in its orbit around the sun. The rock, which is 300 metres across, is known as a "Trojan asteroid" b... Read more...
For the first time, scientists have made star-shaped, biodegradable polymers that can self-assemble into hollow, nanofiber spheres, and when the spheres are injected with cells into wounds, these spheres biodegrade, but the cells live on to form new tissue. Developing this nanofiber sphere as a c... Read more...
#IAmNotADictionary Phrase Of The Day: Pantheism - the view that the Universe (Nature) and God are identical. Pantheists thus do not believe in a personal, anthropomorphic or creator god. The word derives from the Ancient Greek: πᾶν (pan) meaning "all" and θεός (theos) meaning "God". A... Read more...
Vladimir Lenin, King Tut and the McDonald's Happy Meal: What do they all have in common? A shocking resistance to Mother Nature's cycle of decomposition and biodegradability, apparently. That's the disturbing point brought home by the latest project of New York City-based artist and photographe... Read more...
4/21 (April 21st; also know as 4/twanzaa) - This "holiday" is relatively new & it occurs the day after 4/20. Since the inception of the "holiday" 4/20 (or Chronicah Solstice), employers (who most likely also smoke) noticed increasingly sluggish behavior & the lazy nature of employees ... Read more...
Like the vast forests of the world, which continually suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen, the planet's oceans serve as vital carbon sinks. Last year the oceans absorbed as much as 2.3 billion tons of carbon, or about one-fourth of all manmade carbon emissions. Without the a... Read more...