science
Robot Surgeries One Step Closer
For those of us fearing eventual domination by our robotic masters (I’m getting in early with the sucking up), the latest research out of Duke University does not bode well. Engineers who have just completed a feasibility study in their laboratory, have concluded that they have made the first real steps towards creating robots that […]
Memory Limit Discovered: You Only Know Four Things
New research in to our minds capabilities to retain knowledge has shed light on a question that has been discussed for many years; how much, can our mind remember, at a time?
The study focused on ‘working memory’, that part of our mind which refers to the temporary storage of information that still allows us to […]
Is Math Discovered or Invented
There isn’t anything quite like a philosophical debate involving scientists. It’s like asking a high school jock to participate in… well, anything academic! They are so far out of their depth, but still carrying all that good old fashioned tons of knowledge and arrogance that come with being a scientist.
Want an example of what I’m […]
The Big Bang in Seconds
Whether you believe in a Creator-God or not, the Big Bang is oftentimes the explanation for how our universe began. Why? Because that’s what science has pointed too, and science is smarter than you!
Science has analyzed the motion of galaxies around us, and found that they were expanding, as a result of reactions set off […]
Hawking Predicts Unintelligent Life on Other Planets
When someone like Stephen Hawking predicts that there is unintelligent life on other planets, I’m left with a bit of a quandary. Is he referring relatively – ie, compared to him? – or is he speaking generally – ie, a planet full of dogs (I’m a cat person).
At an event marking the 50th anniversary of […]
Midwest to face Bigger Quake?
That I live in Australia is – by now – not a mystery. What may be a surprise though is that we very rarely suffer earthquakes. Every now and again one will pop up somewhere, but they are always relatively small in size.
I tackle this story with that lack of firsthand knowledge, so bear with […]
End of the World to be blamed on Welsh Scientist
The end of the world has never received so much attention as of late, thanks to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The newest, biggest and best particle accelerator is set to begin operation mid June of this year, in the 27 kilometer long tunnel, lying underneath France and Switzerland.
Run by the European Center for Nuclear Research […]
Black Hole at Center of Milky Way’s Turbulent Past
Astronomical time is one of those things hard to get your head around. Some of us (ok, me) have enough trouble working out what day it is they are currently residing in. So when someone asks me to assume millions of years is nothing more than an astronomical blip, I get worried.
Astronomers have added to […]
Grand Canyon Older than Originally Thought
One of the most remarkable landscapes in the world, the Grand Canyon in the U.S. state of Arizona has long been the focus of tourists the world over. The prevailing theory for the creation of the Grand Canyon is that the Colorado River carved its way through some six million years ago.
However new research by […]
Expert about Faces on Global Warming
Continued from the shortened article at PlanetSave.com
Kerry Emanuel is an American professor of meteorology currently working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, and in 2006 was named one of Time’s 100 Influential People of that year. Much of his fame has come from being among the first to link global warming to an […]
What Came Before the Big Bang Might Have Been Eerily Similar
The Big Bang has long been the realm of religious contention. However of late, there has been a rising group of Christian’s (amongst others) who have allowed for the possibility that God used the Big Bang as his creation tool.
However, with that being said, there is still another contention about what came before.
Science has long […]
‘God Particle’ soon to be proven
The scientific world, and to a lesser degree the secular media, has been all aflutter thanks to the Large Hadron Collider, which is set to open sometime in June this year at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (known as CERN). British physicist Peter Higgs hopes that with the opening will come the discovery of […]
Probably No Black Holes, but Faster Internet
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is going to go online in June of this year, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN. Doomsday predictions of universe eating black holes verge on the idiotic, but thanks to the new project, a successor to the failing internet may have been created.
Creating billions of collisions per […]
Meteorite Bombardment Responsible for Earth Life Characteristics
There is nothing quite as exhilarating for me than to learn something new. And thanks to a Columbia University professor, it looks as though the latest factoid to implant itself in to my brain is the possibility that the almost exclusive left-handed amino acid trait in human life could have come from outer-space.
When presented with […]