How to capture the violent tumult of our roiling universe, moment by moment
Apr 27, 2016 22:44 pm UTC| Science
The hustle and bustle of daily life is a stark contrast to the tranquility of the night sky. The stars are the same, year after year. So much so that many of the very names we use for the stars and constellations are...
Apr 27, 2016 22:03 pm UTC| Science
Its easy to assume that astronauts float in space because they are far away from the Earths gravitational force. But look at the moon. It is much further away than the International Space Station, yet it orbits around the...
Molecular architects: how scientists design new materials
Apr 27, 2016 21:32 pm UTC| Science
When Thomas Edison wanted a filament for his light bulb, he scoured the globe collecting thousands of candidates before settling on bamboo. (It was years before people were able to make tungsten work properly.) Thats our...
How women can deal with their periods in space
Apr 25, 2016 23:51 pm UTC| Science
Who was the first woman to have her period in space? What is it like changing sanitary products while being weightless? And why doesnt menstrual flow just float up into the body when gravity isnt around? These were some...
Why are we still searching for the Loch Ness monster?
Apr 25, 2016 23:32 pm UTC| Science
People are fascinated by the unknown, by the possibility that there are things out there that are yet to be discovered. We think that most of our planet has been mapped by satellites and continents have been thoroughly...
What the universe's most elusive particles can tell us about the universe's most energetic objects
Apr 22, 2016 08:05 am UTC| Science
In 2012, a tiny flash of light was detected deep beneath the Antarctic ice. A burst of neutrinos was responsible, and the flash of light was their calling card. It might not sound momentous, but the flash could give us...
Sci-fi still influences how society thinks about genes – it's time we caught up
Apr 21, 2016 07:38 am UTC| Science
We used to think that our fate was in the stars. Now we know in large measure, our fate is in our genes. When the Nobel laureate and co-discoverer of the DNA double helix James Watson made his famous statement in...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects