2019-03-01
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Astronomers find the Galaxy’s Smallest Star
July 19, 2017Astronomers have discovered what is now the smallest known star in the galaxy, in a system roughly 600 light-years from Earth. Part of a trinary star system, the smaller of the pair, EBLM J0555-57Ab, is estimated to only be 8... continued
Are Ravens Smarter than We Thought–Maybe MUCH Smarter??
July 18, 2017In the entirety of the animal kingdom, humanity has never held a monopoly on intelligence: considering that the concept of intelligence boils down to the ability to gather and usefully process information, this means that virtually all creatures possess at... continued
A Proposal has been made to form a Space Corps for the United States Military
July 15, 2017A congressional committee has proposed that a new branch of the military be formed, called the United States Space Corps. As proposed in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2018, this would be the first new branch added since the... continued
Antarctica’s Larsen-C Ice Shelf has Calved Off the World’s Third Largest Iceberg
July 14, 2017A Delaware-sized portion of Antarctica's forth-largest ice shelf calved off, sometime between July 10th and 12th, following the rapid propagation of a 127 kilometer (79 mile) long crack running through the sheet. The resulting iceberg is over 200 meters (656... continued
Local Villagers Witness Methane Explosions on the Siberian Tundra
July 13, 2017A new crater has been blasted into the Siberian tundra by the violent release of a massive pocket of methane gas that had accumulated beneath the surface of the earth. While the massive 165-foot hole is not the first to... continued
Sea Level Rise — and its Acceleration — is Worse than we Thought
July 12, 2017A new study published in the journal Nature has illustrated that the global rise in sea levels is worse than originally anticipated, and the rate of increase is accelerating. Between 1993 and 2014, the rate of increase jumped by 50... continued
The Song of the Sun Signals that our Star’s Activity is Slowing Down
July 8, 2017In the music of the universe, one of the most important sounds to us here on Earth is the song the Sun sings: every system has a resonance, and especially large and energetic ones like the Sun produce sounds that... continued
New Field Study Shows Honeybee Colonies are Impacted by Commonly-Used Pesticides
July 7, 2017A new large-scale study of neonicotinoid-based insecticides has demonstrated that the use of this common pesticide is causing damage to honeybee colonies. This is the first in-field study of the effects of the substance on bees, with previous studies being... continued
The Secret to Ancient Roman Concrete may have been Cracked — and this Might Save Coastal Populations from Sea Level Rise
July 6, 2017Amongst the myriad secrets lost to the ancient world was the formula for Roman concrete: uncannily more robust than today's mixtures, there are ancient Roman seawalls and harbor piers, built two millennia ago, that are still standing today, whereas modern... continued
A Shelly Island in the Stream
July 5, 2017Of many mysteries surrounding the area known as the Bermuda Triangle, a recent emergence of a mile long sandbar, dubbed "Shelly Island" by a child collecting shells, has attracted much attention from the community nearby at North Carolina's Hatteras Point.... continued