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Scientists Find a way to Generate Electricity — From Simple Seawater
July 23, 2016Scientists have discovered a reliable way to extract renewable energy from ordinary seawater. The research team, from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne's Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology in Switzerland, employed a natural process called osmosis, where a fluid permeates through... continued
Could the Milky Way Galaxy be a Giant Wormhole?
July 22, 2016A new and somewhat radical theory has been proposed by an international group of researchers, in that the center of the Milky Way galaxy might turn out to be a giant wormhole, with the mouth of the wormhole possibly spanning... continued
Inuit Elders Observe the Effects of Climate Change on their Way of Life
July 21, 2016One of the notable aspects of climate change that has been observed is the further toward the poles one looks, the more pronounced global warming's impact becomes. While the tropics have warmed somewhat, average temperatures in the Artic have soared:... continued
Three Suns, a Dwarf Planet, and Juno: The Latest in Astronomy News
July 20, 2016An exoplanet 320 light-years from Earth has been found in a trinary star system, photographed by the ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile. Aside from having the distinction of being one of mere handful of exoplanets that have been directly... continued
China’s Tiangong-1 Space Station Could Plummet to Earth in an Uncontrolled Reentry
July 18, 2016An Asian studies expert and amateur satellite tracker have voiced their concerns over the possibility that China’s Tiangong-1 space station may be de-orbiting without control from the ground. The station, launched in 2011, was a temporary testbed for the technologies... continued
June Sets New Temperature Records in the U.S., Amid Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters
July 17, 2016The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced that June of 2016 was the hottest month of June on record for the contiguous United States, since temperature records began in 1880. The average temperature seen in the Lower 48 over... continued
Researchers Build a Hybrid Machine-Animal Stingray
July 15, 2016Researchers at Harvard University have built a light-sensitive, self-propelled artificial machine-organism, in the form of a tiny robot stingray. The project was done in an effort to test the feasibility of making hybrid replacement organs for human patients, such as... continued
Giving a New Meaning to the Term “New Moon”: Earth has a Second Satellite
July 14, 2016Whitley's book 2012: The War For Souls involved the inter-dimensional invasion of a parallel Earth that had a number of marked differences from our own, including one departure where that Earth had two moons. However, as life sometimes imitates art,... continued
Mystery Booms Plague the City of Alhambra, CA
July 13, 2016Adding to the ongoing reports of mystery sounds being heard around the world, the city of Alhambra, California, has been plagued by the sounds of mysterious explosions since February of this year. To date, emergency services have received 114 reports... continued
fMRI Software Bug may Invalidate 40,000 Medical Studies
July 11, 2016One of medical science's indispensable diagnostic and research tools over the past quarter-century has been functional magnetic resonance imaging technology, or fMRI. This is a non-invasive imaging technique that makes use of strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce... continued