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The Mystery Deepens in the Case of Fluctuating Star KIC 8462852
June 26, 2016Last October, researchers with the Kepler Planet Hunters program announced the discovery of unusual patterns in the light output of a star indexed as KIC 8462852, patterns that could only be explained by massive objects in orbit around the star,... continued
First Mammalian Climate-Change Casualty: The Bramble Cay Melomys Wiped Out by Sea-Level Rise
June 25, 2016Australian researchers have announced the first mammalian species to have been driven extinct by man-made climate change, with the loss of a rodent known as the Bramble Cay melomys, also known as the mosaic-tailed rat. First documented in 1845, this... continued
Climate Change is a Present-Day Reality: May 2016 Breaks Even More Temperature Records
June 24, 2016The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released their temperature data for the month of May 2016, showing yet more broken temperature records around the globe, fueled in part by a record-breaking El Niño, estimated to have contributed to roughly... continued
2,200-Year-Old Antikythera Computer’s Purpose has been Deciphered
June 22, 2016Recovered from a 1st-century Roman shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism is the world's oldest known analog computer, at an estimated 2,200 years old. While the device's mechanism has long since been known to have involved astronomical calculations, its full... continued
New Conversion Method turns Carbon Dioxide into Stone
June 22, 2016A great deal of the carbon dioxide that our industry produces can be extracted at the source before it gets into the atmosphere, where it would otherwise act as a greenhouse gas, trapping solar radiation before it can radiate back... continued
Largest Coal Producer in the U.S. Funded Climate Change Denial Groups
June 21, 2016A new report from the U.K's Guardian newspaper has unveiled that Peabody Energy, the U.S.'s largest coal producer, was actively funding over two dozen groups that advocated a policy of climate change denial, including various trade associations, corporate lobby groups,... continued
Science Discovers the Secret of Superstorms
June 17, 2016A new study has been released by renowned climatologist and climate activist Dr. James Hansen, that warns of dire consequences if humanity fails to curb it's addiction to fossil fuel use. These consequences include sea level increases and an ice... continued
Experimental Stem Cell Therapy Allows Wheelchair-Bound Patient to Walk Again
June 16, 2016Of all the illnesses that one might have to face throughout life, one of the most frightening is that of experiencing a stroke, where a circulatory problem in the brain delivers either too much or too little blood flow to... continued
Second Layer of Information Found in DNA
June 16, 2016While the sheer amount of information that can be stored in genetic code is well known -- a single gram of DNA is estimated to be able to hold 700 terabytes of information -- it turns out that there is... continued
Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku Believes that “God is a Mathematician”
June 15, 2016When she awoke from her coma after suffering a brain aneurysm, Anne Strieber received a series of powerful messages, one of them being “God is a mathematical formula,” and explains the concept as "a kind of living probability theory" in... continued