Large Hadron Collider, now a much mightier beast, restarted
The Large Hadron Collider, which is much more powerful now, restarted on Sunday. With its much mightier bang compared to two years ago when...
Blair-Thatcher, Monroe-Einstein – hybrid images for eyesight testing
If you mix images of Tony Blair with Margaret Thatcher or Albert Einstein with Marilyn Monroe, combining low spatial frequency components of one with...
Radio bursts too precise to be random, must be from alien intelligence
If you were a Morse code clerk receiving messages and came across something that could not be random, you would think it was from...
Mars wet past more recent than previously thought, Curiosity finds
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found evidence of liquid movement further up a mountain in Mars, which scientists say suggests the Red Planet had liquid more...
Hybrid Einstein-Monroe image tells you if you need glasses
An Einstein-Monroe hybrid image that combines low spatial frequency components of a photo of Marilyn Monroe and high spatial frequency components of an image of...
Extremophiles thrive in ultra harsh environments, exhibition at American Museum of Natural History
Extremophiles are organisms that thrive in geochemically and physically extreme conditions including boiling liquid, super acid pools, extremely low temperatures, and even the vacuum and...
Toxic and oxygen-starved oceans caused mass extinction 200 million years ago
Two hundred million years ago, half of all plant, animal and marine life became extinct, and evidence shows that oxygen-depleted toxic oceans played a...
Tiny songbird completes incredible 1500 mile fly-or-die migration every year
A tiny songbird, the 0.42 oz (12 gram) Blackpoll Warbler flies from 1,410 to 1,720 miles (2270 to 2770 km) over the sea non-stop...
Large Hadron Collider set to restart after short circuit problem fixed
The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hardon Collider (LHC), is set to restart this weekend after scientists fixed a short circuit...
Birds matter more than renewable energy schemes, says Jonathan Franzen
American novelist and essayist Jonathan Franzen argues that birds matter more than renewable energy schemes aimed at combating climate change and ultimately protecting humans....