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Picture: What Is This? A Psychedelic Peacock?
Try to guess what this super zoomed picture is
Misc
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Wednesday, Oct 08, 2008, 9:02am
Rating: | Views: 1705 | Comments: 0
Slideshow: A Visual Tour of the World of Science
An upcoming museum exhibit shows Technicolor microexplosions, water lilies as delicate as breast tissue, and more.
Misc
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Friday, Oct 03, 2008, 9:29am
Rating: | Views: 1412 | Comments: 0
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Genius
The Nobel Prizes will soon be announced. How do the winners get so damn smart?
Misc
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Thursday, Oct 02, 2008, 8:44am
Rating: | Views: 1816 | Comments: 0
Slide show: Visualize science
See a snapshot of squid suckers and other top images from the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.See a snapshot of squid suckers and other top images from the 2008 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge.
Misc
Source: MSNBC
Posted on: Friday, Sep 26, 2008, 11:23am
Rating: | Views: 1460 | Comments: 0
Long-lost Einstein telescope found, restored
Albert Einstein's long-lost telescope, forgotten for decades in a Jerusalem storage shed, goes on display this week after three years and $10,000 spent restoring the relic.
Misc
Source: MSNBC
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008, 9:19am
Rating: | Views: 1727 | Comments: 0
Lights in the Sky
Witnesses and scientists say there may be evidence of life from outer space.
Misc
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008, 8:22am
Rating: | Views: 1754 | Comments: 0
Image: What Is This? The Surface of Mars?
Not quite—but some people pretend it is.
Misc
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Thursday, Sep 04, 2008, 8:32am
Rating: | Views: 1804 | Comments: 0
Bigfoot Hoax Could Get Cop Fired
Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit.
Misc
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008, 9:43am
Rating: | Views: 1435 | Comments: 2
Supernatural science: Why we want to believe
Monsters are everywhere these days, and belief in them is as strong as ever
Misc
Source: MSNBC
Posted on: Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008, 8:46am
Rating: | Views: 1745 | Comments: 0
Mummified remains from 1948 Alaska plane crash identified
Nine years of sleuthing, advanced DNA science and cutting-edge forensic techniques have finally put a name to a mummified hand and arm found in an Alaska glacier.
Misc
Source: USA Today
Posted on: Monday, Aug 18, 2008, 9:37am
Rating: | Views: 1439 | Comments: 0
How to Teach Science to the Pope
The Vatican keeps close tabs on the latest science—and integrates new research into its modern theology.
Misc
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Monday, Aug 18, 2008, 9:15am
Rating: | Views: 1714 | Comments: 0
Portrait likely drawn by Leonardo Da Vinci may mean artist was a matchmaker
Born 500 years too early to put her photo on an online dating site, this young woman tried a different matchmaking approach — a portrait by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Misc
Source: USA Today
Posted on: Friday, Aug 15, 2008, 12:26pm
Rating: | Views: 1380 | Comments: 0
Are we science-savvy enough to make informed decisions?
For decades, educators and employers have worried that too few Americans are preparing for careers in science. But there's evidence to support a new, broader concern in this election year: Ordinary Americans may not know enough about science to make informed decisions on key questions.
Misc
Source: USA Today
Posted on: Wednesday, Aug 13, 2008, 11:51am
Rating: | Views: 1496 | Comments: 0
Columbus debunker sets sights on Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of machines are uncannily similar to Chinese originals and were undoubtedly derived from them, a British amateur historian says in a newly-published book.
Misc
Source: Reuters
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 29, 2008, 9:05am
Rating: | Views: 1572 | Comments: 0
Slideshow: The Top 10 Mad Scientists
From mildly eccentric to downright wacky, these 10 hyper-intelligent characters didn't just march to a different beat, they each played their own tune altogether
Misc
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Monday, Jul 28, 2008, 9:36am
Rating: | Views: 1838 | Comments: 0
Slideshow: Six real-life 'X-Files'
FBI agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder return to the big screen in "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," the second cinematic offshoot of the sci-fi TV series. Here are six “X-Files” that skeptics and believers have debated in real life.
Misc
Source: MSNBC
Posted on: Friday, Jul 25, 2008, 1:38pm
Rating: | Views: 1597 | Comments: 0
Most Popular Baby Names Change Dramatically
When Sunday Rose Kidman Urban was born this week, news of her distinctive name created only a small stir.
Misc
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Wednesday, Jul 09, 2008, 8:36am
Rating: | Views: 1697 | Comments: 0
Stealing ideas from nature
When self-confessed "nature nerd" Janine Benyus coined the term "biomimicry" in a book she published a decade ago, little did she know it would make her a household name, rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars.
Misc
Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Monday, Jul 07, 2008, 9:32am
Rating: | Views: 1736 | Comments: 0
Caltech scientist's bizarre job switch in '50s still unexplained
Albert Clark Reed, airplane designer and test pilot, left his family and job in 1952. He was found working under an assumed name as a stable hand at Hollywood Park. He never could explain why.
Misc
Source: LA Times
Posted on: Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008, 8:46am
Rating: | Views: 1394 | Comments: 0
Donors sign up to have bodies dissected, displayed
Hundreds of people believe that having their bodies dissected, preserved and displayed will serve a greater purpose than burial or cremation.
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Source: CNN.com
Posted on: Monday, Jun 30, 2008, 10:53am
Rating: | Views: 1571 | Comments: 0
Bio-defense research not for all, not Hollywood
Actor Kevin Spacey's character dies of a deadly virus in the movie "Outbreak" after he stretches his air hose too far and it rips a hole in his protective biohazard suit. That's just Hollywood
Misc
Source: US News
Posted on: Monday, Jun 23, 2008, 10:42am
Rating: | Views: 1288 | Comments: 0
MTV for Geeks
A new show on Nova offers easily digestible chunks of science.
Misc
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008, 9:06am
Rating: | Views: 1553 | Comments: 0
E.T., Come to Communion
Little green men may shock public, but Catholic church would welcome them.
Misc
Source: ABC News
Posted on: Monday, Jun 16, 2008, 9:15am
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The accuracy of 10 disaster flicks
Science sometimes gets twisted for the sake of a well-told story
Misc
Source: MSNBC
Posted on: Thursday, Jun 12, 2008, 9:16am
Rating: | Views: 1919 | Comments: 0
The Beautiful Mind of Freeman Dyson
Thoughts and illustrations from the legendary biologist and physicist Freeman Dyson: why nuking Japan was a mistake, how Biosphere II totally flopped, and why the worry about "dirty bombs" is just hysteria.
Misc
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 10, 2008, 8:50am
Rating: | Views: 1557 | Comments: 0
With Rubik’s Cubes, victory is only 23 clicks away
Stanford-trained mathematician Tomas Rokicki has broken his own record, proving that any (solvable) Rubik’s Cube position can be cracked in 23 moves or fewer.
Misc
Source: CSM
Posted on: Monday, Jun 09, 2008, 8:50am
Rating: | Views: 1397 | Comments: 0
Great White Lies About Great White Sharks
In the water, fear the jellyfish. On land, watch for those bees. They are far deadlier than sharks.
Misc
Source: LiveScience
Posted on: Wednesday, Jun 04, 2008, 9:06am
Rating: | Views: 1663 | Comments: 0
Titanic Was Found During Secret Cold War Navy Mission
The 1985 discovery of the Titanic stemmed from a secret United States Navy investigation of two wrecked nuclear submarines, according to the oceanographer who found the infamous ocean liner.
Misc
Source: National Geographic
Posted on: Tuesday, Jun 03, 2008, 9:08am
Rating: | Views: 1627 | Comments: 0
Photo: What Is This? A Diseased Reptile?
Here's a hint: You probably ate some at breakfast.
Misc
Source: Discover Magazine
Posted on: Monday, Jun 02, 2008, 10:02am
Rating: | Views: 1628 | Comments: 0
The 10 worst jobs in science
The list starts with scientists who collect and dig through whale dung for a living — and it counts down to the worst job in the entire science profession.
Misc
Source: MSNBC
Posted on: Friday, May 30, 2008, 10:42am
Rating: | Views: 1712 | Comments: 0
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