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‘Black Marble’: Earth at Night
Image Source I could not believe this article, many are reading this….Earth-watching scientists over at NASA today rolled out what they call the “Black Marble,” a series of new images and video featuring Earth as seen from space at night.The images come from a new sensor on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting…
Texas teen takes home $100G science prize
Image Source This is another story, that ranked high on the search engines today.WASHINGTON – A high school student from Texas has won a $100,000 scholarship for a developing a computer algorithm that helps robots navigate around obstacles, an algorithm that could be used in applications like driverless cars.The Siemens…
Mars Soil Similar To Volcanic Sand On Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, NASA Curiosity Rover Finds
PASADENA, Calif. — Scientists say the Martian soil at the rover Curiosity’s landing site contains minerals similar to what’s found on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea volcano.The finding released Tuesday is the latest step in trying to better understand whether the environment could have been hospitable to microbial life.Curiosity recently ingested…
Diane Gaeta’s ‘Lolitas’ Exhibition Turns Adolescent Girls’ Facebook Pictures Into Creepy Works Of Art (PHOTOS)
It’s an art project for the digital age that could make Humbert Humbert blush.Artist Diane Gaeta got in contact with a Parisian teenager named Heidi via email. Heidi proceeded to send Gaeta Facebook photos of her and her friends in poses that aren’t NSFW but are certainly not suitable for children. Part Mickey Mouse Club Britney and…
Guns Will Be Blazing At Cincinnati Art Museum In Preparation For ‘Crown’ Exhibit
Preparation for art exhibits typically involves rearranging temporary walls, meticulously centering frames and buying copious amounts of refreshments. An upcoming exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum, however, required finding a sharpshooter, bullet-proofing a gallery space and obtaining an emergency ordinance to fire a high-powered…
Ancient Hindu Temple Unearthed By Workers In Bali, Archaeologist Says
This general view shows the reconstructed Wasan temple (L) in the village of Sukawati in Bali on October 25, 2012, which is currently the biggest ancient Hindu temple ever unearthed on Bali, reconstructed after its discovery in 1986. Construction workers in Bali have discovered what is thought to be a bigger ancient Hindu temple, the…
Multiverse: Could Parallel Universes Be Real? Brian Greene Explains (VIDEO)
The size of our universe is nearly incomprehensible. It’s so vast, the thought of anything greater is a little hard to swallow. But could there be a parallel universe out there? Could our universe be part of a grander whole, a multiverse?Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to sit down with theoretical physicist Brian Greene, author…
Felix Baumgartner ‘Space Jump’ Documentary To Contain New Footage Of Daredevil’s Dive (VIDEO)
Felix Baumgartner’s historic jump from 24 miles above Earth captivated more than 8 million YouTube viewers on Oct. 14. On Monday, National Geographic announced it will air a new documentary about the Austrian daredevil, titled “Space Jump.”The documentary, set to air on Nov. 11, will feature previously unseen footage of Baumgartner’s…
Manned Mars Mission Would Put Life On Red Planet At Risk, Scientists Say
Humanity has long dreamed of putting boots on Mars, but those boots have the potential to stomp all over any lifeforms that may exist on the Red Planet.A seething, swarming mass of 100 trillion microbes will accompany every astronaut who lands on Mars. This diverse “microbiome” has evolved with humans for eons and provides a number…
Early Humans Climbed Trees: ‘Selam’ Fossil Settles Longstanding Australopithecus Debate
Despite the ability to walk upright, early relatives of humanity represented by the famed “Lucy” fossil likely spent much of their time in trees, remaining very active climbers, researchers say.Humans are unique among living primates in that walking bipedally — on two feet — is humans’ chief mode of locomotion. This upright posture…
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