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The star that's 'older than the universe'

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Newshub Astronomers are baffled by new measurements of the age of the universe which appear to suggest it's younger than some of the stars it contains.

Albert Einstein's Brain May Provide Clues To His Genius, Study Says

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:35:00 +0000

Huffington Post "Called the "embodiment of pure intellect," Albert Einstein has long been considered one of the most brilliant men who ever lived. During his life and since his death, people everywhere have wondered how one man could have possessed such genius.

Now, scientists may have uncovered a clue within the physicist's unusual brain."

The science behind Akin's rape comments

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:55:00 +0000

Lecturers discuss challenges regarding math and Science in Jamaica

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:39:00 +0000

Caribbean lizards settle 'founder effect' controversy

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000

Science Daily "When a devastating 2004 hurricane wiped out a Caribbean lizard population, University of California, Davis, researchers had an unprecedented opportunity to address a long-simmering controversy in evolutionary biology. Their findings -- from the first experimental study of the so-called "founder effect" in a natural setting -- "

Scientist gets posthumous Nobel prize

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:15:00 +0000

Physicist: Neutrino Faster Than Speed of Light

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:05:00 +0000

video--Will faster-than-light particles bypass Einstein?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:21:00 +0000

Physicists reported Thursday that sub-atomic particles called neutrinos can travel faster than light, a finding that -- if verified -- would blast a hole in Einstein's theory of relativity.

Roll Over Einstein: Law of Physics Challenged

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:14:00 +0000

Image via WikipediaABC News: "One of the very pillars of physics and Einstein's theory of relativity — that nothing can go faster than the speed of light — was rocked Thursday by new findings from one of the world's foremost laboratories.

European researchers said they clocked an oddball type of subatomic particle called a neutrino going faster than the 186,282 miles per second that has long been considered the cosmic speed limit.

The claim was met with skepticism, with one outside physicist calling it the equivalent of saying you have a flying carpet. In fact, the researchers themselves are not ready to proclaim a discovery and are asking other physicists to independently try to verify their findings."

Space debris...headed to earth

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:29:00 +0000

video--Exoplanets: Tatooine (Kepler 16b)

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:49:00 +0000

It's a real-life Tatooine. A spectacle made popular by the "Star Wars" saga — a planet with two suns — has now been confirmed in space for the first time, astronomers revealed.

Massive supernova visible from Earth

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000

A rare supernova millions of light years away has become so bright it is
visible from Earth with just a pair of binoculars.

New Fossils May Redraw Human Ancestry

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:56:00 +0000

NYTimes.com: "An apelike creature with human features, whose fossil bones were discovered recently in a South African cave, is being greeted by paleoanthropologists as a likely watershed in the understanding of human evolution."

Dolphins May ‘Talk’ Like Humans

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:33:00 +0000

Wired.com: "The study by biologists at Aarhus University in Denmark concentrated on the dolphin’s whistle, which was believed to be produced by the resonance of air in the dolphin’s nasal air cavities. This would have implications for how dolphins communicate at depth — increased air pressure would affect the size of the nasal air cavities and therefore the pitch of the sounds they can make. Instead, the team discovered that the dolphin’s whistle isn’t in fact a whistle at all; but a sound produced by tissue vibrations."

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Caribbean Coral Catch Disease From Sewage

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:22:00 +0000

NPR: Human beings occasionally get diseases from animals, such as swine flu, rabies and anthrax. A new study finds that humans can also spread disease to wildlife, with grim results. A bacterium from our guts is now rampaging through coral reefs in the Caribbean.

Those reefs were already in slow decline, but they took a huge hit starting in 1996, when a disease called white pox appeared in the Florida Keys.

"Since that time, elkhorn coral — the species it affects — has declined 88 percent in the Florida Keys," says Kathryn Sutherland, a reef ecologist at Rollins College in Florida. "And we've seen similar declines elsewhere in the Caribbean."

Largest Solar Flare In 4 Years!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:01:00 +0000

NASA | DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:50:00 +0000

NASA-funded researchers have evidence that some building blocks of DNA, the molecule that carries the genetic instructions for life, found in meteorites were likely created in space. The research gives support to the theory that a "kit" of ready-made parts created in space and delivered to Earth by meteorite and comet impacts assisted the origin of life.

Antimatter belt around Earth discovered by Pamela craft

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:33:00 +0000

BBC News A thin band of antimatter particles called antiprotons enveloping the Earth has been spotted for the first time.

The find, described in Astrophysical Journal Letters, confirms theoretical work that predicted the Earth's magnetic field could trap antimatter.

The team says a small number of antiprotons lie between the Van Allen belts of trapped 'normal' matter."

Bummed-Out Bees

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:34:00 +0000

WSJ.com: "Honeybees under stress apparently become pessimistic, just like anxious mammals (including humans).

First, researchers trained honeybees to recognize two odors. One signaled the presence of tasty sucrose; the other was linked to the presence of either a diluted sucrose solution or bitter quinine—50-50 odds. Half the bees were then shaken, for one minute, to simulate an attack by a predator."

Vampire Science: How Bloodsuckers Aim Their Bites

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:31:00 +0000

FoxNews.com: "Scientists have found the heat-sensing mechanism used by vampire bats to detect their next meal, according to a report in the journal Nature.

The bats – utilizing what are essentially infrared sensors – can then pinpoint the highest concentration of blood closest to their prey’s skin so they can feed more efficiently.

'Vampire bats feed on blood, and it's useful for them to have an infrared detector to be able to find the circulation,' said David Julius, PhD, the Morris Herzstein Chair in Molecular Biology & Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, who led the research."

Researchers Use Flies to Attack Fire Ants

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:47:00 +0000

One of the more painful encounters one can have in the southern United States is to be bitten by fire ants; their name describes the sensation quite well. The worst bites come from the invasive fire ant from South America, whose scientific name is Solenopsis invicta. Besides ruining many a picnic and camping trip, this aggressive insect is also responsible for about $6 billion a year in medical treatment costs and repairs to damaged electrical equipment. VOA's Greg Flakus went to Austin, Texas, to see what weapons researchers are developing to fight these tiny invaders.

Scientists capture antimatter for matter of minutes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:34:00 +0000

Why do we dream?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:40:00 +0000

Richard Dawkins and Dr Yan on genetic ancestry - Bang Goes the Theory - ...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:32:00 +0000

Jamaica linked to Yale prehistoric bird find

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:52:00 +0000

Jamaica Gleaner News "RESEARCHERS AT Yale University and the Smithsonian Research Institute have discovered a chicken-sized prehistoric bird which used its club-like wings as a weapon during fights.

The bird, called Xenicibis, is believed to be a member of the ibis family and lived in the Jamaican region about 10,000 years ago.

Dr Susan Davis, senior research officer in charge of the clearing house mechanism at the Institute of Jamaica, said that with Jamaica known to have more than 30 species of indigenous birds, the discovery by the scientists adds to the country's repertoire."