Pi Day is coming on March 14! And not just any old Pi Day, but an “Epic Pi Day” on 3.14.15 at 9:26:53; that date/time corresponds to the first 10 digits of […]
Get Ready for “Epic Pi Day” on 3.14.15 at 9:26:53
NASA’s Hubble Observations Suggest Underground Ocean On Jupiter’s Largest Moon
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has the best evidence yet for an underground saltwater ocean on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon. The subterranean ocean is thought to have more water than all the water […]
The Power Of Dance In Fighting Parkinson’s
Brisbane researchers have proven that a community dance program can improve the health and wellbeing of people living with Parkinson’s disease. In the first study of its kind in Australia, neuroscience, psychology […]
The Rise And Fall Of Cognitive Skills: Neuroscientists Find That Different Parts Of The Brain Work Best At Different Ages
Author: Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Scientists have long known that our ability to think quickly and recall information, also known as fluid intelligence, peaks around age 20 and then […]
March 22, 2015: FLI Seminar: Arabic Islam History (Antwerp)
Date: Sunday 22/3/2015, whole day (8 hours) Antwerp Location will be disclosed individually to the inscribed attendees. Topic: This seminar uses a new approach aiming at providing you with the necessary knowledge frame […]
Social Circles – MIT Study Details The Degree To Which Urban Movement Is Linked To Social Activity
author: Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office If you live in a city, you know that a fair amount of your movement around town is social in nature. But how much, exactly? […]
NASA Research Suggests Mars Once Had More Water Than Earth’s Arctic Ocean
A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean, according to NASA scientists who, using ground-based observatories, measured water signatures in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Scientists have been searching […]
Archaeologists Open The Mysterious Lead Coffin Found Buried Just Feet From The Former Grave Of King Richard III
‘This is the first stone coffin in Leicester to be excavated using modern archaeological practices. This makes it a unique discovery which will provide important new insights into the lives of the […]
The First Ever Photograph Of Light As A Particle And A Wave
Quantum mechanics tells us that light can behave simultaneously as a particle or a wave. However, there has never been an experiment able to capture both natures of light at the same […]
A New Tool Provides Maps Of Protein Interactions For 2,800 Diseases
dSysMap (which stands for “Disease-mutations Systemic Mapping”) is a computational tool to interpret the effect of genetic mutations on the development of complex diseases. The tool allows researchers to explore how alterations […]
Ancient And Modern Cities Aren’t So Different
New research finds that the bigger the ancient settlement, the more productive and efficient it was…just like modern cities. Despite notable differences in appearance and governance, ancient human settlements function in much […]
Testing The Boundaries: Study Reveals Inner Workings Of Cricket Teams
Do batsmen put personal glory before their team? A study by QUT researchers found cricket batsmen who were close to reaching personal milestones were likely to alter their strategy in a way […]
NASA Science Leads New York City Climate Change 2015 Report
The New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) 2015, co-chaired by a NASA researcher, published its latest report which details significant future increases in temperature, precipitation and sea level in the […]
The Strange Case Of The Missing Dwarf – New SPHERE Instrument Shows Its Power
Snow White hasn’t lost a dwarf, but science has, or rather, how new technology disproved a hypothesis. The new SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has been used to search for […]
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