Mathematician Claims Breakthrough in the Sudoku Problem
While you might just need a pencil and your brain to fill in this week’s Sudoku puzzle, an Irish mathematician used millions of hours of…
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Graphene Turned Magnetic by University of Manchester Researchers
Incredibly thin and strong, graphene—a one atom think densely packed honeycomb crystal lattice of carbon atoms—has many fascinating properties. Now scientists at The University of…
Mathematics and LEGO: The Deeper Meaning of Combined Systems and Networks
You’d expect LEGO kits to be somewhat immune from mathematics, but that’s not the case, as Samuel Arbesman of Wired’s Social Dimension demonstrated most recently….
Time Cloak Creates Hole in Time, Makes Events Disappear
The General Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein implies that gravity can cause time to slow down. Scientists have now shown that there is a…
DARPA Researchers Treat Previously Lethal Doses of Radiation Successfully
DARPA researchers successfully treat previously lethal doses of radiation using bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) and antibiotics. Furthermore, this treatment was found to be effective up to…
Genetically Modified Silk Worms Yield Super Strong Silk
Soon, whenever we buy silk products they will be much stronger. US researchers have created genetically modified silkworms that can spin silk far stronger and…
Parasitic Fly Could Be Responsible For Disappearing Honeybees
The disappearing honeybee colonies have been blamed on cell towers, pesticides, GMO crops, and more. Until we know for sure, we can’t rule any of…
Sleeping On The Job: Russian Rocket Security
As a general rule of thumb, it isn’t a good thing to be sleeping on the job; especially if you are Russian rocket security. It’s…
GRAIL Probes Now Orbiting The Moon
Two new satellites are now in orbit around the moon and they could give us some valuable info about whether our moon merged with another…
The Future Of Incandescent Bulbs Not So Bright
Although Congress defunded the January 1st bill, the federal law still exists and the incandescent light bulb may soon be a thing of the past….
New Island Rises From The Red Sea
There is something new brewing in the Red Sea. Something amazing. It may give future travelers somewhere new to set foot on, and it will…
Female Sumatran Rhino May Be The Key to Saving The Species
As Sumatran rhino numbers continue to decrease and head towards extinction, the race is on to find a breeding pair to start their long-term preservation….
SOFIA Looking Deep Into the Orion Nebula
It’s amazing to think that a NASA telescope mounted in a specially modified Boeing 747SP jet can look into the heart of a nebula where…
Male Spiders Sacrifice Themselves to Mates for the Kids
Some spiders, like Black Widows, eat their mates after sex. New research shows that male orb-web spiders make this sacrifice for the health of their…
Size Does Matter When Determining Alzheimer’s Risk
I’m talking about your brain, so get yours out of the gutter. A new study reveals that MRI brain scans can be used to identify…
NASA Probe Takes Close-Up Photos of Giant Vesta Asteroid
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has taken its first close-up images of the asteroid Vesta, revealing tons of new detail. Vesta is located in the asteroid belt…
Will a New Drug that Boosts Mouse Memory be Alzheimer’s Cure?
We all know that stress is bad for us but did you know it can trigger an immune molecule in the brain that damages memory?…
Breeding Area for the Blackthroat Luscinia Obscura Discovered
In June of 2011, a team of Chinese and Swedish researchers rediscovered the breeding area for the Blackthroat Luscinia obscura, in the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi…
