Eight types of beautiful chemical reactions are presented in this short video.

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Submitted on October 30th 2016 by AdelleChattre with 2 comments

On December 11, 1972, Apollo 17 touched down on the Moon. This was not only our final Moon landing, but the last time we left low Earth orbit.

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Submitted on October 30th 2016 by Appaloosa with 1 comments

This soap molecule is made from natural products, like soybeans, coconut, and corn rather than fossil fuels, making it ten times better for the Earth.

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Submitted on October 30th 2016 by AdelleChattre

Starfish are dying out on the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Alaska – and no-one is quite sure why. The problem has been documented among starfish, or sea stars as they are also known, that live along the Pacific shore before. But a new study has found species which live below the low tide mark are also being severely affected.

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Submitted on October 29th 2016 by funhonestdude with 3 comments

Years of research on the evolution of ancient life including the dinosaurs have been questioned after a fatal flaw in the way fossil data is analysed was exposed.

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Submitted on November 1st 2016 by AdelleChattre with 3 comments

Wang Deshun, known as China’s hottest grandpa, is being venerated in the country as an example of how to grow old without fading away.

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Submitted on November 3rd 2016 by gladsdotter

It’s not hard to find close elections. In 2015, a Mississippi state house race ended in a tie, after which the winner was decided by drawing straws. A 2013 mayoral race in the Philippines was deadlocked and resolved with a coin toss. A 2013 legislative election in Austria was decided by a single vote, after wrangling over the validity of a ballot featuring a vulgar cartoon. But there is one election that is so consistently close, and so important, that it deserves special consideration—the United States presidential election.

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Submitted on November 3rd 2016 by swift528491

Kamagasaki, Osaka, Japan used to be a thriving day laborer’s town. Today, it is home to approximately 25,000 unemployed and elderly men, many of whom are also homeless.Alcoholism, poverty, suicide, Tuberculosis and, most of all, loneliness prevail here. These men don’t have family ties. They live and die as social outcasts from the mainstream “salaryman” culture. (May 19, 2014)

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Submitted on November 1st 2016 by AdelleChattre

Parking sucks. Looking for a space, driving round and round, trying not to hit a pillar. Fear not, the robots have it covered.

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Submitted on October 31st 2016 by drunkenninja

A special issue explores how the research enterprise keeps early-career scientists from pursuing the most important work, and what can be done to help.

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Submitted on October 28th 2016 by AdelleChattre

New research out this month has led to speculation that the acceleration of the expanding universe might not be real after all. So what's really going on? By Tamara Davis.

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Submitted on November 1st 2016 by AdelleChattre

Using data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, scientists have shed new light on the formation of a huge bull's-eye-shaped impact feature on the Moon. The findings, described in two papers published in the journal Science, could help scientists better understand how these kinds of giant impacts influenced the early evolution of the Moon, Mars and Earth.

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Submitted on October 30th 2016 by AdelleChattre with 1 comments

A space rock zipped by Earth on Sunday night. Astronomers knew it didn't pose a threat, in part thanks to a new automated warning program called Scout.

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Submitted on October 31st 2016 by sjvn

Researchers have continued their investigation into the site where the body of Jesus Christ is traditionally believed to have been buried, and their preliminary findings appear to confirm that portions of the tomb are still present today, having survived centuries of damage, destruction, and reconstruction of the surrounding Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City.

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Submitted on November 1st 2016 by aj0690

Food is one of life's absolute necessities and one that people take great pleasure from, so it's no surprise that the future of food is one of those topics that always draws significant interest. So what will we be tucking into in the year 2036? A plate of bugs with a side order of seaweed? A glass of milky liquid? Cajun Swedish fusion cuisine? Or will it be a world of shortages where we munch on government issue Soylent Green and try not to think about where it came from? Take your places at table and join us as we take a look at what mealtimes in the future might look like.

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Submitted on November 3rd 2016 by zyery

I'm often asked in which area of business I expect analytics to make the biggest strides in the near future, and my answer is pretty simple, although perhaps counterintuitive: it will be within the workplace itself. Endless resources are spent on gathering consumer data -- and rightfully so -- yet to many companies, the dynamics of their own workplace remain a mystery. It isn't for lack of data. Written communication is difficult to analyze because it is unstructured, making it inherently resistant to quantification.

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Submitted on November 2nd 2016 by grandtheftsoul

On October 28, Tesla unveiled its new solar roof tiles. Few of us in attendance, if any, realized the solar roofing tiles were actual functional solar panels until Elon Musk said so. Sure, it’s a neat trick, but what’s the big deal? Why does it matter that Tesla is making a fashion statement when the point is green power and a future where we aren’t so dependent on fossil fuels? I’ve heard from some people suggesting that this is nothing new, because of other similar previous projects, including Dow Chemical’s canned solar shingle project, for example. Others are wary of Tesla’s ability to sway consumers with a solar solution that...

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Submitted on November 1st 2016 by drunkenninja

If Elon Musk's SpaceX can get to Mars and bring samples back to Earth before the United States can get there, it would be cause for celebration not lament, said NASA's new science chief. "If Elon Musk brought the samples in the door right now I'd throw him a party out of my own money," Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA's newly named associate administrator for science, told reporters Monday.

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Submitted on November 2nd 2016 by geoleo

The James Webb Space Telescope will be the largest telescope ever sent into space. It is the result of efforts from NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency and will peer to the edges of the visible universe.

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Submitted on November 2nd 2016 by rti9 with 1 Related Links:

1. Preparing For Launch: An Update on JWST Added by MNichols on November 3rd 2016.

Turns out, going to Mars in the 80s could have been a thing.

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Submitted on November 1st 2016 by rti9