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The symphony of science
I was quite stunned to stumble across this video. As the name says, it's a... well it's not quite a symphony, but it's definitely musical, and you can definitely learn...
Captain obvious presents his 5 favorite studies from 2009
It's been a busy year indeed, especially with the LHC doing it's thing again, Hubble was repaired and there was a lot of medical research being done, even with more...
4 hottest volcano events of 2009
Boy 2009 passed quite quickly, but it didn't go without a blast, that's for sure ! I'm gonna show you some really amazing stuff that happened during 2009, most of...
It’s a brand new year !
Hello people! If you're reading this then New Year's hangover is no more and you're up and ready to start the new year. Well so are we, and if nothing...
ZME wishes you a white Merry Christmas !!!
Another year is drawing towards its end; the snow has (hopefully) settled in, everything is peaceful and quiet except for carols and the table is filled with all sorts of...
The ‘No Small Matter giveaway’ concludes
Well ladies and gents, it's Christmas Eve, and it's high time we conclude the giveaway. So without further ado, the random winners are: Reginald Challis and Beatrice Anton!! I'll send...
Strange sky spiral freaks out Norway
It was Thursday night when locals from Norway started to notice a strange, rotating light that just baffled them. It was visible long enough to be seen, photographed and recorded...
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The swine flu paaanic [pics, slightly NSFW]
Swine flu has been officially declared a pandemic, and although it's not one of the deadliest by any standards, it can be deadly (just like the average flu can). However,...
The ‘No small matter’ giveaway
Hello! I've been running ZME Science for more than 2 years now, and the support you've shown has been increasingly amazing! However, much to my shame, I've rarely thanked you...
“No small matter: Science on the nanoscale” review
Nanotechnology is perhaps the field with the most spectacular development over the past years, but it can be really hard to understand what's going on at that scale, mostly because...
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The most beautiful types of quartz [w/ pics]
There are several different types of quartz, including amethyst, citrine, milky quartz, rose quartz, or agate. Photo by Parent Géry. Despite the fact that it's the...
The Sky Burial
First of all, it has to be said that this once common burial practice in Tibet is pretty hard to 'digest' for our 'civilized' world, and there's a big chance...
Social media require ‘Community Relations 2.0’
Imagine an average day in your life; the odds are, it'll include either logging onto facebook, tweeting, browsing some pics on flickr and videos on youtube, or some of these...
A Colourful Cosmic Jewel Box
Star clusters are among the pretties things you can see, when it comes to astrophysical...
Just a single cigarette has very harmful effects
It may seem hard to believe, but even smoking a single cigarette has really bad effects on you, especially if you're a young adult, according to a study conducted by...
Titan Arum: the titan penis flower
Image via Wikipedia. Amorphophallus titanum is the full name of this wonder of nature, and a worthy name it is! As most biological names, it comes from Greek,...
The 8 coolest ways the Earth might be destroyed
We've all seen at least one movie in which our planet is destroyed, but most of them were quite repetitive and kind of uninteresting. Our planet deserves so much more!...
7 new luminescent mushroom species discovered
Man I tell you, you can never have enough mushrooms... it's really hard to put my finger on it, but for some reason they're just really awesome; and glow in...
Immortality – just 20 years away
Raymond Kurzweil is one of the most prolific inventors and futurists; he's the one who developed text to speech synthesis and a synthesizer that develops and even creates poetry, among...
Huge dust storm chokes Sydney
A significant part of Australia's east coast, including country's biggest city, Sydney, has been engulfed by a shroud of red dust blown mostly from the desert outback. Visibility was...
