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Meet the world’s only immortal animal
If you're thinking McLeod, you couldn't be further from the truth. What you have to do is think small; not microscopic, just big enough to see with your naked eye....
Black holes are the heart of galaxies
The supermassive black holes located at the center of galaxies are similar in many ways to hearts, pumping out energy in the similar way our organ pumps blood. They do...
Hubble takes amazing pictures of mammoth stars
Two of the biggest and most impressive stars from our galaxy have been "surprised" in some really amazing poses by the the NASA/ESA Hubble telescope. Until now, a cloud of...
Meet the nanobamas
Meet the world's tiniest portraits of an elected president ever; meet the nanobamas. Each 'Obama' is made up of about 150 million tiny carbon nanotubes, which is about how many...
Mute man can now speak thanks to brain implant
Frank Guenther of Boston University in Massachusetts and his colleagues worked with a man who was unable to move or communicate; they implanted an electrode into his brain which allowed...
The continents and their highest points
Continents are the large landmasses on Earth, delimitated by convention rather than geographical properties. Here we will refer to elevation as the height above sea level. However, it has to...
The mystery of bleach solved at last
You may find it very hard to believe that for over 200 years, scientists have known that bleach kills germs without being able to understand how this happens. Just a...
Science ABC: understanding thunder and lightning
Photo by Oompa 123. CC BY 3.0 In ancient times, people looked up to the sky and thought it was the home of the gods; they...
Female models and their negative effect on men
We all know that seeing female models can have a negative effect on how women think about themselves, but really, it seems hard to believe that they would have the...
America’s vote for science
Science and politics often go hand in hand; they influence one another and despite the fact that the connections are subtle, they often play a crucial role. If at today's...
Secret of spider-man suit revealed
If you ever wanted to stroll "spidy" your way around the big city, your dream is one step closer to becoming reality, as physicists have found the formula for what...
10 of the most impressive asteroid impact sites
Many people refer to these structures as "Meteorite Craters", but that's at least partially incorrect. Meteor is the term used to describe an object that goes through our planet's atmosphere,...
A short history of Halloween
The 2008 Halloween is almost here, and it seems to be the word on everybody's lips this time of year. It's celebrated mostly in America, but not so many people...
Highest Silicon Solar Cell Efficiency Ever Reached
The efficiency of the solar cells is the first thing needed to be improved in order to improve the...
9 amazing displays of fossil art
Art is a relative term, especially in these modern times. In its most accepted term, art is the deliberate process of arranging certain elements in such a way that appeals...
The world’s most advanced microscope
It's the equivalent of taking the Hubble telescope (before it was damaged) and directing it towards atoms and molecules instead of stars and galaxies, according to Gianluigi Botton, director of...
Serendipitous events show rare events in distant quasar
According to Murphy's laws, all great discoveries happen by mistake. This is not the case here, but scientists had the opportunity to observe something they weren't expecting at all. Astronomers...
India launches first mission to the moon
Chandrayaan-1 is the name of the first mission India has ever launched towards the moon, and it was launches succesfully in the morning of October 22, from inside their country....
Creating anticancer beer
Every once in a while you hear about such a good idea that you just know it deserves a prize. Such is the idea of a few students from Rice...
Glowing jellyfish earns Nobel Prize
This year's Nobel Prize for chemistry has been earned by three scientists who researched into the mysterious green glow of a jellyfish. They will split...
