The Secret of the Fibonacci Sequence in Trees
“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for they have no tongues.” —Dr. Seuss (The Lorax) People see winter as a cold and … Read More
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Cornell Chronicle: Sounds of fire and impact
Aug. 8, 2011 Computers synthesize sounds — from fire to frictional contact — to go with graphics Provided/Doug JamesRapid movement of heated gases generates high-frequency sounds that are an important … Read More
Earth May Have Had Two Moons : Discovery News
A new hypothesis claims the Earth may once have had two moons, which eventually crashed together forming our current celestial partner. This new idea, reported in the journal Nature, could … Read More
Looking Back: The Top Ten Physics Newsmakers of the Decade
January 1st brought not only a new year but an entire new decade. Usually in this issue, APS News looks back over the biggest news stories of the last 12 … Read More
BBC News – Time travel: Light speed results cast fresh doubts
26 July 2011 Last updated at 05:46 ET Physicists have confirmed the ultimate speed limit for the packets of light called photons – making time travel even less likely than … Read More
Lost 1967 Spaceship Found Crashed on Dark Side of Moon? – FoxNews.com
Scientists may have just found a lost 1967 spacecraft that took “the picture of the century” before crashing on the Moon. The Lunar Orbiter 2 was sent to the moon … Read More
We have company: Asteroid discovered in Earth’s orbit
The first known Earth Trojan asteroid, “2010 TK7” (represented by the green dots), sits in front of Earth at a gravitational “sweet spot” and poses no danger. AFP/GETTY IMAGES Lesley … Read More
NASA plans most ambitious mission to the asteroids
AP U.S. President Barack Obama has said the objective is to eventually send astronauts to asteroids, Mars and other destinations in deep space. File photo NASA will have to accomplish … Read More
Technology News: Emerging Tech: Scientists Untangle Tough Quantum Computing Knot
New research may provide the answers to overcoming one of the biggest obstacles standing in the way of the development of quantum computing: quantum decoherence. The experiment used molecular magnets, … Read More
Inscentinel Honeybees Sniff For Explosives: Science Fiction in the News
Inscentinel Honeybees Sniff For Explosives Inscentinel Ltd. has found a way to use honeybees as sensitive, chemical-trace-detecting micromachines. The bees are first trained and then literally harnessed into a special … Read More