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12/03/2017

NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Sets US Space Endurance Record, Speaks to President Trump

NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson set the endurance record for time in space by a U.S, astronaut today, Monday, April 24, during her current stint of living and working aboard the International Space Station (ISS) along with her multinational crew of five astronauts and cosmonauts.

12/02/2017

Sustainable Hydropower: Is It Possible?

Dam building is exploding globally. But can hydrodams power the world without ruining the ecologies of the rivers themselves?

12/01/2017

Sun, sea and sewage

Insight and updates on the latest research and developments in marine and freshwater science from across government

11/30/2017

Broccoli Science: Natural Fatty Acids Follow The Golden Ratio

The number of theoretically possible fatty acids with the same chain length but different structures can be determined with the aid of the famous Fibonacci sequence.The ability to calculate the number of possible fatty acids is of great importance for their chemical analysis (‘lipidomics’) and a new...

11/29/2017

Guide To Comets and Meteors

According to the U.K.’s National Space Centre, there are nearly 8,000 Near Earth Objects (NEOs), or large bits of debris leftover from the formation of the solar system that pass within 45 million kilometers of the Earth: a hair’s breadth in astronomical scales. NEOs can be either asteroids or...

11/28/2017

Patent for Stimulation of Brodmann Areas 1-48 and all other structures

Deconstructing the most sensationalistic recent findings in Human Brain Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Psychopharmacology

11/27/2017

How Does GPS Work: A Look at GPS and Outdoor Activities

11/27/2017

New Zealand has several layers of regulation to protect us against misleading health claims. Sometimes they all

New Zealand has several layers of regulation to protect us against misleading health claims. Sometimes they all fail. My struggle against quackery over the last few years has given me some familiarity with the ways we’re protected against it, and with their shortcomings. Misleading people about thei...

11/27/2017

Plants can hear water. Could noise pollution interfere?

More and more, scientists are learning that plants may be capable of perceptions and actions that resemble the intelligent behaviors of animals. The latest addition to this blooming area of literature: plants can detect the sound of water and use it to guide the growth of their roots.

11/27/2017

So You Want to Become a Physicist?

Theoretical Physicist, Professor, Bestselling Author, Popularizer of Science

11/27/2017

Can Dover Sole survive discarding?

Insight and updates on the latest research and developments in marine and freshwater science from across government