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Science journal offers up essays on 8 mysteries in astronomy

(Phys.org) -- Because astronomy and astrophysics are still so much a mixture of theory, conjecture and generally difficult to measure phenomenon, at least as compared with many of the other sciences, one of ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Study indicates people by nature are universally optimistic

Despite calamities from economic recessions, wars and famine to a flu epidemic afflicting the Earth, a new study from the University of Kansas and Gallup indicates that humans are by nature optimistic.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2




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Venus takes center stage in upcoming rare sky show

It's a spectacle that won't repeat for another century — the sight of Venus slowly inching across the face of the sun.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bursty behaviour found to have similar features across complex systems

Several complex systems live in periods of short bursts of high activity followed by long uneventful intermissions. This phenomenon called burstiness can be modelled and predicted with mathematical algorithms. Research of ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

From yeast, researchers learn how populations collapse

In the early 1990s, overfishing led to the collapse of one of the most bountiful cod fisheries in the world, off the coast of Newfoundland. Twenty years later, the cod population still has not recovered, dramatically ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Scudder makes first observations of process linked to northern lights

(Phys.org) -- A University of Iowa researcher wants you to visualize a plate of spaghetti when you think of the northern lights.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Mystery of monarch migration takes new turn

During the fall, hundreds of millions of monarch butterflies living in eastern North America fly up to 1,500 miles to the volcanic forests of Mexico to spend the winter, while monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains fly to the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cricket swing theory does not hold water: study

The widely-held belief that moisture in the air during humid conditions helps make a cricket ball swing has been clean bowled in a scientific study.

Physics / General Physics

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Team finds buckyballs grow larger by 'eating' vaporized carbon

(Phys.org) -- Fullerenes were first discovered back in 1985 by a team of physicists vaporizing graphite in helium gas, one class of which, the buckminsterfullerene (C60) named after Buckminster Fuller and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Let the sun shine and the plants will follow

Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Renaissance scientist and artist extraordinaire, in the 15th century was the first to record his observation that some plants appeared to follow the Sun, and he was not the last. ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Child abandonment in Europe is neglected issue, say researchers

Researchers have called for a consistent and supportive approach to child abandonment in Europe to protect the welfare of the hundreds of youngsters given up by their parents every year.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Irish mathematicians explain why Guinness bubbles sink (w/ video)

(Phys.org) -- Why do the bubbles in a glass of stout beer such as Guinness sink while the beer is settling, even though the bubbles are lighter than the surrounding liquid? That’s been a puzzling question ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 21 | with audio podcast report


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