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Category: Science
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Dyson Sphere discovered??
The Internet has been abuzz with the recent ‘discovery’ of a possibly artificial mega-structure surrounding KIC 8462852, a star situated 1,500 light years from Earth.1 By studying the intensity of the incoming light, scientists at NASA have determined that something…
New Contributor to this website
I would like to welcome Oliver Frost, a new contributor of articles to this website. Oliver will be contributing articles as and when he has time to write them. The range of topics he writes on will be quite broad.…
Don’t ever rob a CSIRO scientist
Most scientists are your typical mild mannered nerd – well, at least the ones I have met. They are usually more interested in whatever research they happen to be interested in and will happily spend their days thinking about metal-organic…
NASA Mars Annoucement *UPDATE*
NASA has just announced that it believes there is liquid water on Mars. It exists under certain conditions around Recurring Slope Lineae (RSL) – or more simply on the slopes of geological features. This water appears to exists as salty…
NASA – Major Mars announcement
The scientific community is agog with anticipation waiting for NASA’s announcement of a major discovery at 11.30 a.m EDT Monday Sept. 28, 2015 (11.30 p.m. KL Monday / 1.30 a.m Sydney Tuesday). Some people are guessing that NASA will announce…
Traction Alopecia
As someone who has had long hair, I used draw my hair back and tie it in a pony tail or I would wind it up and tie it up in a bun. I have never ever had the urge…
The Volkswagen scam
The BIG news in the auto world is that the giant car manufacturer, Volkswagen, had hidden lines of code inside their car computers which can detect when the car is being tested by emission authorities in a lab!! As soon…
Boston Dynamics – robots extraordinaire
Some readers may recall my article, “Sex Robots“, when I mentioned Big Dog by Boston Dynamics. I also mentioned that the 2009 Big Dog design shown was a bit old but it must have been good enough to convince Google…
Blood moon and the end of the world
Yes, folks, I am very sorry to inform you all that the end of the world is coming. 🙁 110% guaranteed, mate – life on earth as we know it will be extinguished ………….. in about 1.75 to 3.25…