2019-03-01
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Stopping Light Cold: Australian Scientists Freeze Photons for Use in Quantum Computers
October 6, 2016 Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a method of freezing and storing light, an important step on the road to developing quantum computers. Most switches used in quantum computing experiments are made up of trapped ions or... continued
A Baltimore Elementary School has Replaced Detention… with Meditation!
October 4, 2016For decades, misbehaving students in our culture could expect to be sent to detention, a form of punishment that is meant to discipline the unruly child: a practice that sometimes works, and sometimes does not. But one elementary school in... continued
Trump Appoints Climate Change Denier Myron Ebell as Head of his EPA Transition Team
October 1, 2016Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has appointed long-time climate change denier Myron Ebell as his new head of Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition, provided Trump is elected this fall. Ebell is well known as a global warming denier, with... continued
NASA Announces Evidence of Water Plumes Erupting from Europa — Will This Make for Easier Access to the Solar System’s Largest Ocean?
September 30, 2016NASA has announced that it has found evidence of water plumes erupting from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, using images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, hinting that the Jovian moon's subsurface oceans -- oceans that scientists consider to... continued
EWG Warns that 218 Million Americans are Exposed to “Potentially Unsafe Concentrations” of Chromium-6
September 28, 2016A new report released by the Environmental Working Group reveals that over 218 million people across the United States are being exposed to potentially unsafe concentrations of hexavalent chromium in their drinking water, a chemical compound known to be toxic... continued
New Measurements Show Greenland’s Ice Sheet is Melting 7.6 Percent Faster than Previously Thought
September 27, 2016A new study that employs global positioning system measurements has revealed that the Greenland ice sheet is melting much faster than what previous estimates indicated, by roughly 7.6 percent. Previous estimates pegged the amount of ice loss between 2003 and... continued
Space Archaeology in Egypt: Uncovering Lost Pyramids and Modern-Day Looters
September 24, 2016The increasing use of satellite imagery to analyze the surface of the Earth has opened the benefits of orbital imaging technology to fields of study that previously would not have been imagined. Formerly the purview of spy surveillance and meteorologists,... continued
The Internet’s Defenses are being Probed by an Unknown Party — Is Someone Planning on Shutting Down the Internet?
September 23, 2016The Internet: a vast, planet-spanning network of fiber optic cable and computer servers, connecting untold billions of computer systems across the globe. One important aspect of the 'Net that tends to remain unseen for the majority of us is that... continued
The Sugar Industry Financed Cardiac Health Research to Influence Public and Scientific Attitudes Toward Sugar
September 22, 2016A new study has revealed that in the 1950s and 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed sugar's role in causing coronary heart disease, and instead shifted the focus onto dietary fat and cholesterol intake as the cause of... continued
Facing an 8 Month Journey to Mars? Just Sleep the Trip Away!
September 21, 2016Part of the problem of long-distance manned space voyages is that of the amount of consumables that would need to accompany the astronauts on their journey would add a significant amount of mass to the ship spacecraft, requiring more fuel... continued