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Researchers Develop a Shape-Changing Liquid Metal
August 12, 2016Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia has developed a new method that can allow liquid metal to self-arrange its own shape, using external chemical inputs. The substance is made up of a highly-conductive liquid-metal core, surrounded by a film... continued
The St. Paul Island Mammoths Nearly Survived into the Bronze Age — But What Finally Drove Them into Extinction?
August 10, 2016When we think of woolly mammoths, what typically comes to mind is the classic hairy pachyderm that inhabited what is now Siberia's tundra, megafauna that went extinct shortly after the end of the Pleistocene, nearly 12,000 years ago. But a... continued
Armageddon-Asteroid’s 2169 Impact Risk Isn’t as Dire as Many Fear
August 9, 2016Discovered in September of 1999, asteroid 101955 Bennu is a 500-meter (1,640 foot) asteroid that crosses Earth's orbit once every six years. Because it has been observed for 17 years, astronomers have been able to plot its orbit very accurately,... continued
Have Archaeologists Unearthed the Birthplace of King Arthur?
August 6, 2016Archaeologists digging in England's county of Cornwall have unearthed the largest collection of Dark Ages artifacts in Britain, including what appears to be a fifth or sixth century palace. While this news isn't necessarily that groundbreaking, the site, in the... continued
Forget A.I., Russia is on the Verge of a Breakthrough in A.E.: Artificial Emotions
August 5, 2016Speaking at the Annual International Conference on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures in New York, professor Alexi Samsonovich, from Moscow's National Research Nuclear University Cybernetics Department, stated that Russian researchers are on the verge of a major breakthrough in AI. But... continued
New Quantum Experiment Hints at Quantum Effects in the Macroscopic World
August 4, 2016The mainstream scientific community has long asserted that the strange effects of quantum physics, such as quantum indeterminacy and entanglement, can not assert themselves at the classical, or macroscopic, level of everyday physics. In recent years, quantum physicists have been... continued
U.S. Temperatures Forecast to be Above Normal for the Next 3-Months
August 3, 2016The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast that temperatures for the months of August, September and October will be above average for the United States, including both the contiguous states and Alaska. According to research into NOAA's archives on... continued
Could Cockroach Milk be the Key to Feeding Starving Populations?
August 2, 2016Amongst the many problems that our species is expected to face as time goes on, one of the bigger ones is how to feed a burgeoning population in the face of potential famine and transportation interruption. Many novel concepts have... continued
This Probe will Self-Destruct: Protecting Potential Aliens in The Latest in Astronomy News
July 30, 2016The more we study it, the universe continues to become curiouser and curiouser, and the last few weeks have been no exception: X marks the center of the galaxy; one of Saturn's rings was broken; and NASA plans to destroy... continued
The Case of the Man with No Brain: Where does Consciousness Really Come From?
July 29, 2016Modern science assumes that our consciousness is generated solely by electro-chemical processes in the brain, a fortunate byproduct of billions of neurons recording and processing sensory information as it comes in. But that view comes into question if one take... continued