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China Focus: Fly high: Chinese solar drone "Rainbow" reaches near space
Post Date: 2017-06-13 23:59:07 by Tatarewicz
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Photo taken on May 24, 2017 shows a solar drone on its test flight. China has successfully tested near-space flight of its largest solar drone. With a wingspan of 45 meters, the solar-powered drone is capable of flying at an altitude of 20 to 30 kilometers, and cruising at a speed of 150 to 200 km per hour for a long time. The unmanned aerial vehicle will be used mostly for airborne early warning, aerial reconnaissance, disaster monitoring, meteorological observation and communications relay. (Xinhua) BEIJING, June 13 (Xinhua) -- China's Caihong (CH), or Rainbow, solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the country's first near-space solar drone, has successfully conducted a ...
Human fossils date: Take it with 'a bushel basket of salt'
Post Date: 2017-06-12 09:09:12 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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A Christian biologist is downplaying news reports that new human fossils in Morocco have been dated to be 300,000 years old. Dr. David Menton, speaker, author, and researcher with Answers in Genesis, wonders what the big deal is."The newspapers and popular news media are going bananas over this for what? I even wonder whether the people writing the articles know what the excitement is," Dr. Menton comments. "It's not an ape-man. It's a human, a 100-percent human. The question is how old is it?" The biologist points out that scientists have been finding fossil bones in Morocco going back as far as 1960. In fact, most of the bones used in this current study ...
Are Viruses Alive?
Post Date: 2017-06-12 03:23:23 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... It's complicated. Viruses have weirded us out since they were first discovered over a century ago, but are these microscopic protein pirates alive? You bet, if you're prepared to think outside the box. Good morning, MRS GREN School biology is commonly introduced with an acronym such as "MRS GREN" with the aim of teaching students some qualities that define all living things; Movement: All living things move stuff around Respiration: All living things make use of a change in energy Sensation: All living things respond to changes in the environment Growth: All living things assemble materials to grow and repair Reproduction: All living things make ...
World’s largest light source to be built in Beijing
Post Date: 2017-06-11 04:27:40 by Tatarewicz
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People's Daily Online) Beijing’s Huairou Science City will be home to world’s largest high-energy synchrotron radiation light source. The future light source will be a ring-shaped structure that is 700 meters in diameter. It will eventually be a landmark near Yanqi Lake in Beijing. World's largest light source will be built in Beijing's Huairou Science City. Photo/The Paper.cn The light source is similar to an X-ray, but with a much higher luminance, which will enable researchers to view even minuscule objects in greater detail. Everything from cells and blood flowing through vessels to the age and wear of an airplane’s wing will be able to be observed with ...
Faster and cheaper: World’s first driverless rail transit system unveiled in Hunan
Post Date: 2017-06-11 03:28:25 by Tatarewicz
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(People's Daily Online) Chinese railcar-maker CRRC on Jun. 2 unveiled a new product called Autonomous Rail Transit (ART) in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, and the bus-rail combo rapid transit system is expected to speed up city’s public transportation. According to CRRC, ART uses rubber wheels on a plastic core instead of steel wheels. It’s also equipped with the company’s copyrighted technology to automatically guide the vehicles. It carries the advantages of both rail and bus transit systems and is agile and non-polluting, Thepaper.cn reported. ART is much cheaper than ordinary subway, which cost about 400-700 million RMB per kilometer in China. And compared with ...
10 Science Mysteries We Want Answers To
Post Date: 2017-06-10 07:23:37 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... 1. The impossible EM drive... works? Since first hearing rumours about NASA's physics-breaking propulsion system late last year, a paper describing their device has passed peer-review, and China claims to be testing their own version in space right now. And yet, no one can explain how this fuel-less drive is able to violate Newton's Third Law: everything must have an equal and opposite reaction. If we learn anything this year or next, let's hope we can get to the bottom of this confounding machine. 2. Humpback whales have been forming mysterious 'super-groups', and we still don't know why. Back in March, never-before-seen groups of up to 200 whales ...
This Low-Cost Carbon Dioxide Splitter Just Changed The Game For Solar-Powered CO2 Reduction
Post Date: 2017-06-08 07:38:31 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists have developed the first low-cost system for splitting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide and oxygen - a process that's crucial if we're going to ramp up renewable energy use in the future. This splitting process has long been identified as a promising way of turning renewables into fuel without increasing the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but until now, no one had come up with a method that was cheap enough to be practical. The solution devised by a team from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland is based on an electrolysis technique using copper-oxide nanowires modified with tin oxide, ...
Threat of asteroid collision higher than previously thought – study
Post Date: 2017-06-08 02:57:31 by Tatarewicz
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RT... The likelihood of an asteroid smashing into Earth is increasing, according to new research from a team of Czech scientists which discovered new asteroids traveling around our planet. READ MORE: 'Great meteors of fire' Taurid to light up night sky The team studied 144 large meteors from the Taurids, a meteor stream which appears in our skies twice a year. The group discovered a new branch of the phenomenon containing at least two asteroids measuring a whopping 200-300 meters (220-330 yards) in diameter. This branch likely includes even larger undiscovered asteroids, according to a statement from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The Taurid meteoroid stream ...
80 Graphs From 58 New (2017) Papers Invalidate Claims Of Unprecedented Global-Scale Modern Warming -
Post Date: 2017-06-07 14:06:50 by Horse
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Scientists Increasingly Discarding ‘Hockey Stick’ Temperature Graphs - Last year there were at least 60 peer-reviewed papers published in scientific journals demonstrating that Today’s Warming Isn’t Global, Unprecedented, Or Remarkable. . Just within the last 5 months, 58 more papers and 80 new graphs have been published that continue to undermine the popularized conception of a slowly cooling Earth temperature history followed by a dramatic hockey-stick-shaped uptick, or an especially unusual global-scale warming during modern times. . Yes, some regions of the Earth have been warming in recent decades or at some point in the last 100 years. Some regions have been ...
AI robot to take on China's national college entrance exam
Post Date: 2017-06-07 07:03:18 by Tatarewicz
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(People's Daily Online) A robot developed by a company in Chengdu, Sichuan province will take the mathematics section of China’s national college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao, on June 7. It will be the first attempt by an AI to tackle the world’s largest-scale exam. The computer challenger, AI-MATHS, is an artificial intelligence program designed by Chengdu Zhunxing Yunxue Technology using big data and natal language recognition. Though labeled a robot, AI-MATHS is actually an assembly of over 10 servers, which jointly run an artificial intelligence system. According to the company, AI-MATHS will not only take the math exam used in most regions in China, it will ...
Here's What Scientists Mean When They Say The Universe Could Be a Hologram
Post Date: 2017-06-07 06:51:48 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... For decades now, scientists have been investigating the possibility that our Universe is, or once was, a giant hologram, where the laws of physics require just two dimensions, but everything appears three-dimensional to us. It sounds far-fetched, but if true, it would actually solve some pretty hefty questions in physics, and recent research has dished up some tantalising evidence that suggests the hologram principle works just as well as the standard Big Bang model in explaining the early Universe. First proposed in the 1990s, the hologram principle is an attempt to unify the two major arms of thought in modern physics - quantum mechanics and general relativity. As the ...
Massive crack in Antarctic ice shelf grows 11 miles in 6 days, potentially creating world’s largest iceberg
Post Date: 2017-06-03 13:52:30 by BTP Holdings
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Massive crack in Antarctic ice shelf grows 11 miles in 6 days, potentially creating world’s largest iceberg Taylor Rogers Yahoo News June 1, 2017 View photos An aerial view of the Antarctic Peninsula’s Larsen C ice shelf. According to NASA, IceBridge scientists measured the Larsen C fracture to be about 70 miles long, more than 300 feet wide and about a third of a mile deep. (Photo: John Sonntag/NASA via AP) In the six days before President Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, an enormous crack in an Antarctic ice shelf grew 11 miles, according to a report by British Antarctic research group Project MIDAS. The crack, ...
White House scrambles to defend Trump’s use of climate data, disputed by the authors themselves
Post Date: 2017-06-03 12:40:33 by BTP Holdings
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White House scrambles to defend Trump’s use of climate data, disputed by the authors themselves Christopher Wilson, Editor Yahoo NewsJune 2, 2017 MIT scientists say White House doesn't understand their study on climate change The White House scrambled Friday to defend President Trump’s remarks about global warming the day before, when he announced he would begin the process of withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. A major area of dispute was the president’s use of a study by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Even if the Paris Agreement were implemented in full, with total compliance from all nations, it is ...
This Internal 'Master Clock' Could Be in Control of All Our Circadian Rhythms
Post Date: 2017-06-03 08:16:13 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Scientists studying the pattern of circadian rhythms have found that one central body clock could be controlling several others at the same time. By examining fruit flies - which, like humans, have several circadian clocks affecting the rhythm their daily biological processes - researchers have found evidence of a single 'master' clock that leads all other internal clocks related to sleeping and eating patterns, and various organ functions. The team says this finally gives experimental proof for the so-called coupled-oscillator model moderating the daily rhythms of our physiology and behaviour. "This is the first comprehensive experimental description of a ...
Putin: 'Don't worry, be happy' as Trump ditches climate deal
Post Date: 2017-06-03 06:08:40 by BTP Holdings
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Putin: 'Don't worry, be happy' as Trump ditches climate deal Associated Press By MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press 11 hrs ago Democrats see opportunity in Trump’s decision to abandon climate deal © The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with heads of major foreign companies at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 2, 2017. (Sergei Savostyanov/TASS News Agency Pool… WASHINGTON — While other world leaders have strongly condemned President Donald Trump's decision to abandon the Paris climate accord, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he won't judge. "Don't ...
3rd gravitational wave detected, opening 'new window on the universe'
Post Date: 2017-06-02 02:54:41 by Tatarewicz
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CBC... Detection helps astronomers better understand formation of black holes Scientists have detected a third gravitational wave after two black holes merged, forming one new, larger black hole. Scientists have detected a third gravitational wave after two black holes merged, forming one new, larger black hole. (LIGO/A. Simonnet) Nicole has an avid interest in all things science. As an amateur astronomer, Nicole can be found looking up at the night sky appreciating the marvels of our universe. She is the editor of the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and the author of several books. Related Stories Scientists win big for gravitational waves, brain research, and ...
Tomatoes Hate Cucumbers: Secrets of Companion Planting + Popular Planting Combinations
Post Date: 2017-05-31 11:04:59 by Ada
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Did you know that tomatoes hate cucumbers? While they might taste great together in a salad, tomato plants actually dislike growing in close proximity to any member of the curcurbit family, which includes cucumbers. Tomatos love carrots and basil, however – so planting these together will actually make them each grow more vigorously! Sounds hokey? The idea that some plants and plant families are “friends” with others and grow better together is called companion planting, and it’s been around since the dawn of food cultivation. Planting your veggies in neat rows with labels is satisfying to the eye, and easier to harvest. However, when we look to nature, we ...
Ancient Egyptians were more European than African, groundbreaking DNA research on mummies reveals
Post Date: 2017-05-31 08:01:48 by Ada
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Analysis on mummies dating from 1400BC to 400AD showed they were genetically similar to people from Turkey and Europe Analysis on 151 mummies revealed that they share more DNA with Europeans than Africans (Photo: SWNS) A new DNA analysis of Ancient Egyptians shows they were more Turkish and European than African. The team of scientists has recovered and analysed ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies dating from approximately 1400 BC to 400 AD - and they discovered they were genetically similar to people from the Mediterranean. Researchers from the University of Tuebingen and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, conducted the first study to establish a proper ...
Was Einstein wrong? A FIFTH force of nature governing our universe could be found in the heart of our galaxy
Post Date: 2017-05-31 07:43:05 by Ada
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Our understanding of the universe is based on four fundamental forces But holes in the theory of gravity suggest that a fifth force of nature may exist Scientists have now discovered the ultimate way to test this extra force They have been tracking the orbits of stars near the Milky Way's centre If these orbits deviate from standard models, then another force is involved Our understanding of the universe, based largely on Einstein's theory of general relativity, relies on four fundamental forces: Gravity, electromagnetic, and the strong and weak nuclear forces. These forces stop planets, molecules and even atoms from tearing themselves apart and are the building blocks for the ...
CRISPR Gene-Editing Can Cause Hundreds of Unexpected Mutations
Post Date: 2017-05-30 07:28:49 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... It's been hailed as one of the most potentially transformative inventions in modern medicine, bringing the prospect of designer babies closer than any other technology to date, but CRISPR-Cas9 could be riskier than we thought. The technology that could spark a gene-editing revolution has been caught introducing hundreds of unintended mutations into the genome, and with scientists already testing it in humans, it's set off some serious alarm bells. "We feel it's critical that the scientific community consider the potential hazards of all off-target mutations caused by CRISPR, including single nucleotide mutations and mutations in non-coding regions of the ...
George Takei Dismantles Racist, Sexist Criticism Of 'Star Trek: Discovery'
Post Date: 2017-05-29 21:14:39 by BTP Holdings
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George Takei Dismantles Racist, Sexist Criticism Of 'Star Trek: Discovery' HuffPost Maxwell Strachan 3 hrs ago Takei boldly silences ‘Star Trek’ diversity attacks CBS released a trailer earlier this month for its upcoming “Star Trek: Discovery,” the first television series in the franchise since “Star Trek: Enterprise” ended in 2005. The trailer excited many fans, but it also led to a familiar anger, as many people decried the casting of Michelle Yeoh, an Asian woman, as the ship’s captain and Sonequa Martin-Green, a black woman, as the ship’s first officer. Click to expand Watch: Trailer for the new "Star Trek: ...
How To Build A Simple Faraday Cage For EMP Survival
Post Date: 2017-05-28 04:18:17 by Tatarewicz
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PMF... Of all of the reasons to prepare, one that we all need to take seriously is the possibility of a catastrophic EMP, or electromagnetic pulse. This is a frequent topic in many post-apocalyptic novels and something that most of us are aware of, even if we do not completely understand the science. As I wrote way back when in the article Prepping for an EMP and Solar Flares: To be blunt about it, an EMP, if large enough, would affect the entire planet. In an instant, civilization as we know it would change as we get swept backward in time by a century or two. Understanding the risks of an EMP goes hand in hand with threats of a cyber-attack since there is a cause and effect ...
China Just Extracted Gas From 'Flammable Ice', And It Could Lead to a Brand New Energy Source
Post Date: 2017-05-24 07:00:05 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... For the first time, Chinese engineers have successfully extracted natural gas from icy deposits beneath the South China Sea. Just last year, China's government announced that geologists had found new reserves of methane hydrate - also known as 'flammable ice' - and now it looks like they've managed to harvest some of it, bringing the world a step closer to harnessing this untapped energy source. Methane hydrate is a fascinating substance that looks like ice, but actually consists of methane trapped inside a lattice of water molecules. If you put a match to it, it won't just melt - it will actually catch fire. These solid gas deposits are found in ...
Evidence of conscientiousness found in birds, bees, other critters: researchers
Post Date: 2017-05-24 02:50:36 by Tatarewicz
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at University of California, Berkeley, have found evidence of conscientiousness in insects, reptiles, birds, fish and other critters. The researchers, in reviewing nearly 4,000 animal behavior studies, devide the conscientious characteristics in animals into two main categories: "order and Industriousness," which includes organization and cleanliness, and "achievement striving and competence," which covers mastery and deliberation. Just as in humans, conscientiousness in animals, which includes working hard, paying attention to detail and striving to do the right thing, has such evolutionary benefits as giving them an edge ...
Introducing The 'Chit' - The World's First One-Bit Chemical Hard Drive
Post Date: 2017-05-23 08:39:31 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... In classical computing, information is stored in bits that are read by physical phenomena such as electricity. You might recognise them as 1s and 0s, also called binary code. In quantum computing, it's stored in quantum bits, or 'qubits'. However, computers aren't the only way we can store information: chemistry is also capable. Scientists at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) in Warsaw have developed a way in which chemical droplets can store information like bits and qubits in a one-bit chemical memory unit called the 'chit'. The chit is made up of three droplets. Between the droplets, chemical ...
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