Physicists explore exotic states of matter inspired by Nobel-winning research
Topology is a branch of mathematics that deals with understanding shapes of objects; it's interested in "invariants" that don't change when a shape is deformed, like the number of holes an object has. Physics is the study of matter and its properties ...>> view originalScientists find new fault line near San Andreas
The San Andreas Fault in California is long overdue for a major earthquake — like, more than 100 years overdue. But scientists just made a discovery that might tell us why the fault has been so quiet. It's called the Salton Trough Fault, and it lies along the northeastern edge of the Salton Sea in Southern California. The fault line is underwater, so scientists didn't find it until recently. Scientist believe the Salton Trough could be absorbing strain from San Andreas. That might explain why ..>> view originalScant mention of climate at U.S. president debate
With the U.S. military responding to hurricane damage, an advocacy group called foul after neither U.S. presidential candidate heeded climate change. At least 19 people in the United States and more than 900 people in Haiti were left dead in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, now dissipating as it moves out to sea. Matthew's persistence and other storms like it have led some to look for a link to climate change. With the U.S. military deploying at least two Navy vessels to assist with the response ..>> view originalMajor Dust Storm Could Soon Hit Mars
This image illustrates the haze that engulfs Mars during major dust storms. These two images were taken in 2001, about a month apart. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS A raging Martian dust storm is expected to sweep across the Red Planet within the next few months, according to a study that found a way to predict these otherwise variable weather events. Global dust storms on Mars threaten robotic rovers traversing the Martian surface, as well as astronauts that may one day set up camp o..>> view originalAs billionaires ogle Mars, the space race is back on
In April 2015, at a launch site surrounded by the desolation and scrub brush of West Texas, a stubby, somewhat suggestively shaped rocket lifted off from a small launch facility. There were no big crowds of observers, no phalanx of cheering staffers, no fleet of media satellite trucks to witness the event. The rocket powered its way to just over 57 miles above the Earth’s surface, where a windowed, gumdrop-shaped capsule separated cleanly from the booster section, skirted the edge of space, an..>> view originalWill China Become the Only Country With a Space Station by 2024?
Oct 10, 2016 04:20 AM EDT China wants to become the next 'Space Giant' and they saw an opportunity to dominate the space industry by building their own space station that will be operational the same time the International Space Station (ISS) will retire. The International Space Station (ISS) is the most popular artificial science lab in the world, but it is about to retire in 2024. But China, with ambitions to become the next space giant, is building its own space station. Will they be the o..>> view originalNASA Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Captures 'Big Picture' Of Comet 67P
Rosetta mission, the space probe launched in 2004, finished performing a very detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Sept. 30. The spacecraft finished as planned, with a controlled impact on the comet it had investigated over the last two years. The control center in Darmstadt, Germany, lost its signal during the probe's impact. NASA's Kepler observed the comet 67P during the last month of Rosetta's activity, closely analyzing its core and tail which were not visible from Earth. I..>> view originalEconomics Nobel For Exploring The Central Contention Of Economics - Incentives Matter
Believe it or not, the bees are doing just fine
Look at how happy and healthy this little fuzzball is. (Brad Smith/Flickr) You've probably heard the bad news by now that bees were recently added to the endangered species list for the first time. But if you're part of the 60 percent of people who share stories without actually reading them, you might have missed an important detail: namely, that the newly endangered bees are a handful of relatively obscure species who live only in Hawaii. The bees you're more familiar with — the ones that..>> view original
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