There is something special hiding beneath these rocks which look ordinary from the outside. But do you know how geodes are formed and where they come from?
Is CRISPR-Cas9 the Long Awaited Key to New Scientific Breakthroughs?
Whether you previously heard about CRISPR-Cas9 or you’re brand new to the concept, this revolutionary new method of gene editing will blow you away. CRISPR-Cas9 is paving new roads in the science and medical fields, proving that it has major potential to radically change modern society.
Everything You Know About Global Warming Is Wrong
True or False: The major greenhouse gas in our atmosphere is carbon dioxide (CO2).
False: It is water vapour. Good old H2O is by far the major heat sink in our atmosphere.
A Moderate Conspiracy Theorist
Information channels on which we rely conspire, not entirely to suppress inconvenient truths challenging the dominant paradigm and its bottom line but to present those viewpoints in a biased way which leads people to reject them and hold them in contempt.
The Pursuit of Happiness
Happiness, in terms of physiology, has been linked to amplified activity in the brain’s left pre-frontal lobe, as well as a decreased amount of the stress hormone (cortisol) in the bloodstream.
Simony and Science
A result of the very long unpaid or inadequately paid period of apprenticeship, during which survival is dependent on adhering closely to programs established at the higher levels of the hierarchy, is training in avoiding independent thought, especially avoiding noticing when the results of research are not serving the general public.
Musings on Halley’s Comet
Have we made significant progress in dealing with cognitive dissonance in scientific thought since the beginning of the fourteenth century? I wonder.
Searching for Life in the Stars
By pledging $100 million towards a new SETI research project, famed physicist Stephen Hawking has reinvigorated the search for extraterrestrials. Backed by the Russian tech billionaire Yuri Milner, Breakthrough Listen will be the biggest scientific enterprise yet to seek signs of intelligent life outside our solar system. Do we dare disturb the universe? What if our celestial neighbours don’t want to play nice? Soon we may find out for sure.
Robots To ‘Print’ A Steel Bridge In Amsterdam
MX3D, a highly innovative company in Amsterdam can now print metals and resin in mid-air, without the need for support structures. They are going to print a metal bridge in Amsterdam!
Pluto
After a 9 year voyage, most of it spent in hibernation, on January 15, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft began its final approach phase to Pluto. The images it has sent back are simply amazing!
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