Science
Watch the Effects of Earthquakes Just Hours After They Occur
Princeton University has developed software that can produce realistic “movies” of earthquakes based on complex computer simulations, and these visualizations…
New Discovery at the Large Hadron Collider?
[/caption] Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider reported today they apparently have discovered a previously unobserved phenomenon in proton-proton collisions.…
Herschel Finds Water Around a Carbon Star
[/caption] There’s something strange going on around the red giant star CW Leonis (a.k.a. IRC+10216). Deep within the star’s carbon-rich…
Ars Electronica Festival – Don’t Miss September 6!
Ars Electronica made its debut on September 18, 1979. This festival of art, technology and society spotlighted the emerging Digital…
Could the World Run on Solar and Wind Power?
[/caption] Today, the total oil and natural gas production provides about 60 percent of global energy consumption. This percentage is…
Record-Setting Freefall Attempt Will be Webcast
Want to know what it is like to bail out in near space and freefall 37 km (23 miles) to…
Symphony of Science Goes to the Moon
The Symphony of Science just released their latest video; this time it's the Apollo 11 Moon landing. No auto-tuning, (unlike…
Attention Teachers and Students: Fly An Experiment on Final Shuttle Mission
[/caption] We just received an exciting note from Dr. Jeff Goldstein, the Director for the National Center for Earth and…
Man-Made Aurora Will Help to Better Predict Space Weather
[/caption] New experiments that create a man-made aurora are helping researchers better understand how nitrogen in our atmosphere reacts when…
Astronaut Demonstrates Gravity on Different Planetary Bodies
One of our favorite astronauts, Chris Hadfield from Canada, was recently part of the NEEMO-14 crew -- NASA's Extreme Environment…