Stunning plans unveiled for world's first floating city in French Polynesia
Waterworld, the 1995 movie starring Kevin Coster, could soon be a reality. Picture: SuppliedWATERWORLD, the 1995 post-apocalyptic action film starring Kevin Costner, could soon be a reality.US developers have released stunning plans for a groundbreaking tourist resort in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.Floating city - project animationVIDEOThe Sun reports a US firm has signed an agreement with French Polynesia’s government, and hopes to begin construction on the world’s first “floating city” in ..>> view originalLong-Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Brains Share Their Secrets
The extinct Tasmanian Tiger may never again prowl through the undergrowth, but their brains have been brought to life, so to speak, in a lab 100 years after they died. It sounds like mad science, but a study mapped the neural brain pathways of the carnivorous marsupials, showing things people never observed back when they were still alive. Emory University neuroscientist Gregory Berns said the resulting scans, published in journal PLOS One, showed they had more finely attuned decision-makin..>> view originalNeanderthals Capable of Incorporating Symbolic Objects into Their Culture, Discovery Suggests - Sci
An unusual limestone rock found at an archaeological site in Croatia indicates that Neanderthals were capable of incorporating symbolic objects into their culture. ‘Clam-shell’ view of Side A (top) and B showing black dendrites against the background of the brown mudstone. The flake, only shown re-attached on Side A, is the result of a post-excavation fracture of the specimen. Arrows point to large inclusion visible on Sides A and B. Image credit: Davorka Radovčić et al, doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.201..>> view originalDiscovery could lead to jet engines that run hotter - and cleaner
Researchers here have made a discovery in materials science that sounds like something from the old Saturday morning cartoon Super Friends: They've found a way to deactivate "nano twins" to improve the high-temperature properties of superalloys that are used in jet engines. The advance could speed the development of powerful and environmentally friendly turbine engines of all sorts, including those used for transportation and power generation. The "nano twins" in question are microsco..>> view original82 Dolphins Die in Mysterious Mass Stranding
Dozens of false killer whales have died under mysterious circumstances after stranding themselves on a remote shoreline in Florida’s Everglades National Park. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service reports that 95 false killer whales stranded themselves at Hog Key, on Florida’s southwestern coast. Since the U.S. Coast Guard spotted the animals on Saturday, 82 of the animals have died. The Miami Herald reports that the stranding was the largest for..>> view originalScientists have identified a weirdly common form of synaesthesia
Roughly 4.4 percent of the global adult population experiences a rare condition called synaesthesia, which causes the brain to confuse sensory information and turn smells into sounds, or numbers and words into tastes and colours. But scientists might have just identified a specific form of synaesthesia that appears to be far more common - in a small experiment, one in five participants discovered that they could 'hear' motion, and it gave them an enhanced ability to identify patterns in flicker..>> view originalShark Surprises Aquarium With Rare 'Virgin Birth'
Ladies, hold onto your hats. Scientists in Australia published a paper on Tuesday about a female shark that performed a “virgin birth.” Although she hadn’t been around a male shark in three years, the captive zebra shark—named Leonie—laid eggs that hatched three viable pups. (Read our earlier story about the birth.) This isn’t the first time that a zebra or leopard shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) has had a “virgin birth,” but it is the first time that scientists have seen this behavior in a sha..>> view originalWe Finally Know What's Causing Namibia's Mysterious Fairy Circles
For decades, scientists have struggled to understand the strange circles of barren land that litter the Namib Desert. Called "Fairy Circles", their formation has been attributed to everything from supernatural forces to poison gas and subterranean insects. Now, scientists may have finally solved this enduring mystery. Namibia's Fairy Circles. (Image: Jen Guyton) A new study published in Nature has found that Namibian Fairy Circles are the product of not one, but two ecological forces. By combi..>> view originalhottest year on record: Australia needs to get heat smart
2016 crowned hottest year on record: Australia needs to get heat smart Liz Hanna, Kathryn Bowen, and Mark Howden Posted January 19, 2017 12:53:07 It's official: 2016 set another record for being the world's hottest. Three international agencies have confirmed today that last year was the hottest on record.NASA reported that 2016 was 0.99 degrees Celsius hotter than the 20th-century average, while the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOA..>> view originalTurnbull And Abe Forgot To Discuss The Whale In The Room
Last week saw the visit of a Japanese delegation to Australia, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, for high level talks on trade, defense and sporting cooperation. What doesn't seem to have been included in the talks, publically at least, is the thorny issue of Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean. This was brought into sharp relief when the anti-whaling organisation, Sea Shepherd, published photographs of a dead minke whale. Sea Shepherd Global / Glenn Lockitch ..>> view original
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