Scientists Made Something Colder Than Ever Thought Possible
When it comes to cooling things in the lab, scientists have long found an experimental lower limit just above the theoretical coldest temperature. Well, a group of American scientists have now made things *lowers shades* ...even cooler. Image: John Teufel A team of scientists from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) working in Boulder, Colorado tweaked an experimental method to cool a piece of aluminium below the so-called "quantum backaction" limit — a temperature sli..>> view originalRare ruby seadragon seen alive for the first time
The ruby species of seadragon was only discovered in 2015 by researchers analysing tissue samples provided by the WAM. "Until last year, no one had ever suspected a third species of seadragon existed," explained Greg Rouse, lead author of the study. "This discovery was made thanks to the great benefit of museum collections.">> view originalTrump Meets With Scientist Who Compared Plight of Carbon Dioxide to That of 'Jews Under Hitler'
On Friday, Donald Trump met with a climate-denying scientist who's said some questionable things about Jewish people. 2017 is moving along exactly as we've expected, it seems. Screengrab via YouTube William Happer — who did not answer any questions from the press on his way to meet Trump — is a professor of physics at Princeton who worked at the US Department of Energy in the early '90s under George H.W. Bush. He's a passionate carbon dioxide advocate who once testified to the Senate that "CO2..>> view originalChinese pollution: Beijing sets 2017 air quality goal at more than double WHO's acceptable standard
Chinese pollution: Beijing sets 2017 air quality goal at more than double WHO's acceptable standard Posted January 14, 2017 17:15:51 Beijing's air quality target for 2017 is more than double the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the mayor announced in the wake of weeks of hazardous air pollution in the Chinese capital."We will work hard to keep PM2.5 at an annual average of around 60 micrograms per cubic metre," Beijing mayor Cai Qi said...>> view originalOrca Moms Might Go Into Menopause Because of Their Daughters
Why do animals go into menopause? The phenomenon, though familiar to humans, only occurs in two other species—and it’s long vexed evolutionary biologists who can’t figure out why a species would stop reproducing long before it dies. But a long-term study of one of those species might just help scientists figure out what’s up with the evolutionary anomaly. As The New York Times’ Steph Yin reports, a new study suggests that competition between older and younger female orcas can trigger menopause...>> view originalIs Planet Nine a captured alien world in our own backyard?
Has a planet been discovered in the outer solar system? Not yet, but there is compelling evidence for one to be there. OUT OF THIS WORLD | What's Up In Space - a weekly look at the biggest news coming down to Earth from space Is Planet Nine a captured alien world in our own backyard? loading video... Scott Sutherland Meteorologist/Science Writer Friday, January 13, 2017, 2:58 PM - Planet Nine may be an exoplanet in our very own backyard, a new video shows us the amazing view as the Hu..>> view originalClimate change shows in shrinking Antarctic snows
Carlini Base (Antarctica) (AFP) - Vast icy rock peaks tower above Argentina's Carlini research base in Antarctica. But scientists who have worked there for decades say the glaciers are less icy than they once were.For international experts stationed at the base, the frozen southern continent is a good gauge of climate change."When I used to come to Antarctica in the 1990s, it never used to rain," said Rodolfo Sanchez, director of the Argentine Antarctic Institute (IAA)."Now it rains regularly --..>> view originalScientists are building an animal flatulence database
Do baboons pass wind? What about salamanders? Millipedes?These questions sound like the sort Bart Simpson might have asked to derail science class. But real-life scientists are now taking to Twitter to provide answers. So far, they've created a hashtag – #DoesItFart – and a Google spreadsheet that details the flatulence habits of more than 60 animals. Zebras are also among those creatures that pass wind. Photo: Jerry Galea So, which animals cut the proverbial cheese? Tons, it turns out. ..>> view originalMysterious-looking light pillars have appeared in the night sky above Canada
Images of incredible beams of light that appear to burst into space in Ontario, Canada, have gone viral this week, with people comparing them to something out of Star Trek or Close Encounters of the Third Kind. To be fair, the phenomenon does look pretty alien. But, don't panic, there's a scientific explanation here. The images were captured in North Bay, Ontario, by photographer and YouTuber Timmy Joe Elzinga, who initially freaked out when he spotted them out of his bathroom window in the mi..>> view originalDungeness Crab Vulnerable To Ocean Acidification in Unexpected Ways, Study Finds
Dungeness crab. Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife New research shows Dungeness crab fisheries could suffer as the Pacific Ocean grows more acidic. Increasing acidification from carbon pollution will drive down food supplies for crab, according to new scientific modeling from the University of Washington and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “It turns out that Dungeness crab were a lot more susceptible to the loss of their prey items than they were to direct impacts,”..>> view original
Sunday, March 12, 2017
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