Two rocks found in the antarctic appear to be meteoric chunks of a long since destroyed dwarf planet, from the early years of our solar system. The reason for this theory is their high concentration of feldspar, which most likely formed during a period when most solar bodies were covered in magma—allowing the relatively light feldspar [...]
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That mammoth 8.8 earthquake in Chile? It turns out it shifted the Earth’s axis by a tiny degree. It’s not by much, the planet shifted its mass by about 8cm. This means that the average day is now shortened by 1.26 microseconds, so in approximately 2.5 x 10^13 years, we’ll lose a day. That’s 2.5 trillion [...] LOOK AT HOW CUTE THAT FAT MOUSE IS! IT IS ADORABLE! Seriously, where can I get an ob/ob mouse? How long do they live for, anyway? So, um…yeah, here’s a thing I wrote about transgenic mice [...] Here’s a story from the Mirror about a nail found at a Spanish templar site, which appears to be a religious relic, most likely attributed as one of the nails of the crucifixion. So, why is this bad science journalism? It isn’t inherently, and is kinda interesting news. The business of relics is a fascinating one, considering [...] The BBC is reporting that India’s lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1Â identified ice on the Moon’s north pole. According to the results presented at a planetary science conference in Texas, the ice must be at least a couple of meters thick in order to be substantial enough to gather a reading, with an estimated mass of 600 million tonnes. The [...] OK Go’s This Too Shall Pass. The number of takes this would have required [...] This petition is to make hella- the official prefix for 10^27, or x,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Currently the official 10^24 is yotta-, as in yottameters, or yottanewtons. According to the petition: For example, the number of atoms in 120 kg of carbon-12 would be simplified from 6,000 yottaatoms to 6 hellaatoms. Similarly, the sun (mass of 2.2 hellatons) would release [...]
No, it’s not the plot from The Land Before Time: Nightmare Fuel. Rather, it’s a 3.5m Cretaceous snake from India, now identified as Sanajeh indicus. A fossil of S. indicus has been found coiled in a dinosaur’s nest, indicating its likely prey. Unlike modern snakes it wasn’t able to detach its jaws to swallow large objects like eggs, but was plenty big enough to tackle newborn dinosaurs. Jason Head, paleontologist at the University of Toronto Mississauga said, “this is the first direct evidence of feeding behavior in a fossil primitive snake, and shows us that the ecology and early evolutionary history of snakes were much more complex than we would think just by looking at modern snakes today.” Continue reading Ancient Anacondas Would Devour Infant Dinosaurs Oh my, score another one for the forces of good! Simon Singh’s supporters have fought back against the BCA! The British Chiropractic Association sued Guardian science writer Simon Singh over one of his comments on their profession, under Britain’s notorious libel laws. What many people don’t realise, is that the official stance of many chiropractors, is that [...] Here’s a thing I wrote at io9, about research out of South Korea into oxygenated booze, and how it’s less likely to give you a nasty hangover. Added bonus, less time spent trying to sober [...] |
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