How did the universe begin? June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 139 vote(s)
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One of the most interesting questions considered by astrophysicists deals with the start of our universe. Indeed, there is a great deal of speculation on the subject, with different theories about how the universe began, ... | |
 Inventor Doesn't Dare Say 'Perpetual Motion Machine' February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 258 vote(s)
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Thane Heins knows the track record of inventors that claim to make breakthroughs in power generation methods, especially when they claim to defy the second law of thermodynamics. Every so often, a (usually ... | |
 Physicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion May 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 273 vote(s)
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To many people, cold fusion sounds too good to be true. The idea is that, by creating nuclear fusion at room temperature, researchers can generate a nearly unlimited source of power that uses water as fuel ... | |
 Electronic tattoo display runs on blood February 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 396 vote(s)
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Jim Mielke's wireless blood-fueled display is a true merging of technology and body art. At the recent Greener Gadgets Design Competition, the engineer demonstrated a subcutaneously implanted touch-screen ... | |
 Scientists confirm that parts of earliest genetic material may have come from the stars June 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 91 vote(s)
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Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin, in a paper published on 15 June ... | |
 Are We in the Peak of an Oil Bubble? July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 177 vote(s)
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Since 2003, worldwide oil prices have quadrupled. According to a new study, the price of oil is rising at a faster-than-exponential rate, and cannot be sustained. In other words, we’re in the midst of an oil ... | |
 A Test of the Copernican Principle May 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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The Copernican principle states that the Earth is not the center of the universe, and that, as observers, we don’t occupy a special place. First stated by Copernicus in the 16th century, today the idea is ... | |
Conspiracy! Fact and fiction are closer than we think January 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 116 vote(s)
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Conspiracy theories which claim to shed more light on the 2001 twin towers disaster in New York are often closer to official versions than first thought - according to new research. | |
Could hadron collider devour the Earth? June 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Particle colliders creating black holes that could devour the Earth. Sounds like a great Hollywood script. But, according to UC Santa Barbara Physics Professor Steve Giddings, it's pure fiction. | |
 Cow Backpacks Trap Methane Gas July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 86 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an attempt to understand the extent of cow flatulence on global warming, scientists in Argentina are strapping plastic bags to the backs of cows to capture their emissions. | |
 Nonlocality of a Single Particle Demonstrated Without Objections November 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 151 vote(s)
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Usually when physicists talk about nonlocality in quantum mechanics, they’re referring to the fact that two particles can have immediate effects on each other, even when separated by large distances. Einstein ... | |
Spiritual effects of hallucinogens persist, researchers report July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 87 vote(s)
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In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in "sacred mushrooms," produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those beneficial effects appear to last more than ... | |
 Traffic jam mystery solved by mathematicians December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 359 vote(s)
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Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. Many traffic jams leave drivers ... | |
 Before the Big Bang: A Twin Universe? April 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 266 vote(s)
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Until very recently, asking what happened at or before the Big Bang was considered by physicists to be a religious question. General relativity theory just doesn’t go there – at T=0, it spews out zeros, infinities, ... | |
 First Analysis of the Water Requirements of a Hydrogen Economy October 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 126 vote(s)
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One of the touted benefits of the futuristic US hydrogen economy is that the hydrogen supply—in the form of water—is virtually limitless. This assumption is taken for granted so much that no major study has ... | |
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