Researchers from the University of Washington found proof according to which life may have existed around 3.2 billion years ago instead of 2 billion years ago, as previously believed. The new findings were published in Nature. Apparently life can exist without oxygen, but not without nitrogen. So researchers at the University of Washington took a look at […]
2 Never-Before-Seen Particles Discovered
Two never-before-seen particles were discovered among data collected by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland. The LHC, built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), is a 17-mile-long underground tunnel that has the purpose of hurling protons at each other at incredible speeds so that scientists can find out what exactly comes out of the collision, in […]
Life after Death is Now Possible With Facebook “Legacy Contract”
Social media has reached the paradox of all paradoxes: immortality, or better said, social immortality, as Facebook announced Thursday that it would encourage its users to designate a person of his/her choice that will be in charge of the profile once the rightful owner passes away. In other words, beginning Thursday, Facebook users in the U.S. are […]
Video:Popcorn Mystery Finally Pops Out
A new research published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface on Tuesday reveals the baffling mystery revolving around popcorn popping, offering the perfect solution to a perfect state of the all so popular snack. The thermodynamic analysis along with high-speed imaging techniques were used by French engineers Alexandre Ponomarenko and Emmanuel Virot in order to find out the […]
Earth’s Inner Core Reveals Surprising Content
Following clues left by the seismic waves, a team of scientists from China and the United States revealed that there’s a smaller inner core within the Earth’s actual core. So the theory according to which the Earth has four layers: the crust, the mantle, the outer core and the inner core has been in-firmed. “The inner core can […]
16th Century Pollution Discovered in Peru’s Ice
Scientists have reportedly traced air pollution dating back from the 16th-century Spanish silver mines, inside an ice cap in the Peruvian Andes. It appears that after conquering the Inca Empire, the Spanish wanted to show off their superiority even more by exploiting the inhabitants in silver mines in dire conditions. The remains have been conserved as residue from […]
We’re Positive Beings, Study Finds
According to a recent study, the recent worldwide scandals involving famine and war hasn’t diminished the inner optimistic vibe of the human race. According to a recent study that encompassed millions of words written in newspapers or posted online, the majority of human communication is positive. The research was published in the journal PNAS on Monday. The […]
Leap second: 2015 will be longer by 1 second
The year 2015 will be longer by one second. Software companies are getting ready for glitches after the Paris Observatory announced that a second will be added in 2015.On June 30, dials will read 11:59:60 as clocks will hold back a second to allow the Earth’s rotation to catch up with the more accurate atomic […]
Mystery Solved- Why bowhead whale live for 200 years
Different species have different life spans. From insects to Giant Whales all have their life span some short while some as long as 200 years. The current understanding of the difference in longevity of different species is poor and it is only now that scientists have been unraveling the mystery of why some species live […]
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