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Continue reading …A group of 53 cells inside pigeons’ brains that respond to the direction and strength of the Earth’s magnetic field have been found. Dubbed “GPS neurons” this group of cells could possibly be the answer to how birds can navigate over such large distances so successfully. This story was reported here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17855194 Share this:
Continue reading …Parts of an Egyptian scroll dating from 1420 BC missing for 120 years have been found in the basement of Australia’s Queensland Museum, a report said on Saturday. The discovery was made by the British Museum’s curator of ancient Egyptian artefacts, who was visiting the museum in Brisbane to open a special exhibit on Egyptian [...]
Continue reading …In a discovery that has baffled Chinese archaeologists, more than 200 ancient fortresses have been found in a mountainous region in the northern part of the country. The fortresses were discovered in the Qinling mountains in Shaanxi province during the recent third national cultural relics survey, the People’s Daily reported. Li Guang, chief of the [...]
Continue reading …In the antiquities, nanoparticles were used by the Damascans to create swords with exceptionally sharp edges and the Romans to craft iridescent glassware. So were these archaic artisans also nanotechnologists? And what can today’s scientists learn from such historic artefacts? Read more about Ancient Nanotechnology. Share this:
Continue reading …From NASAExplorer YouTube Channel: On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman and crew members William A. Anders and James A. Lovell, Jr. became the first humans to photograph the Earth rising over the moon. Now, the rest of us can see what it was like in a new NASA visualization that draws on [...]
Continue reading …NASA has released a collection of stunning timelapse videos from the NASA International Space Station. The dazzling images, set to the tune of Walking in the Air, provide a four-minute breathtaking look at the earth’s surface from the Expedition 30 crew on the Space Station. Walking On Air Runtime4:01 View count1,000,345 Share this:
Continue reading …NASA chief Charles Bolden is reviewing a request from a U.S. senator for a briefing on alleged misconduct at the agency’s Ames Research Center (ARC) in California. The allegations appear to involve violations of U.S. laws meant to guard national secrets. In a letter obtained by ScienceInsider, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), the top Republican on the [...]
Continue reading …When the ocean rose up and saved a Greek town from a marauding Persian army nearly 2,500 years ago, renowned Greek historian Herodotus chalked it up to an act of the gods. Yet new evidence suggests his account of divine intervention is firmly rooted in the earthly realm, and was actually a tsunami, according to [...]
Continue reading …According to the latest scientific research, a new synthetic form of DNA, named XNA has been discovered. The molecules for XNA are similar to RNA and DNA, with the potential to exhibit the ‘hallmarks of life.’ Vitor Pinheiro, the postdoctoral researcher who led the study, said “DNA and RNA aren’t the only answers.” Pinheiro [...]
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