Category Archives: Science

Articles and news on topics that may be of interest in the sciences such as evolution, physics, cosmology and the like.

Specks of star dust likely first from beyond solar system

Posted on August 15, 2014 by The Great One

The universe is such a fascinating place. It would have been incredible to have been born 100 years from now, just to know and understand what will be common knowledge then. With scientific advancements growing at a seemingly geometric rate, … Continue reading →

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How Did Supermassive Black Holes Get So Big So Fast?

Posted on August 8, 2014 by The Great One

Black holes have always been fascinating, although rarely understood by the average Joe, such as me. In fact, I’m not so sure that even theoretical physicists such as Stephen Hawking really and truly understand black holes. Nevertheless, it is interesting … Continue reading →

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Higgs quest deepens into realm of ‘New Physics’

Posted on July 2, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By Mariette Le Roux  Paris (AFP) – Two years after making history by unearthing the Higgs boson, the particle that confers mass, physicists are broadening their probe into its identity, … Continue reading →

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Universe Shouldn’t Be Here, According to Higgs Physics

Posted on June 24, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer  Modeling of conditions soon after the Big Bang suggests the universe should have collapsed just microseconds after its explosive birth, the new study suggests. “During the … Continue reading →

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Particle physics: Experiments give shape to Higgs

Posted on June 23, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Paris (AFP) – Physicists on Sunday said they had learned more about the identity of the Higgs Boson, the elusive particle whose ground-breaking discovery was announced nearly two years ago. … Continue reading →

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The Black Hole Smokescreen

Posted on June 22, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: The Daily Beast By Matthew R. Francis Black holes are strange, seemingly paradoxical objects. By their nature, they are nearly invisible. Yet thanks to their powerful gravitational pull, they draw in matter, … Continue reading →

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Warm blooded or cold? Dinosaurs were somewhere in between

Posted on June 14, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham June 12, 2014 4:11 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The hot question of whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded like birds and mammals or cold blooded like reptiles, fish and amphibians … Continue reading →

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11-Million-Year-Old Weird Worm Lizard Discovered

Posted on June 4, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff…TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Stephanie Pappas, Senior Writer A profile view of the skull of an 11.6 million-year-old worm lizard, reconstructed with a CT scan. They look like snakes, but don’t be fooled: Legless, slithering … Continue reading →

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Scientists Have Discovered A Planet They Thought Was Impossible

Posted on June 2, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Business Insider By Leslie Baehr  The “Godzilla of Earths!” is in the foreground. Behind it is the smaller ‘lava world’. Their sun, in the back, appears to have been created only 3 … Continue reading →

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We’ll Find Alien Life in This Lifetime, Scientists Tell Congress

Posted on May 27, 2014 by The Great One

Finding intelligent alien life would be so cool, while at the same time very frightening. The odds of aliens being friendly as opposed to hostile is not very good. As Stephen Hawking stated: “If aliens visit us, the outcome would … Continue reading →

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Top 10 newly-discovered species span big trees, tiny flies

Posted on May 23, 2014 by The Great One

That is one ugly creature. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Sharon Begley  NEW YORK (Reuters) – A cross between a sleek cat and a wide-eyed teddy bear that lives in Andean cloud forests and an eyeless snail … Continue reading →

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The Weirdest Object in the Universe

Posted on May 18, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: The Daily Beast By Matthew R. Francis The Universe is full of strange things. That’s what gets many astronomers out of bed: knowing that somewhere something really weird is waiting to be … Continue reading →

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‘Alien’ Catfish Baffles Scientists

Posted on May 15, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Elizabeth Palermo, Live Science Contributor Kryptoglanis shajii is a tiny, subterranean catfish with a number of defining skeletal features, including a bulging lower jaw similar to a bulldog’s. The fish’s … Continue reading →

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Alien Planet Camera Is Most Sensitive Exoplanet Imager Yet

Posted on May 14, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor A newly christened telescope imager built to snap photos of alien planets around distant stars is the most sensitive camera of its kind, preliminary tests … Continue reading →

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Debunked: Red Wine Antioxidant Won’t Help You Live Longer

Posted on May 13, 2014 by The Great One

Oh well, the perception that red wine made you live longer was good while it lasted… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer  Resveratrol — an antioxidant found in foods and drinks such as red … Continue reading →

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Milky Way Galaxy Shimmers Over New Zealand Pool in Stunning Amateur Photo

Posted on May 11, 2014 by The Great One

What an awesome photo! TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nina Sen, SPACE.com Contributor  The glow of the Milky Way in the night sky reflects off a deep pool along a New Zealand beach in this stunning photo … Continue reading →

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How do you survive a high-fat diet? Ask a polar bear

Posted on May 9, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham May 8, 2014 1:43 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) – How do they do it? How do polar bears have such an incredibly high fat diet and get so fat … Continue reading →

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Scientists crown world heavyweight champion of dinosaurs

Posted on May 9, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – This guy could really throw his weight around. Scientists on Tuesday unveiled body weight estimates for an astounding 426 different dinosaur species using a formula … Continue reading →

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Scientists invent new letters for the alphabet of life

Posted on May 8, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Scientists have taken the first steps toward writing the blueprint of life in an alphabet unknown to nature, they reported online in the journal Nature. Until now, … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter and Dark Energy Mysteries: Do Neutrons Hold the Key?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor  Neutrons bouncing in Earth’s gravity are helping to shed light on two of the greatest mysteries in the universe, dark matter and dark energy, researchers … Continue reading →

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Here’s The Most Remarkable Thing About The Universe, According To Bill Nye

Posted on May 3, 2014 by The Great One

In case anyone is interested in getting to know a little about Bill Nye, the “Science Guy.” It’s thanks to people like him that the religious nuts in this country haven’t completely taken over. TGO Refer to story below. Source: … Continue reading →

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Ancient flying reptile from China fills evolutionary gap

Posted on April 26, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham April 24, 2014  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It was the start of something big – really big. Scientists on Thursday said they have found a fossil from 163 million … Continue reading →

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Poll: Big Bang a big question for most Americans

Posted on April 21, 2014 by The Great One

Unfortunately, most Americans have been inflicted with religious beliefs, passed on by their parents whose parents passed it onto them, etc., etc., etc. These beliefs stultify the minds of people when it comes to accepting other ideas. The reason is … Continue reading →

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5 Unanswered Questions About Jesus

Posted on April 19, 2014 by The Great One

The most famous individual in the history of mankind was nothing but a mortal human being, a regular guy like most guys. He may have been a very good and peace-loving human being, but that was it. He certainly wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Astronomers spot most Earth-like planet yet

Posted on April 18, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By ALICIA CHANG LOS ANGELES (AP) — Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected — a distant, rocky world that’s similar in size to … Continue reading →

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Elusive ‘Exotic Hadron’ Particles Confirmed

Posted on April 15, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience The existence of exotic hadrons — a type of matter that doesn’t fit within the traditional model of particle physics — has now been confirmed, scientists say. Hadrons are subatomic particles … Continue reading →

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Exploring Dark Energy

Posted on April 13, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: The Daily Beast By Matthew R. Francis  The Daily Beast The Universe is expanding—the space between galaxies is growing larger all the time. Not only that, but the rate of expansion is … Continue reading →

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Shoo fly: pesky insect escapes using fighter jet maneuvers

Posted on April 12, 2014 by The Great One

Flies are disgusting, but at the same time amazing creatures. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham April 10, 2014 2:57 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) – What does a tiny fruit fly have in common with the world’s … Continue reading →

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Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact Dwarfed by Earlier Space Rock Crash

Posted on April 11, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall, Senior Writer  Scientists have reconstructed a long-ago asteroid impact that makes the strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago look like a playful chuck on … Continue reading →

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Americas get front-row seat for lunar eclipse

Posted on April 9, 2014 by The Great One

For you star gazers out there… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By MARCIA DUNN  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — North and South America, get ready for the first eclipse of the year— in color. Next Tuesday morning, … Continue reading →

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Sea creature fossil found with oldest-known cardiovascular system

Posted on April 8, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – You’ve heard of having a heart of stone, but this old guy takes it literally. Scientists said on Monday they have found a fossil of … Continue reading →

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Creationists Hate This Catholic

Posted on April 6, 2014 by The Great One

Talk about straddling the fence… Sorry folks, one cannot be a serious scientist and believe the mumbo-jumbo in the Bible, any more than one can be a devout Christian and disbelief in the resurrection of Christ. The two, religion and … Continue reading →

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Methane-spewing microbe blamed in Earth’s worst mass extinction

Posted on April 4, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham March 31, 2014 4:00 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sometimes bad things come in small packages. A microbe that spewed humongous amounts of methane into Earth’s atmosphere triggered a … Continue reading →

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Major Solar Flare Erupts from the Sun (Video)

Posted on April 2, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer March 31, 2014 12:26 PM The sun unleashed a major solar flare on Saturday (March 29), causing a radio blackout for several minutes on Earth, space … Continue reading →

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Does Dark Energy Spring From the ‘Quantum Vacuum?’

Posted on April 1, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall, Senior Writer  Observations of Planck and other satellites help to solve the equation of the state of dark energy. The mysterious dark energy that’s driving the universe’s accelerated … Continue reading →

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Why You Don’t Smell Like a Dog

Posted on March 31, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: ABC News By COLUMN by LEE DYE March 30, 2014 4:35 AM Why You Don’t Smell Like a Dog (ABC News) The family mutt isn’t the only member of the household with … Continue reading →

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Seeds of Monster Black Holes Were Surprisingly Big

Posted on March 30, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall, Senior Writer March 28, 2014 6:06 PM The gigantic black holes that lurk at the hearts of galaxies were apparently born big.  The central black holes in dwarf … Continue reading →

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Scientists publish ‘navigation maps’ for human genome

Posted on March 27, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Kate Kelland  LONDON (Reuters) – A large international team of scientists has built the clearest picture yet of how human genes are regulated in the vast array of cell types … Continue reading →

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How low can you go? This whale is the champion of deep diving

Posted on March 26, 2014 by The Great One

Whales are fascinating animals. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If there were a gold medal for cetacean diving, it undoubtedly would go to the Cuvier’s beaked whale. Scientists said on Wednesday they … Continue reading →

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Is the Big Bang in the Bible?

Posted on March 24, 2014 by The Great One

Oh boy, here we go… I knew I would be treated to some wild and crazy assertions, because whenever scientific issues are compared to biblical dogma, nothing but manure is spewed. And I was right… Ken Ham, Hugh Ross and … Continue reading →

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Our Universe May Exist in a Multiverse, Cosmic Inflation Discovery Suggests

Posted on March 19, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer  Our universe may be one of many, physicists say. In fact, that’s the most likely scenario. The first direct evidence of cosmic inflation — a period … Continue reading →

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Astronomers discover echoes from expansion after Big Bang

Posted on March 18, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Irene Klotz and Sharon Begley March 17, 2014 5:40 PM NEW YORK (Reuters) – Astronomers announced on Monday that they had discovered what many consider the holy grail of their … Continue reading →

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‘Little Foot’ may have been humans’ forefather

Posted on March 15, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By Mariette Le Roux, Laurent Banguet  Paris (AFP) – A short, hairy “ape man” who tumbled into a pit in South Africa millions of years ago is back in the … Continue reading →

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The 17 Equations that Changed the Course of History

Posted on March 13, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Business Insider By Andy Kiersz  Mathematics is all around us, and it has shaped our understanding of the world in countless ways. In 2013, mathematician and science author Ian Stewart published a … Continue reading →

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Artful Science Logos Honor Greatest Astronomers and Physicists of All Time

Posted on March 9, 2014 by The Great One

Where would we be as a species without the benefit of the greatest thinkers of all time? We would be inventing gods… Oh wait, we’re still doing that! Oh well, I can assure you we would be much more ignorant … Continue reading →

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Small Asteroid Gives Earth a Close Shave, 3rd in 2 Days

Posted on March 8, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall, Senior Writer March 6, 2014 7:29 PM A tiny space rock barely missed Earth today (March 6) in the third of back-to-back-to-back asteroid flybys over the past 24 … Continue reading →

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Scientists Scanned A Woman’s Brain During An Out-Of-Body Experience — And What They Found Was Amazing

Posted on March 8, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Business Insider By Jennifer Welsh  It may sound like the plot of the Twilight Zone, but a psychology graduate student at the University of Ottawa says she can voluntarily enter an out-of-body … Continue reading →

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As scientists watch, distant asteroid disintegrates

Posted on March 7, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Patsy Cline’s classic country song “I Fall to Pieces,” has nothing on this one. Scientists said on Thursday they have observed for the first time … Continue reading →

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NASA plots daring flight to Jupiter’s watery moon

Posted on March 5, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By SETH BORENSTEIN  WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA is plotting a daring robotic mission to Jupiter’s watery moon Europa, a place where astronomers speculate there might be some form of life. … Continue reading →

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Story of the Biggest Experiment in History Caught on Film

Posted on March 4, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer  On July 4, 2012, scientists around the world waited with bated breath for the announcement that the long-awaited Higgs boson particle had been discovered. The finding … Continue reading →

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