How did the universe begin? June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 141 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, ... | |
 NIST WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse August 21, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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The fall of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City late in the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, was primarily due to fires, the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards ... | |
 Inventor Doesn't Dare Say 'Perpetual Motion Machine' February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 259 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: 4.7 / 5 after 275 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 ... | |
 Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 300 vote(s)
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In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing ... | |
 Electronic tattoo display runs on blood February 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 401 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 ... | |
 Physicists Seek Answers to Quantum Correlations August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 122 vote(s)
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After performing multiple tests on two entangled photons, physicists have yet again found that the photons seem to be communicating faster than the speed of light - at least 100,000 times faster. The researchers ... | |
 Large Hadron Collider set to unveil a new world of particle physics August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of particle physics is poised to enter unknown territory with the startup of a massive new accelerator--the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)--in Europe this summer. On September 10, LHC ... | |
 Kites could provide electricity for 100,000 homes August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 107 vote(s)
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High-flying kites tethered to generators could supply as much as 100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 100,000 homes, according to researchers from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. ... | |
 Scientists confirm that parts of earliest genetic material may have come from the stars June 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 92 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 178 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 ... | |
Iran launches home-built satellite rocket August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Iran said it had launched a rocket carrying a test-satellite into space on Sunday, in a move that could further exacerbate tensions with the West over its nuclear drive. | |
 Satellite images show continued breakup of 2 of Greenland's largest glaciers August 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Researchers monitoring daily satellite images here of Greenland's glaciers have discovered break-ups at two of the largest glaciers in the last month. They expect that part of the Northern hemisphere's longest ... | |
 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 117 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. | |
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