Mirror and Cache index - Science
161 votes | submitted 2010-08-25 02:10:18 by vroom101 | 31 comments
"Even after melting, the stone [produced from the thunderstorm that struck Vivian, South Dakota,
U.S. of A., on 23 July 2010] still measured 8.0 inches in diameter and weighed nearly 2 pounds (1
pound, 15 ounces) with a circumference of 18.62 inches." Photo credit: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
240 votes | submitted 2010-08-25 00:57:41 by hdar3415 | 50 comments
A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico.
Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of
gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
105 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 15:42:54 by gerardcornielje | 11 comments
Astronomers discover a planetary system containing at least five planets orbiting a star much like
our Sun.
245 votes | submitted 2010-08-25 02:52:33 by louiebaur | 19 comments
While some airlines have done experiments in running planes on biofuels, air travel normally
requires an enormous output of carbon-emitting jet fuel. Various factors, like plane models, total
load, and chosen route can effect one trip's fuel efficiency, but which airlines consistently manage
to use the least fuel in their operations?
174 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 19:41:36 by Anomaly100 | 11 comments
The moon may be shrinking, but it's still a big enough ball of fun to warrant its own night in the
limelight.On September 18 people around the planet will be gathering for the first ever
International Observe the Moon Night, a global event meant to get people excited about lunar science
and exploration. The whole thing started with a national.....
399 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 22:12:12 by MrBabyMan | 114 comments
A year and a half after President Obama loosened restrictions on government funding of
human-embryonic-stem-cell research, a federal judge declared all such studies temporarily off-limits
for taxpayer dollars, on the grounds that they violate a 1996 law.
241 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 23:31:02 by hbyrne | 39 comments
A report from Beyond Zero Emissions asserts that Australia's energy needs can be fully met by
renewable sources within 10 years with technologies that are already available, with 40% coming from
wind generation, and 60% from large-scale Concentrating Solar Thermal with molten salt storage.
310 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 21:06:50 by HackieWackie | 40 comments
Take a look at the world’s energy consumption as a factor of renewable and non-renewable energy
resources.
236 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 15:09:22 by astorygirl | 63 comments
2010 has been dominated by extreme natural phenomena, becoming known as the year of global weirding.
Heat waves are just one of the many dramatic forces in weather that have been wreaking havoc across
the world, scorching populations from South America to the Middle East.
232 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 03:40:22 by mikeinto | 46 comments
Charles Darwin may have been wrong to argue that competition was the major driver of evolution, a
study suggests.
748 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 20:05:10 by biofriendlyblog | 143 comments
European astronomers on Tuesday said they had found a distant star orbited by at least five planets
in the biggest discovery of so-called exoplanets since the first was logged 15 years ago. One of the
planets is nearly the mass of Earth.
253 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 07:55:07 by chris1234 | 21 comments
Scientists reported progress today in using a common virus to develop improved materials for
high-performance, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that could be woven into clothing to power
portable electronic devices.
263 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 21:57:09 by moredown | 38 comments
If you had a dinner invitation in Utah's Escalante Valley almost 10,000 years ago, you would have
come just in time to try a some new menu items.
278 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 02:04:44 by Sadanana | 16 comments
The rotating corpses of massive stars can help scientists weigh the planets in the solar system. By
carefully timing radio blips from spinning stellar leftovers called pulsars, astronomers have
measured the masses of all the planets from Mercury to Saturn, plus all their moons and rings.
400 votes | submitted 2010-08-23 23:10:53 by behnt | 117 comments
The 'mystery stone' discovered on a mountainside in New Mexico, appears to be inscribed with ancient
Greek or Hebrew. For decades, scholars have wondered if it's proof that Mediterranean peoples came
to the New World thousands of years ago.
290 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 06:06:10 by GhostOf2010 | 15 comments
What's the matter with this cluster of galaxies? To find out what forms matter takes in the Abell
1689 cluster requires not only deep images from telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope, but
detailed computer modeling as well.
265 votes | submitted 2010-08-24 06:49:20 by aobaid | 32 comments
Two scientists, one American and one French, have been in Chernobyl for more than 10 years studying
the populations of insects, birds and mammals in "zone of alienation" surrounding the abandoned
nuclear power station