Tag: science
Mysterious cave art thought to be done by children 13,000 years ago
Researchers think prehistoric drawings in the famous Rouffignac Cave complex in France may have been done by children, and that part of the cave served as a prehistoric daycare....
Twitter shows universal mood swings
Social scientists looking into Twitter find surprisingly similar patterns in our moods throughout the day -- cheery at breakfast, low in the late afternoon, up again after dinner....
John Hodgman interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson
John Hodgman talks to astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson about the multiverse, ideal space travel scenarios and the trick to explaining dark matter....
Real life Wall-E: Robots that recycle
The Finnish research group ZenRobotics has designed a robot that can sort recycling without the help of human hands....
One man's sperm bank donations spawn more than 70 kids
Children of the 33 year-old sperm donor from Boston are concerned that they could unknowingly have relations with their brother or sister. ...
Einstein's Law of Relativity challenged by experiment
One of the world's foremost laboratories says they've found subatomic particles called neutrinos that travel even faster than the speed of light....
Online gamers solve 10-year-old science problem in 10 days
Through an online game called Fold.it, gamers were able to determine the structure of an AIDS-like virus scientists have been puzzling over for years....
Scientists on trial for not warning about earthquake
In Italy, scientists have been accused of manslaughter for not properly warning people about the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, which killed 300....
New species of dolphin found right under researchers' noses
Scientists in Australia used DNA and other methods to identify a new species of dolphin, classified as the "Burrunan dolphin."...
Celebrity scientist to be sealed in airtight box for experiment
For two days, British geologist Iain Stewart will be sealed in an air-tight, bedroom-sized container with only small plants to provide him with oxygen....
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