Science & Technology

Meet the ‘odderon’0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- February 1, 2018
Large Hadron Collider experiment shows potential evidence of quasiparticle sought for decades

By David Aragorn
NASA Engineers Demonstrate Pulsar-Based Navigation in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- February 1, 2018
NASA engineers have successfully demonstrated X-ray navigation in space — a capability that could revolutionize NASA’s ability in the future to pilot robotic spacecraft to the far reaches of our Solar System and beyond.

By David Aragorn
Speed of light drops to zero at ‘exceptional points’0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- February 1, 2018
Light, which travels at a speed of 300,000 km/sec in a vacuum, can be slowed down and even stopped completely by methods that involve trapping the light inside crystals or ultracold clouds of atoms. Now in a new study, researchers have theoretically demonstrated a new way to bring light to a standstill: they show that light stops at “exceptional points,” which are points at which two light modes come together and coalesce, in waveguides that have a certain kind of symmetry.

By David Aragorn
AI Is the Weapon of the Next Cold War 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- February 1, 2018
Fueled by artificial intelligence, the world may be entering — or perhaps already in — another cold war, with Russia leading the way.

By David Aragorn
The Earth’s Magnetic Poles Are Overdue for a Switch 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 31, 2018
Scientists are using clues from ancient artifacts to help them predict the future of the magnetic field, but the original prediction is way overdue.

By David Aragorn
What Is Reality?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 31, 2018
What if the very fabric of space and time was a code, or a language?

By David Aragorn
We’re One Step Closer to Non-Invasively Reading Ancient Papyri Hidden in Mummy Masks 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 30, 2018
Researchers at the University College of London are working to find a way to read the ancient scraps without destroying the artifacts in the process

By David Aragorn
Scientific Proof Is A Myth 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- January 29, 2018
You’ve heard of our greatest scientific theories: the theory of evolution, the Big Bang theory, the theory of gravity. You’ve also heard of the concept of a proof, and the claims that certain pieces of evidence prove the validities of these theories. Fossils, genetic inheritance, and DNA prove the theory of evolution. The Hubble expansion of the Universe, the evolution of stars, galaxies, and heavy elements, and the existence of the cosmic microwave background prove the Big Bang theory. And falling objects, GPS clocks, planetary motion, and the deflection of starlight prove the theory of gravity.

By David Aragorn
Botulinum-type toxins jump to a new kind of bacteria 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 27, 2018
The appearance of a botulinum-like toxin in Enterococcus — a ubiquitous bacterium and an emerging cause of multidrug-resistant infections — is raising scientific concern.

By David Aragorn
Tiny scales could serve as safe material in implants to reinforce bones and joints 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 26, 2018
Scales are the material of choice for animals from pangolins to fish: They’re customizable, water-friendly, strong but flexible, and easy to fix when damaged.

By David Aragorn