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The Science Museum, London, is celebrating a century of science and as part of the festivities, it asked visitors to vote for the scientific discovery or invention that most “changed the future”. The ten objects it put forward were: 1. Apollo 10 Capsule 2. DNA Double Helix 3. Electric Telegraph 4. Model T Ford 5. Penicillin 6. Pilot ACE Computer
In #479 Todd mentioned about how much happier he was to be drinking tap water than the re-cycled urine the ISS occupants were looking forward to. Now I was taught a long time ago about the water cycle of ocean, to rain, to river to ocean. During this process animals drink it, or eat it in their food, then dispose
GO BADGERS That was the post Adam Wilson made to Twitter by using only his brain. Wearing a special red cap fitted with electrodes that connected to a computer flashing letters, by concentrating on the letters he wanted, Wilson was able to Twit the small message on the screen in front of him. What this means for the rest of
The Hubble space telescope, now active for nearly 20 years, continues to send back images that amaze and astound scientists. And it's not only the newest pictures being sent that are providing all of the "ooh" moments these days. Scientists studying land-based telescope views discovered a gassy planet orbiting a nearby star (HR 8799), and then went back to images
At 8:30 PM your time, Earthhour.org is encouraging you to turn off your lights to say "Yes! I care about the Earth". Is turning off lights the answer? It's all about global warming. We use too much resources which release Carbon emissions and therefore, warm up the planet. Our children will then be living in a ecological nightmare. There are
A new study published in the February 26th journal Applied Cognitive Psychology suggests that doodling while listening actually can encourage memorization of facts and events. The UK's Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, U.K., tasked 40 members to participate in the study, which required them to listen to a 2 1/2 minute tape giving several names
I am sure that most of the GNC audience are familiar with the names Schrodinger, Bohr, Heisenberg, Young and potentially Hardy. All of these people have been instrumentally involved in quantum theory, and specifically for this article, in uncertainty theory. This is the paradox that the act of observation changes the observed. The classic example of this is a photon