What in the world will archaeologists of the future make of an underwater ‘billiards room’ which has no table, balls, or cue-sticks?
- How hacking the human brain can save civilization.
- Celestial maps are about to see some major revisions.
- Hubble resolves the center of globular cluster M 4 into a multitude of brilliant orbs.
- ‘Pigtail’ molecular cloud discovered in the Galactic center, approximately 30,000 light years away from our solar system.
- Voyager 1, launched 35 years ago with messages of love from the Earthlings, is on the brink of history with a move into interstellar space.
- A spacecraft orbiting Earth has directly detected the atoms that make up the area of space just outside the Solar System.
- Mystery deepens over apparent dearth of lithium 7 in the universe.
- Pacific lavas back drier early Mars. More here.
- The 3D ocean map that could reveal exactly what effect global warming is having on rainfall.
- Scientists cast doubt on Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
- Who owns antiquity?
- Ale, Caesar! Romans and Caledonian tribes went to pub together. Ancient Picts mingled with the soldiers of the Roman legions over a glass of beer or wine.
- Viking warriors’ anti-social behaviour and crimes led medieval chroniclers to create first criminal profile.
- Indiana Jones, eat your heart out.
- Leave it to beaver: Return of busy species could restore U.S. landscape. The Spine of the Continent: The Most Ambitious Wildlife Conservation Project Ever Undertaken is available at Amazon US, Kindle, & UK.
- Stupid humans have pushed tuna to the brink of extinction.
- Fish populations around the world could soon be full of slow growing, unproductive ‘couch potatoes’ if current levels of intensive fishing continue.
- Jantar Mantar: Immense astronomical instrument of the Maharajahs.
- The billiard room of Witley Park: Century-old remains of the windowed billiard room an eccentric millionaire built underwater.
- Arctic archaeological sites are falling into the sea.
- Nano-velcro clasps heavy metal molecules in its grips.
- US school children tracked with RFID tags.
- Cells prioritise the repair of genes containing potentially dangerous damage.
- Dirtier lives may be just the medicine we need. Or maybe not…
- Viral infections in newborns ‘cripple’ part of the immune system and increase the risk of asthma later in life.
- Brain parasites: A hidden health problem in California – and the leading cause of epilepsy worldwide.
- From anthrax to the Black Death, killer diseases as you’ve never seen them before.
- Cave bacteria could help develop future antibiotics.
- The Nazis and Thalidomide: The worst drug scandal of all time.
- There IS a link between toxic dust from 9/11 aftermath and up to 50 types of cancer, federal government to acknowledge.
- Water droplets used to create ‘superhydrophobic droplet logic’: A memory device has been built in which water droplets act as bits of digital information.
- What google thinks you want. What’s up with one of those iiis?
Quote of the Day:
Humans’ power to determine the future of planet Earth is increasing exponentially. The result could be disastrous unless we change the way we think.
