Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Black Holes Get Even Weirder with New Stephen Hawking Theory

I am reading this article Black Holes Get Even Weirder with New Stephen Hawking Theory LiveScience.com By Tia Ghose, Staff Writer, on Yahoo's website. I would like to read this paper after it is available to the public.

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Black holes should be redefined, says Stephen Hawking in new paper

I am reading this article Black holes should be redefined, says Stephen Hawking in new paper By Adrianne Jeffries, on Yahoo's webiste. Trust him, he is a doctor.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Top Stories: A New Dolphin Species, Why Not to Fight a Fever, and Earth's Life Expectancy

I am reading this article Top Stories: A New Dolphin Species, Why Not to Fight a Fever, and Earth's Life Expectancy on Science's website. Wow, a new species of river dolphin was discovered in Brazil according to this article.

China's moon rover monitored with abnormity

I am reading this article China's moon rover monitored with abnormity on CCTV's website. Yutu seems to be doing okay otherwise.I read a list of chemicals it detected in another article.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Starry Night: The Seven Sisters Shine Brilliantly in New Pleiades Photo

I am reading this article Starry Night: The Seven Sisters Shine Brilliantly in New Pleiades Photo SPACE.com By by Nina Sen, SPACE.com Contributor, on Yahoo's website. Good astrophotography here.

Water Found on Dwarf Planet Ceres, May Erupt from Ice Volcanoes

I am reading this article Water Found on Dwarf Planet Ceres, May Erupt from Ice Volcanoes SPACE.com By By Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer, on Yahoo's website. Good work scientists using European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory and detecting evidence of water on Ceres.

Exploding Star: New Supernova Discovery Is Closest in Years

I am reading this article Exploding Star: New Supernova Discovery Is Closest in Years SPACE.com By by Megan Gannon, News Editor, on Yahoo's website. Good work students at the University College of London, for locating this object in the night sky.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Scientists search for understanding of dark matter in deep underground lab

I am reading this article Scientists search for understanding of dark matter in deep underground lab, PBS's website. This mystery is so interesting.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Scientists Wake Up Space Probe Rosetta Scientists discover the fate of a spacecraft emerging from a two-and-a-half year slumber

I am reading this article Scientists Wake Up Space Probe Rosetta Scientists discover the fate of a spacecraft emerging from a two-and-a-half year slumber By Eliana Dockterman @edockterman, on Times website. I am looking forward to reading about the probe's data on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Extreme El Niños Could Hit Twice As Often

I am reading this article Extreme El Niños Could Hit Twice As Often By Becky Oskin, Staff Writer, on livescience's website.

Alarm call set to wake comet probe AFP

I am reading this article Alarm call set to wake comet probe AFP By Richard Ingham, on Yahoo's website. Hope this works out okay.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Target: Hacking hit up to 110 million customers

I am reading this article Target: Hacking hit up to 110 million customers By Chris Isidore @CNNMoney, on CNN's website. Sounds really bad.

Target Pretends Losses From Hackers Don't Count

I am reading this article Target Pretends Losses From Hackers Don't Count By Jonathan Weil on Bloomberg's website. Oh my . . .

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Reading creates changes in your brain — and that's a problem for neuroscience

I am reading this article Reading creates changes in your brain — and that's a problem for neuroscience by Maggie Koerth-Baker, on WIRED's website. This is the first I have heard of the idea of a "resting state" of the brain.

Can Antibiotics User Fees Force Down Drug Mis-Use and Overuse?

I am reading this article Can Antibiotics User Fees Force Down Drug Mis-Use and Overuse? By Maryn McKenna, on WIRED's website. This issue concerns me a great deal.

Sun Unleashes 1st Major Solar Flare of 2014 (Video)

I am reading this article Sun Unleashes 1st Major Solar Flare of 2014 (Video)SPACE.com by Tariq Malik, Managing Editor, on Yahoo's website. According to this article a "X1.2-class solar event" came from this region AR1944 yesterday.

Wow! Hubble Snaps Super-Deep View of Universe (Photos)

I am reading this article Wow! Hubble Snaps Super-Deep View of Universe (Photos)SPACE.com by Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer, on Yahoo's website. Photos center on Abell 2744 according to this article.

‘Don’t Wear Black’: The Poisoner’s Handbook on PBS

I am reading this post ‘Don’t Wear Black’: The Poisoner’s Handbook on PBS By Deborah Blum, on WIRED's website. I watched about 1/2 of the show on American Experience last night. I enjoyed it. Nice history lesson on Prohibition. Did not know some people drank denatured alcohol, smoke, at bootleg places. Did not know radium enjoyed such a fad that people wanted to be exposed to it. I heard the same thing about mummy dust.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Fairphone

I saw a story about Fairphone on euromaxx. I like this idea of using less "conflict" materials in smartphone and other electronic devices. I went to http://www.fairphone.com/ to get more information on the smartphone.

China's Moon Rover and Lander Spotted by NASA Spacecraft (Photos)

I am reading this article China's Moon Rover and Lander Spotted by NASA Spacecraft (Photos) SPACE.com by Leonard David, SPACE.com's Space Insider Columnist, on Yahoo's website. Chang'e 3 was spotted on the Luna surface, wow.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Jupiter Shines All Night Long Sunday: How to See It

I am reading this article Jupiter Shines All Night Long Sunday: How to See It SPACE.com by Geoff Gaherty, Starry Night Education, on Yahoo's website. It is cloudy right now. I can not see Jupiter.

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Extreme Cold Delays Orbital Sciences' 1st Cargo Launch to Space Station

I am reading this article Extreme Cold Delays Orbital Sciences' 1st Cargo Launch to Space Station SPACE.com By by Tariq Malik, Managing Editor, on Yahoo's website. According to this article the Cygnus cargo ship and Antares rocket may launch after 7 January 2014 from Virginia USA.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Strange Quarks and Muons, Oh My! Nature's Tiniest Particles Dissected (Infographic)

I am reading this article Strange Quarks and Muons, Oh My! Nature's Tiniest Particles Dissected (Infographic)by Karl Tate, LiveScience Infographic Artist, on LiveScience's website. Short introduction to quarks, leptons and bosons.

Quirky Quarks: 'Charming' Particle Mixes with Bizarre Cousin

I am reading this article Quirky Quarks: 'Charming' Particle Mixes with Bizarre Cousin By Jesse Emspak, LiveScience Contributor, on LiveScience's website. Interesting introduction to the "charged-parity violation" and charm quarks. The question of why there is not more anti-matter in the universe is interesting. According to this article Strange Quarks and Muons, Oh My! Nature's Tiniest Particles Dissected (Infographic) by Karl Tate, The Standard Model is incomplete and does not explain things like dark matter or dark energy either.

Hackers post account info of 4.6 million Snapchat users: report

I am reading this article Hackers post account info of 4.6 million Snapchat users: report, on Yahoo's website. Hackers seem to have been busy in 2013. I have not used Snapchat yet.

11 Must-See Skywatching Events in 2014

I am reading this article 11 Must-See Skywatching Events in 2014 By by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist, on Yahoo's website. I like meteor showers and eclipses. Looking froward to see some of both in 2014.

Secret to Ancient Roman Sundial Revealed in 3D Simulations

I am reading this article Secret to Ancient Roman Sundial Revealed in 3D Simulations LiveScience.com By by Megan Gannon, News Editor, on Yahoo's website. I like this use of computers. And I can imagine the possible errors when calculating the positions of the stars as seen from a specific location on Earth several years in the past.

Snowflakes as you've never seen them before

I am reading this article Snowflakes as you've never seen them before By Meghan DeMaria, on Yahoo's website. Beautiful photos.

1 Billion PCs At Risk As Windows Error Reporting Sends Reports In Clear

I am reading this article 1 Billion PCs At Risk As Windows Error Reporting Sends Reports In Clear. Not sending in any Windows Error reports any time soon after reading this article.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Scientists discover enormous aquifer under Greenland Ice Sheet

I am reading this article Scientists discover enormous aquifer under Greenland Ice Sheet on Yahoo's website. Very interesting.

10 Coolest Archaeology Discoveries of 2013

I am reading this article 10 Coolest Archaeology Discoveries of 2013 on Yahoo's website. I like to see the evidence of Stonehenge being an ancient hunting ground.

Big Space Missions to Watch in 2014

I am reading this article Big Space Missions to Watch in 2014 SPACE.com By by Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer, on Yahoo's website. Interesting things to look forward to in 2014.