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How Many Helium Balloons Does It Take To Lift a Human Off the Ground?
The bizarre story of a Colorado family's runaway balloon aircraft this afternoon got me to thinking: How many helium-filled balloons are required to lift a human off the ground?
Dyson Introduces New Bladeless Fan
Can a fan still cool you if it doesn’t have blades? Apparently so, if it’s the new Dyson Air Multiplier ™ fan pictured above. Dyson, a company well-known for advancing vacuum cleaner technology, has now developed a new generation of innovative bladeless fans. These fans use the simple principles of fluid dynamics --without the traditional fan blades --to multiply air flow 15 ...
Video: NASA to Bomb the Moon Tomorrow
Ever wonder if there is water on the moon? NASA does. In fact, NASA is so curious that it's going to "bomb" the moon tomorrow morning in hopes of creating a debris cloud that can be analyzed for water content.
2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: What is a Ribosome?
Earlier today, the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge,United Kingdom Thomas A. Steitz, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA Ada E. Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome." These scientists used a method called X-ray crystallography to map the position for each and every one ...
2009 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Fiber Optics and CCD Digital Sensor
This morning, the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 was awarded to three scientists for their achievements in the fields of optical and digital technology. [caption id="attachment_6660" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 awarded for achievements in the fields of optical and digital technology"][/caption] Specifically, the award was presented to:
Graphics explain Nobel Prize work on telomeres
This morning, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 was awarded to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. But, what is a telomere and why is this research important? [caption id="attachment_6588" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Telomere (click to expand)"][/caption]
US May Take Humpback Whale Off Endangered Species List
New data shows that humpback whale populations have been growing steadily over recent decades, and as a result, the U.S. government may take the humpback whale off the endangered species list. Last year, the National Marine Fisheries Service, an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), received results from an extensive study showing that the north Pacific humpback whale ...
The H. Glaciei Microbe Awakens After 120,000 Years
Scientists around the globe are striving to find ways to survive on different planets -- Mars being the priority. And we all know the amount of success they have had. Finally a breakthrough in this research could be the discovery of a bug found 2 miles deep in a Greenland ice sheet. The H. Glaciei bacteria belongs to the rare 'ultramicro' ...
Astronauts Notice Mysterious Ice Circles in Lake Baikal in Russia
Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) have spotted what has been described as “two mysterious dark circles” in the ice of Lake Baikal in Russia. Some aspects of “odd blemishes” that the astronauts noticed in April 2009 defy explanation and hence mysterious. [caption id="attachment_5411" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Mysterious Circles in Lake Baikal in Russia (world"][/caption] According to scientists, the two circles ...
7 Things We Know about Science Friday
National Center for Science Education executive director Eugenie C. Scott will guest start on the first hour of NPR's Science Friday show for April 10, 2009. Here's what we know about Science Friday. Science Friday aims to make science user friendly. We at GP love when folk take a scientific approach to things. Science Friday has four blog writers - Bad Light Bulbs, ...
