science

  1. Kevin Lancaster

    The blackest material ever created

    The blackest material ever created A group of researchers have created the blackest material ever, absorbing between 98% and 99% of light.
  3. G

    Are you more sensitive to pain on your dominant side?

    My sister is testing whether you are more sensitive to pain on your dominant side (like on Mythbusters for redheads). She is struggling to get test subjects (LOL). All you need to do is hold 2 ice-cubes in your fist & time it for each hand. Then fill in this survey. https://goo.gl/7S1wdx...
  4. Kevin Lancaster

    Maths and science teachers don’t know enough: Pandor

    Maths and science teachers don’t know enough: Pandor I was always worried about our poor maths and science teaching in schools: Pandor
  5. Kevin Lancaster

    Quantum computer makes finding new physics more difficult

    Quantum computer makes finding new physics more difficult The world at the scale of an electron works very differently than the one we live in. But suspending our beliefs of the world of big things has plenty of benefits
  6. Kevin Lancaster

    Maths and science awards bring in the millions

    Maths and science awards bring in the millions Academia doesn’t usually bring rich financial rewards
  7. mercurial

    “Surprising” Oral Vaccine Stops HIV In Monkeys

    Scientists have "unexpectedly" developed an oral vaccine that prevents the monkey equivalent of HIV
  8. mercurial

    Quantum mechanics for dummies

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc
  9. antowan

    Wine tasting: Junk Science

    http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/23/wine-tasting-junk-science-analysis It is an interesting read...
  10. Kevin Lancaster

    South Africa, are we getting dumber?

    Is South Africa getting dumber? The results of the latest Mathematical Olympiad follow the downward trend of the country’s performance
  11. jes

    Space-faring tourist balloon makes successful flight

    Space-faring tourist balloon makes successful flight An Arizona company said Tuesday it has successfully completed the first small-scale test flight of a high-altitude balloon and capsule being developed to let tourists float 20 miles (32 kilometers) above the earth.
  12. jes

    Big bang “breakthrough” evidence may be flawed

    Big bang “breakthrough” evidence may be flawed American astrophysicists who announced just months ago what they deemed a breakthrough in confirming how the universe was born now admit they may have got it wrong.
  13. jes

    Astronomers discover largest yellow star observed

    Astronomers discover yellow hypergiant star HR 5171, the brightest star just below the centre of this wide-field image, is a yellow hypergiant, a very rare type of stars with only a dozen known in our galaxy
  14. JerryMungo

    Science publisher fooled by gibberish papers

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  15. jes

    Japanese robot astronaut talks with space station commander in historic first

    Japanese robot astronaut talks with space station commander in historic first The world’s first robot astronaut has begun chatting to the Japanese commander of the International Space Station
  16. jes

    Google acquires developer of military robots

    Google acquires developer of military robots Google acquires Boston Dynamics and its military robot tech
  17. jes

    SpaceX readies satellite launch

    SpaceX readies satellite launch Private US company SpaceX was Tuesday poised for a third attempt to launch its first commercial satellite, after repairs were made to the Falcon 9 rocket.
  18. jes

    Robots let doctors "beam" into remote hospitals

    Robots let doctors "beam" into remote hospitals Remote presence robots are allowing physicians to “beam” themselves into a growing number of U.S. hospitals to diagnose patients and offer medical advice during emergencies.
  19. jes

    SKA telescope benefits for South Africa

    SKA telescope benefits for South Africa The first phase of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope in the Karoo could see an inflow of R18 billion
  20. jes

    New heart disease prevention device gets approval

    New heart disease prevention device gets approval Cardiovascular Systems received US FDA approval to start selling its heart device to treat severe calcium deposits in coronary arteries
  21. jes

    Nobel prize awarded for cyberspace chemistry

    Nobel prize awarded for cyberspace chemistry Three scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing computer models to simulate chemical processes
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