Category Archives: Science

Dolphins help Brazilian fishermen catch their fish

Posted on 05/07/2012 by Zed

A clip from BBC’s Human Planet episode “Oceans – Into The Blue” shows Dolphins that herd fish into the waiting nets of Brazilian fishermen. No one quite knows why the dolphins are helping out. Source: Discover.

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Tomorrow: Space shuttle Enterprise to fly above New York City

Posted on 04/26/2012 by Zed

Ok, so the above is a not-so-good fake collage I made for this post. (Space Shuttle photo by NASA. Statue of Liberty photo used under Flickr CCLi. Photo by Flickr user aa7ae. Tomorrow (Friday, April 27th, 2012) you can see … Continue reading →

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Exercise leads to a better brain

Posted on 04/24/2012 by Zed

Image used under Flickr CCLi. Photo by Flickr user slgckgc. Using some space-age technologies to analyze the workings of individual neurons, as well as the makeup of brain matter itself, scientists have discovered that exercise builds a brain that resists … Continue reading →

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Hottest spot on earth

Posted on 04/16/2012 by Zed

Iran’s Lut desert was the hottest spot on earth in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009. Image: NASA. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the highest temperature ever measured on Earth was on September 13, 1922, when the thermometer at … Continue reading →

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Birds around Chernobyl sing more

Posted on 04/13/2012 by Zed

A barn swallow. Image used under Flickr CCLi. Photo by Flickr user goingslo A study conducted on barn swallows living in the contaminated area around Chernobly has revealed that the majority of the birds are unusually young. Also, female birds have … Continue reading →

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The most detailed recreation of Titanic’s sinking ever

Posted on 04/09/2012 by Zed

For a National Geographic special, James Cameron and his team created–what is believed to be, the most detailed CGI recreation of Titanic’s sinking. Source: YouTube

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Twins with different skin color

Posted on 04/05/2012 by Zed

Kian and Remee Hodgson are twins born to mixed-race parents. Their chances of one inheriting all-black genes and the other inheriting all-white genes are one in a million. Now 7, they are alike in every way except the color of … Continue reading →

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Weather forecast through your coffee cup

Posted on 04/02/2012 by Zed

Image used under Flickr CCLi. Photo by Flickr user D’Arcy Norman. Can you actually use your morning cup of coffee to predict the weather? Indeed. Carefully watch the bubbles after you pour your cup of coffee. A high-pressure system–which indicates a … Continue reading →

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Jeff Bezos’ plan to recover Apollo 11 engines from ocean floor

Posted on 03/30/2012 by Zed

Apollo 11′s F1 Engines. Photo: NASA. I wonder what the Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos does in his spare time? Last year, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, with a team of experts, set out to locate the F-1 rocket engines … Continue reading →

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Bad science of the day: Chocolate makes you thinner

Posted on 03/27/2012 by Zed

Every good journalist knows that people tend to focus on headlines and the first few paragraphs of a news story. So, any good writer always puts the most eye-grabbing and most attention-getting line at the very top. The caveats and … Continue reading →