Three Cool Things We've Learned From NASA's Mars Gravity Map
By Michael Greshko PUBLISHED Thu Mar 24 16:49:04 EDT 2016 NASA has released a stunning new map of Mars that shows the planet’s terrain in a way not visible to the naked eye—using gravity to reveal new details about everything from the core to the atmosphere. “It’s giving you a signal of the lumps and bumps of the planet’s surface,” says Richard Zurek of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who wasn’t involved with the mapping. “It’s pret..>> view originalScience-religion conflict may lie in our brains
"Long before it's in the papers" March 24, 2016 RETURN TO THE WORLD SCIENCE HOME PAGE Science-religion conflict may lie in our brains March 24, 2016 Courtesy of Case Western Reserve University and World Science staff The conflict between science and religion may originate in our brain structure, researchers have found. Clashes between the..>> view originalThis weird little fish can walk up waterfalls
Cryptotora thamicola. (New Jersey Institute of Technology) The cavefish Cryptotora thamicola is blind as a – well, blind as a cavefish. But according to a study published Thursday in Scientific Reports, the fish uses a unique method of movement that allows it to walk like a four-legged animal. In fact, it can even climb its way up a waterfall. "It possesses morphological features that have previously only been attributed to tetrapods," or four-footed mammals and amphibians, study co-author ..>> view originalSolar storms trigger intense Northern Lights on Jupiter
Newly released images from space show a rare view of Jupiter's X-ray version of the Northern Lights. Based on observations from the Chandra X-ray telescope, the vivid aurora is depicted as a magenta glow surrounding the planet's north pole. In reality, the X-rays lie in a portion of the light spectrum not visible to human eyes.Astronomers say this aurora on Jupiter, which occurred in 2011, covers an area larger than Earth's entire surface.New research published in the Journal of Geophysical Res..>> view originalBillionaire Paul Allen Pledges $100 Million To Fund Cutting-Edge Life Sciences Research
A Japanese fleet killed 333 whales for 'research'
In this September 2013 photo, a minke whale is unloaded at a port after a whaling for scientific purposes in Kushiro, Japan, in the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) A fleet of four ships returned to Japan on Thursday after killing 333 whales in the Antarctic as part of the country's controversial hunt. The quota of 333 is a third of what Japan used to haul in on average every year. Now, it's the maximum number of kills allowed under the program, which Japanese off..>> view originalSynthetic Stripped-Down Bacterium Could Shed Light on Life's Mysteries
Scientists have created a stripped-down life form, a bacterium with a minimal number of genes needed to keep it going. They hope to use it as a platform to create designer life forms, and say it's already taught them some important, and humbling, lessons about the essence of life. The little bacterium has 473 genes. And the team at the J. Craig Venter Institute in California admit they don't know what a third of the actually do. They just know the microbe dies without them. "We don't kno..>> view originalPrairie Dogs are Serial Killers: Study
The fact that vegetarian prairie dogs are vicious and ruthless murderers in reality comes as somewhat of a surprise. Only man is his own worst enemy. From grand theft to brutal terrorism, it is us humans that top the list of savagery in the animal kingdom. However, recent evidence points out several other species that kill on a routine basis.Finishing off others without any reason seems to be something at which other creatures than man are specialists as well. To stop the competition that is a ..>> view original
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