A 30-cm-long whale tooth belonging to a 'killer sperm whale' has been discovered on an Australian beach
A 30-cm-long whale tooth has been discovered on an Australian beach. No need to be wary of the water though, the tooth is 5 million years old. The 30-cm-long fossil was discovered near Melbourne in February. It now belongs to Museum Victoria, which announced its colossal acquisition on Thursday. Museum Victoria is an organization that operates three museums in Melbourne: the Immigration Museum, Scienceworks, and the Melbourne Museum. The organization said the animal would have weighed 40 tonnes ..>> view originalThis weekend, join the world's largest hackathon: NASA Space Apps Challenge
The local outpost of a planet-wide hackathon is at TechShop DC-Arlington. Here's why you should get involved. This weekend, join the world's largest hackathon: NASA Space Apps Challenge. By Andrej Arpas / guest. Help us cover you by learning how to ...>> view originalOz a 'laughing stock' on climate change
U.S. pledges support for U.N. climate change agreement0:51U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry praises the Paris climate change agreement ahead of its signing at the United Nations. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). US Secretary of State John Kerry holds his granddaughter for the signing of the accord at the United Nations Signing Ceremony for the Paris Agreement climate change accord.Staff writer and AFPNews Corp Australia NetworkAUSTRALIA’S lack of follow-through on climate change will leave t..>> view originalHerschel provides stunning video of galactic panorama
Space Herschel provides stunning video of galactic panorama Anthony Wood April 22, 2016 The European Space Agency has released a stunning video constructed from data collected by the Herschel space observatory over the course of its short operational life. The video displays a detailed panorama of the Milky Way as seen from our perspective in the Orion Spur of the Perseus spiral arm. Com..>> view original'Timer' Reveals Sources of Galactic Radiation
'Timer' Reveals Sources of Galactic Radiation (CN) — Most of the cosmic rays bombarding the Earth originated in nearby clusters of massive stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, according to new results from NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft. The Cosmic Ray Isotope Spectrometer — which allows astronomers to determine the age, temperature and speed of the light emitted by a given space object - aboard the spacecraft enabled a research team to determine the source of ..>> view originalMonkeys could have floated to North America 21 million years ago
While Columbus and other explorers get all the glory for their daring, ocean-crossing expeditions to the New World, they weren’t the first to sail to North America. In fact, it’s not even a contest, because researchers have found fossils that prove monkeys sailed to North America on rafts of vegetation some 21 million years ago. Yup, just like our most famous explorers, monkeys took to the sea to start a new life on this continent, according to researchers from the University of Florida, who fo..>> view originalFriday night show: Lyrid meteor shower will blaze overhead
We are in the midst of a meteor shower, an annual spectacle of shooting stars streaking through the skies at 107,000 miles per hour, bringing with it the blazing trail of comet Thatcher (also known as C/1861 G1).This particular flurry of celestial activity is known as the Lyrid meteor shower because they give the appearance of originating from the Lyra constellation, home to Vega, the sixth-brightest star in our sky.While chances of seeing a stunning display this year are dimmed by the full moo..>> view originalNew Electrochemistry-Based Technique Uses Simple, Inexpensive and Eco-Friendly Reagents
A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a novel and optimized way to attain a chemical reaction that is used a lot in the pharmaceutical, flavor, and fragrance industries. Scripps Research Institute chemists Phil ...>> view originalMIT creates a control algorithm for drone swarms
Swarms of drones flying in terrifyingly perfect formation could be one step closer, thanks to a control algorithm being developed at MIT. The complexities involved in controlling teams of moving robots so they don’t crash into each other, or indeed wipe out other objects/entities that cross their path, is a hard problem that continues to keep roboticists busy. But the team of researchers at MIT reckon they have made a breakthrough that could make perfect complex drone formations easier to pull..>> view originalLeaders from 175 countries sign Paris deal
Friday, April 22, 2016
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