Here’s some good news for all the space buffs out there: NASA’s Phoenix lander may have captured the first images of liquid water on Mars. Photographs appear to show water droplets that splashed onto the craf...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/19/liquid-water-found-on-mars/As part of the International Year of Astronomy, the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescopic observations, you get to decide where to point the Hubble next.“Hubble’s Next Discovery – You D...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/04/you-can-choose-hubbles-next-target/[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If7jdSYh_Mc][YouTube - Link]Check out this award winning short film (it's only 3 minutes long). It's a nice shoutout to the gothic horror films of the 20s and 30s. Simple but effec...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/04/award-winning-short-film-shadows/[YouTube - Link] Here is an amazing CGI visualization of DNA coiling, replication, transcription and translation in real time as is occurring every second in our bodies. For me the most fascinating aspect of watching...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/03/molecular-visualization-of-dna/The Pyrenean ibex, a form of mountain goat, was deemed extinct in 2000. Using tissue recovered from its body, however, scientists were able to successfully clone this creature. Although the cloned ibex died shortly after...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/02/02/scientists-clone-extinct-animal/Toyota and Tokyo University’s Information and Robot Technology Research Initiative have designed a robot to assist with Japan’s predicted labor shortage which stems from the nation’s low birthrate and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/27/robo-maid/Etahan Cascio from the Proton Therapy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital demonstrates what happens when a Particle Accelerator is turned on in front of a Webcam. Devices used for the experiment consists of a Be...
https://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/08/particle-accelerator-vs-webcam/This next bit of news is brought to you by Captain... ...f 16 to 25-year-old students, and found that male science "nerds" are most likely virgins:The wor... ...s" are most likely virgins:The work ethic of science students, and their devotion to the lab, kept the... ...parties and the bar?"...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/18/male-science-nerds-most-likely-to-be-virgins/Don't miss the full moon tonight, it's the largest moon in years because it's the closest to Earth it has been since 1993. The composite image above shows how comparitively large the moon looks tonight compared to the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/12/the-biggest-moon-since-1993/The following is an article from Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe. Photo: Shenghung Lin [Flickr] Once in a Blue Moon: A neat description of "not very often," it refers to the second full moon...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/08/the-science-behind-some-popular-phrases/
