Quasars shine a new light on cosmic dist..  1 comments I just read that Quasars shine a new light on cosmic distances. An international team of scientists has developed a method to determine the distances to quasars throughout the universe. May 6, 2012 An international team of scientists has developed a method to determine the distances to qua ...   Marjatta 11 days + -

Today's TEDTalk - Reuben Margolin: Sculp..  1 comments Reuben Margolin is a kinetic sculptor, crafting beautiful pieces that move in the pattern of raindrops falling and waves combining. He creates mesmerizing moving sculptures based on rain and waves. Take nine minutes and be mesmerized by his meditative art -- inspired in equal parts by math and natu ...   Marjatta 16 days + -

Friday Fact by National Geographics  1 comments Friday Fact: A salmon's sense of smell is thousands of times better than a dog's.   Marjatta 21 days + -

The Blazar Universe ...  1 comments "The Blazar Universe" --200 Actively-Feeding Supermassive Black Holes Located at Cores of Giant Galaxies April 15, 2012 Astronomers are actively hunting a class of supermassive black holes throughout the universe called blazars thanks to data collected by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Exp ...   Marjatta 1 months + -

The Mighty Mathematician You’ve Never He.. Albert Einstein called Amalie Noether the most “significant” and “creative” female mathematician of all time, and others of her contemporaries were inclined to drop the modification by sex. Scientists are a famously anonymous lot, but few can match in the depths of her perverse and unmerited obsc ...   Marjatta 1 months + -

Nebular Clouds --The 'Engines' of Life i..  2 comments I just do not get tired of admiring the universe. I feel so tiny and humble - a micro-small piece of sand here on our planet Earth. Nebular Clouds --The 'Engines' of Life in the Universe? 2012 March 26 Nebular clouds are thought to be most likely environment for synthesizing and promotin ...   Marjatta 1 months + -

Malta Temples and The OTS Foundation Some of you may find this interesting Piece by piece more discoveries of prehistoric and ancient builders and are found and how the findings indicated that at 110 Hz the patterns of activity over the prefrontal cortex abruptly shifted, resulting in a relative deactivation of the language center a ...   Marjatta 1 months + -

a tiny dragon discovered ...  3 comments A tiny dragon discovered in Indonesia. She was found laying eggs in a nest in the Lambusango Forest reserve and was immediately released after this photograph was taken. Species may be related to the species Draco Volans, and no word yet on whether or not this thing guards castles or breathes ...   Marjatta 2 months + -

Coming events - Earth Hour, March 31, 2.. Earth Hour, March 31, 2012: Give 60 Minutes for the Planet It’s as simple as turning off your lights for one hour on Saturday, March 31, at 8:30 p.m., your local time. That’s it. It may be the easiest thing you’ll ever be asked to do for an environmental cause and for the natural world. Rome ...   Marjatta 2 months + -

A Friday fact from National Geographics  1 comments Friday Fact on 16th of March 2012: A hurricane weighs as much as 160 million rhinos.   Marjatta 2 months + -

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