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Ride along with a rocket to space
What a ride! Cameras mounted on the upper stage of a Soyuz rocket on April 3, 2014 looked earthward during a satellite launch.
April 7, 2014
New atomic clock won’t gain or lose a second in 300 million years
The NIST has launched a new hyper-accurate atomic clock for the U.S. time standard called NIST-F2. The clock uses a 'fountain' of cesium atoms to determine the exact length of a second.
April 4, 2014
Computer maps 21 distinct emotional expressions
... even seemingly contradictory ones, like "happily disgusted."
April 4, 2014
Another powerful earthquake rocks northern Chile
For the second time in two days, a powerful earthquake has struck Chile. Today's quake was 7.6 magnitude. It's considered an aftershock of the 8.2-magnitude quake on April 1.
April 3, 2014
Aurora alert for April 1 and 2
The first of three sets of solar particles are now en route to Earth and are expected to deliver glancing blows to Earth beginning April 1 and into April 2.
April 1, 2014
Breakthrough in invisibility cloaks, stealth technology
Scientists can create artificial nanostructures that can 'bend light.' But the challenge has been making enough of the material to turn invisibility cloaks into a practical reality.
March 31, 2014
Tropical Cyclone Hellen crushing parts of Madagascar
Meteorologists said Hellen was likely to be "one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever seen over the northern channel [of the southwestern India Ocean] since the satellite era (1967)."
March 31, 2014
Miss the moon and Venus this morning? Photos here
Photos from friends around the world of the March 27 and March 28 pairing of the moon with Venus. Thank you, everyone, for posting!
March 27, 2014
Video: Smart crow!
A BBC production shows a crow solving an 8-step puzzle to get food.
March 26, 2014
Researchers can now reconstruct your memory of someone’s face
“It is a form of mind reading,” said Marvin Chun, professor of psychology, cognitive science and neurobiology and an author of the paper in the journal Neuroimage.
March 25, 2014
