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View from space: World’s largest offshore wind farm
Satellite view of the London Array wind farm, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from England’s coast, where the River Thames meets the North Sea.
January 21, 2014
How sunlight lowers your blood pressure
Hypertension and cardiovascular disease correlate with latitude and rise in winter. Scientists have learned how exposure to sunlight reduces blood pressure.
January 21, 2014
Tiny machines that swim using heart muscle cells
"Micro-organisms have a whole world that we only glimpse through the microscope. This is the first time that an engineered system has reached this underworld." - Taher Saif
January 20, 2014
Still no evidence for blood-type diet
The latest research shows no evidence that tailoring diet to blood type benefits health.
January 20, 2014
Rosetta is awake!
Wake-up began at 10 UTC this morning, triggering changes aboard the spacecraft that would result in its antenna sending a signal our way. Signal received!
January 20, 2014
From algae to crude oil in less than an hour
Engineers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a pressure cooker-like technique that can convert algae into biofuel in less than an hour.
January 20, 2014
Major drought for U.S. West, including California
While eastern U.S. has cold and unsettled weather, dry and warm weather continues in the U.S. West. Over 60% of the U.S. West is experiencing extreme drought.
January 18, 2014
R.I.P. John Dobson
John Dobson is a hero to all who love astronomy, telescopes, and astronomy for the public.
January 16, 2014
A day later, caffeine stimulates memory
Caffeine helps people remember fine distinctions between similar things at least up to 24 hours after it is consumed, new research shows.
January 15, 2014
Primates, including humans, burn half as many calories as other mammals
The study suggests that our remarkably slow metabolisms explain why humans and other primates grow up so slowly and live such long lives.
January 14, 2014
