Researchers at Cern have discovered that a loose cable may have been the real reason for an apparent measurement of neutrinos exceeding the speed of light. However, another possible fault could mean the recorded speed was actually understated. As you can’t have failed to miss, staff on the Opera (Oscillation Project with Emulsion-Racking Apparatus) experiment […]
Photo Credit: NASA Earth Observatory Chicken Little, you’re finally right. The sky is starting to fall. Well, not really. It’s just that average cloud height has decreased by 1 per cent over the last decade – that’s about 30-40 metres. How? Scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand analyzed cloud height data gleaned […]
An expert on metabolism believes there may be a fundamental flaw in guidelines about weight loss through a change in diet. Dr Kevin Hall says in turn this may be deterring people from sticking with attempts to drop weight. Speaking to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Hall highlighted guidelines used by health […]
Playing Medal of Honor could improve eyesight, even among people with conditions that appear difficult to treat. That’s the conclusion of psychologist Daphne Maurer who carried out a study of six adults who had been born with cataracts, a clouding in the eye lens that can block out most subtle detail. Each of the subjects […]
A computer model showing an atom sitting in a channel in a silicon crystal. Credit: Purdue University via Science Daily Through a trans-pacific effort over collaboration technology “nanoHUB”, researchers have managed to build the tiniest transistor that ever was, and ever could be. They used a single phosphorous atom to act as a conductor inside […]
The chefs at Chicago’s Alinea Restaurant have created this somewhat unconventional helium filled “delicacy” to please their client’s palates. Unfortunately, there’s no indication on how much they charge for these balloons in the video, but I’m pretty sure they must be fairly expensive considering the nature of the dessert. [Via Neatorama]
After seeing Freddiew’s video featuring a vomiting milkman superhero, Youtuber MinutePhysics wondered how much milk said milkman would have to vomit in order to propel himself from the ground and up into the air. The answer? 5 gallons of milk… per second! Yuck! [VomitPhysics MinutePhysics]
Youtuber C.G.P. Grey lists 8 common animal misconceptions that a lot of people believe to be true at one point or another in their lives. [C.G.P. Grey]