I’m gonna ask you a quick question: How do you calculate that 1 year has passed on Earth? The answer may seem simple enough, but it is not. The problem is that our planet does not return to its starting point once it was gone all the way around the sun, so how do you […]
When a man says he wants half a million dollars to build a steam powered computer, it’s not exactly the most conventional of funding pitches. When that same man says he wants to build the world’s first digital, programmable computer, the pitch begins to look stranger. But for John Graham-Cumming, the author of science history […]
This video was created by Youtube user onesleekblackcat as an entry for Rose Center’s 10 year anniversary video contest. I’m not exactly how old this young fellow is, but his future sure does look promising!
Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our “connectome,” and it’s as individual as our genome — and understanding it could open a new way to understand our brains and our minds.
It’s once again the time of year for rewarding some of the most truly remarkable efforts in various fields of science and other research. And no, I don’t mean the Nobel Prizes. I mean the Ig Nobel Prizes. Now in their 20th year, the prizes are awarded by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Unlike […]
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At a dogpark in Cambridge, Massachusettes, Matthew Mazzota installed a gaslamp powered by methane generated from dog poop. Burning the methane, which is 30 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, helps the environment, he said. And with dogs dropping tons of poop in cities everywhere, he thinks the idea of using […]
Researchers at Stanford University have successfully used light signals to stimulate muscle activity in mice. The concepts used in the experiment could one day form the basis of medical treatment for humans with a range of muscle-related conditions, including reversing the process to reduce involuntary muscle spasms. The experiment began with using an algae-derived gene […]