The Large Hadron Collider has helped staff spot two previously unseen particles. Both are known as baryons and are made up of three quarks. The two baryons have the somewhat uncatchy names of Xi_b’– and Xi_b*–. The existence of both had previously been predicted by the quark model, but they had yet to be seen in […]
This time, the human being is the asteroid. –Read “The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. –Half of world’s wildlife has died off in past 40 years. [It’s Okay To Be Smart]
With all the talk about manned missions to Mars, ASAP Science breaks down the feasibility of humans living and surviving on the red planet. [AsapSCIENCE]
If you can’t make sense of what happened at the end of Interstellar, let astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson help you unravel that mystery for you. [Via Indiewire]
When we look at the sky, we have a flat, two-dimensional view. So how do astronomers figure the distances of stars and galaxies from Earth? Yuan-Sen Ting shows us how trigonometric parallaxes, standard candles and more help us determine the distance of objects several billion light years away from Earth. [Ted Ed]
Two highly interesting videos from Ted Ed explaining how wounds heal themselves (above) and in direct relation to the first video, how scars form as a result of these wounds (below.) Our skin is the largest organ in our bodies, with a surface area of about 20 square feet in adults. When we are cut […]
After a six-year-old girl asked him how a first-grader could help the Earth, Astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson answered: Neil deGrasse Tyson: You know what I think? Okay, so when I was in first grade I was curious about a lot of things. So heres what I want you to do… I think, when you go […]
Did you know that ESA’s Philae lander has detached itself from the Rosetta satellite just a few hours ago (09:35 CET) and is currently in the process of landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenk? You can watch the event live above! If everything goes according to plan, the probe should land on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenk at around 11:02 EST […]
A very quick and simple explanation on why our voices get higher when we inhale helium by the folks over at Mental Floss. [Mental Floss]
Since Christopher Nolan wanted to show a scientifically accurate black hole to the audience of Interstellar, he hired theoretical physicist Kip Thorne to transform his vision into reality. I’m going to see the movie tonight, and even though some people say that Interstellar features a lot of plot holes, I don’t really care, I absolutely […]