Remember the dress? Here's why we see all colors differently

[ad_1] When The Dress became viral in 2015 – bringing tens of millions of online viewers to realize that the garment was blue and black or white and gold – it not only broke the Internet, it broke the color science as the researchers had designed it up to this point. Never before have scientists … Read more

Iridium & # 39; loses its identity & # 39; when it is interfaced with nickel

[ad_1] The right side of this image shows a cloud of electrons around an iridium ion. The left side shows an iridium ion interfaced with nickel, where the shape of iridium is strongly modified and its strong spin-orbital interaction "disappears". Credit: Fangdi Wen Materials Physicists and Materials Scientists: You'd better reassess your work if you … Read more

The 66 million year old mosasaurs could swim like no other

[ad_1] These guys were real good swimmers Mosasaurs were real. They lived between 145.4 million and 65.5 million years ago – at the time of the dinosaurs – and were apparently tall. <p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "But the animal … Read more

The interstellar comet has a new name

[ad_1] The second interstellar comet detected in our solar system now has an official name. Meet 2I / Borisov, the latest item from which you can zoom in on our cosmic quarter. The object formerly known as C / 2019 Q4 was named Tuesday by the International Astronomical Union, the organization that officially names just … Read more

Venus, the planet Hellscape's Twisted Sister & # 39; of the Earth, was she once the harbor water – and life?

[ad_1] Venus, the hellish landscape of a grilled planet, bombarded by the radiations of our solar system, rainfed by sulfuric acid, may have already sheltered vast oceans … and could have been rather pleasant , in fact. In fact, a place covered with water and conducive to life Venus Scientists have recently reported that this … Read more

Failure in vacant land: nothing to fear: the former head of ISRO

[ad_1] Veteran space scientist G Madhavan Nair said Tuesday that ISRO's unsuccessful attempt to land softly on the moon was not alarming and that it would only allow complex missions from the master-agency from the space agency in the future. The former president of the Indian Space Research Organization also acknowledged for the first time … Read more

Volcanic Ash Powder Houston Skyline with Purple Mist

[ad_1] The sunsets in the Houston area have been particularly lively lately. The volcanic ash of Russia has given the sky a purple mist. The sunsets in the Houston area have been particularly lively lately. The volcanic ash of Russia has given the sky a purple mist. Photo: Melissa Aguilar, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photo: … Read more