[ad_1] Technology 07:13 19.02.2019(update 07:40 19.02.2019) Get a short URL The second largest earthquake ever recorded gave scientists a glimpse of the terrain beneath the surface of the planet, revealing higher peaks than the Himalayas. Scientists have been able to find giant structures in seismic wave data captured during the earthquake in Bolivia in 1994, … Read more
[ad_1] The mystery of the glorious fireball emitted by the grapes in the microwave (presented in my novel Little Brother) was solved thanks to a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Hamza Khattak and Aaron Slepkov, researchers at Trent University, explain how they destroyed a dozen microwaves before determining that the … Read more
[ad_1] An An Israeli space project backed by US billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson will enter history by launching the first private spaceship on the moon this week. The private plane will be launched Thursday from Florida by a Falcon rocket from the SpaceX space company Elon Musk. The eight-year space activities of SpaceIL and … Read more
[ad_1] There are a lot of insects. It is difficult to say exactly how much because the taxonomists have not yet described 80% of the cases, but there are probably about 5.5 million species. Count this number with other types of animals with exoskeletons and articulated legs, known collectively as arthropods – this includes mites, … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: Wikipedia. More than half of the carbon sinks in the world's forests are in areas where trees are relatively young – less than 140 years old – rather than in the tropical rainforests, according to research from the University of Birmingham. These trees have generally "pushed back" on land previously used for agriculture, … Read more
[ad_1] A conflagration to come. (Credit: Kaiskynet Studio / Shutterstock) Consider the humble grape. Small, spheroid, skin pleasantly taut, leaving a luster of softness on the tongue. Not a fruit against which you will need to defend yourself. Put a gently touching pair in the microwave, however, and the harmless fruit turns into a literal … Read more
[ad_1] The moon, or supermoon, as she lands on the Martin Luther King memorial on Monday, November 14, 2016. NASA / Aubrey Gemignani Another super moon is about to pass the celestial stage this week, and it is the largest and brightest satellite that our natural satellite will appear all year long. We get a … Read more
[ad_1] Why grapes produce a fire plasma in a microwave oven: scientists discover that electromagnetic radiation traps fruits to form intense "hot spots" Scientists discovered that grape traps were heated in the microwave, producing a spark It has been said that a "skin bridge" between the grape halves was needed to create plasma However, they … Read more
[ad_1] A great white shark is photographed in the eastern North Pacific in this undated photograph, courtesy of Kevin Weng of the University of Hawaii. – Photo Reuters WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 – The Great White Shark, one of the most formidable predators in the world's oceans, in fact as well as fictional, is a formidable … Read more
[ad_1] Big balls of fire illuminate the sky | Save the Times Meteor Fireball shoots across the sky over Kent and seen from five countries Express.co.uk A fireball meteor would have been seen hovering in the Ramsgate Kent Live night sky Thanet: Fireball meteor shocks residents of Thanet Kent Online View full coverage on Google … Read more