Can a kilometer-scale telescope help conduct more efficient science, and specifically for the field of optical interferometry? This is what a study recently posted to the preprint server arXiv hopes to address. Can a kilometer-scale telescope help conduct more efficient science, and specifically for the field of optical interferometry? This is what a study recently posted…
In his famous novel “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,” Robert A. Heinlein describes a future lunar settlement where future lunar residents (“Loonies”) send payloads of wheat and water ice to Earth using an electromagnetic catapult. In his famous novel “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,” Robert A. Heinlein describes a future lunar settlement where future…
By eye, it’s impossible to pick out the exact boundaries of the superclusters, which are among the largest structures in the universe. But that’s because they are not defined by their edges, but by the common motion of their components. By eye, it’s impossible to pick out the exact boundaries of the superclusters, which are among…
Being alone doesn’t automatically equate with misery. French writer Michel de Montaigne famously removed himself from public life and retreated to a tower on his country estate, where he wrote about the joys of sitting with oneself in his enduring piece “On Solitude,” published in 1580. Being alone doesn’t automatically equate with misery. French writer Michel…
In new research, Griffith ecologists have highlighted the millions of insects that remain undiscovered and unnamed by scientists were likely to be more vulnerable to extinction than named species. In new research, Griffith ecologists have highlighted the millions of insects that remain undiscovered and unnamed by scientists were likely to be more vulnerable to extinction than…
When big cities gobble up smaller ones nearby, residents often are told a consolidated government is more efficient, providing improved services and other economic benefits. When big cities gobble up smaller ones nearby, residents often are told a consolidated government is more efficient, providing improved services and other economic benefits. Economics & Business Political science Phys.org – latest…
Northeastern University professor Gabriela Garcia studies the relationship between people and plants. Northeastern University professor Gabriela Garcia studies the relationship between people and plants. Plants & Animals Agriculture Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
A team of marine biologists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that climate change is the reason for the population collapse of Alaskan snow crabs in the Bering Sea. A team of marine biologists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that climate change is the reason for the…
To determine an object’s quantum properties, you may only need to measure how it exchanges heat with its environment, without touching the object itself To determine an object’s quantum properties, you may only need to measure how it exchanges heat with its environment, without touching the object itself New Scientist – News
It was an interesting week for the study of human behavior as a team of cognitive scientists at MIT found what they believe is the reason that laws are written in an incomprehensible style—because it confers what they describe as a “special kind of authority” and because legislators feel compelled to follow tradition. And a…