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Here is a link to the article announcing this expected discovery confirming Einstein's prediction. The article provides several informative links on subject and it's current research. Data results from the LIGO (Advance Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) experiment will be released Thursday. Ripples in space-time detected, wow!

Esmeralda; what a lovely, lyrical name. Here's a link to a Washington Post article on the discovery of one of Vasco da Gama's ill-fated ships off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea. The article discusses the discovery by David Mearns salvage company and a preliminary report published in the journal Nautical Archeology. At 500 years, the author says it is the oldest shipwreck discovery from the age of exploration da Gama led. Enjoy!

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/water-bears-glass-all-full Something spotted before, but not understood quite as well: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19732016 I like water bears, and not just because they look like the Aunts in "A Wrinkle In Time". ( photo: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/water-bears’-genetic-borrowing-questioned) To say that this is possiby the coolest thing a water bear can do is to say something. Maybe because human packaging is almost always designed to prevent water from affecting the contents, this comes from left field - but methinks those guys need to get hold of a patent attorney.

When I saw this CNET headline, I thought we now have some answers regarding the nature of dark matter. I was right; the article discusses the mystery of radio signal bursts that emit the energy our Sun would over 10,000 years. The infrequency of the these bursts made their source difficult to locate. Scientist have now discovered that they originate from an elliptical galaxy about 6 billion light years from Earth. According to the article, the mystery was solved by "locating" the matter between the Earth and the signals source. The article contains a link to the published research. Enjoy!

phys.org Abiotic species that feed and replicate and sometimes create another abiotic species might evolve into biologic species, but its not likely to occur in my lifetime. This satisfies my curiosity about the genesis of life and more or less corresponds to my expectations. I hope someone else successfully does this experiment.

It was known that the moon influences the tides had, but never on precipitation. The force of gravity of the moon makes its effects felt causing fluctuations not only for what concerns the rising sea levels, but the amount of rain. To detect for the first time this influence, a barely perceptible reduction of 1%, is the study carried out by Tsubasa Kohyama, University of Washington and will be published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The discovery was made by studying data on precipitation in tropical varieregioni collected by satellites over the past 15 years. Just comparing that data the researchers saw that was recorded a slight decrease in rainfall when …

What happened to the population of Easter Island? Nothing, according to this article in the IB Times. The Rapa Nui were a successful society until the Europeans arrived according to evidence based on a new analysis of island weaponry. According to the article, the abundance of prehistoric spearheads found on the island's shores and the desolation of the island's vegetation had previously led researchers to believe that sparse resources led to war and cannibalism among its inhabitants. New analysis of their so-called weaponry, according to Professor Carl Lipo of Binghamton University, suggests that their variable shapes and variance from traditional weapons rendered the…

Antarctic fungi survive Martian conditions on the International Space StationScientists have gathered tiny fungi that take shelter in Antarctic rocks and sent them to the International Space Station. After 18 months on board in conditions similar to those on Mars, more than 60 percent of their cells remained intact, with stable DNA. The results provide new information for the search for life on the red planet. Lichens from the Sierra de Gredos (Spain) and the Alps (Austria) also traveled into space for the same experiment. >>>>> Read more

The Year of Pluto - New Horizons Documentary Brings Humanity Closer to the Edge of the Solar System. ................................................ Our Solar System has a mysterious zone that holds the clue to our origins. NASA has been trying since 2006 to gain access to this zone aboard the biggest rocket yet. Exploring the outer Solar System takes a lot of time and requires a lot of patience, perseverance and dedication. If all goes well with the Pluto flyby, NASA may extend the explorations farther out into the Kuiper Belt. The New Horizons Mission is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get out there and take a closer look at the Kuiper Belt—the Solar System’s mys…

As I understand it either the Germans are Russians are working on reading ones mind, and I for one cannot understand how. Any information on that? consciousness one

We've had a few threads recently on our microbiota. I thought this might be of interest from the BBC site. Here's a more sciencey article on it from Science Daily.

Well, Duh! Actually, I ate quite a bit when I was a child back when it was packed with greater levels of lead emissions before emission standards changed. Here's an interesting DNews video on why you shouldn't let your child eat snow. Enjoy!

For those of us experiencing the latest North American Snowmaggedon, here's a link to a DNews YouTube video on the physiological effects of winter. Enjoy!

Not sure if this is the right place to post this link to a very interesting article on the current search for the origin of canine domestication. The article has a link to works suggesting that the relationship between human and ancient wolf may have been "parasitic" in nature rather than a result of wolf pup capture and breeding. The article also discusses evidence suggesting that this relationship may have began 30,000 years ago rather than 15,000 as many researchers believe. There is a collaborative effort now exploring all facets of canine evolution including its genome as a way of understanding its human impact. What do you think?

. This picture of a planet like disc , Appeared on BBC . TV . Last night 20/01/16 Suggestions of an object 10 times heavier than Earth, a gas giant , identified by an American University, Californian Institute of Technology , on the fringes of , yet within , the Solar system Mike

I already posted this before noticing there was already a thread about it (below). Moderators feel free to merge this with that thread. "The solar system appears to have a new ninth planet. Today, two scientists announced evidence that a body nearly the size of Neptune—but as yet unseen—orbits the sun every 15,000 years. During the solar system’s infancy 4.5 billion years ago, they say, the giant planet was knocked out of the planet-forming region near the sun. Slowed down by gas, the planet settled into a distant elliptical orbit, where it still lurks today. "The claim is the strongest yet in the centuries-long search for a “Planet X” beyond Neptune. The quest …

No doubt you've already heard, but here is a link to the article. Enjoy!

Latest ambitions of one of the leading countries in space science is building bases on the moon high technology and turned the place into a living for humans. It has been over 45 years since the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20/7/1970, the world's only known American first nations people to set foot on the moon. But since the country shifted to explore Mars, birch powers to select lunar plans are based build future life for humanity. In 1969, the Russian (then Soviet Union) each autonomous robot car launched Lunokhod 1 name of the space program Lunokhod moon to explore the surface. Unfortunately the first attempt failed because the satellite does n…

European Space Agency (ESA) to build a space base on the moon. This base can replace the International Space Station (ISS) in the future. Russia, Japan to build bases on moon Europe built bases on the Moon ESA wants to build space base on the moon This radical idea by Professor Jan Woernerc of ESA proposals. Pursuant named Lunarville. Even scientists also intend to plant trees on the moon in the greenhouse. Over 370,000 km from Earth, it takes about 2 days to go from Earth to Lunarville. ESA wants to build bases on moon The illustration is based on the moon - (Screenshot ESA) "Building a space station on the moon may trigger wave of technological innovation…

Collectively Conscious I wonder if their partial explanation is hiding something besides a viable biological process. Moreover, this process pushes at the edges of law and ethics. Who will be the father and who is responsible if the child has serious and expensive medical problems. What happens to the baby if the mother dies is child birth. I think I am opposed to such a patent being issueds ; although, I haven't considered the issues fully. I think this will be hotly contested, more than Monsanto's GMO program.

Here I'll point out an aging research crowdfunding project by Harvard Scientists at Experiment, it focuses on carrying out a small project in developing functional metrics of age to help reversing aging. Harvard Medical School has reported successful aging reversal using genetic and biochemical methods in the labs of Dr. George Church and Dr. David Sinclair. These scientists are seeking support for their project here: url deleted by mod Any contribution will be highly appreciated, Thank you!

The extinction of Gigantopithecus probably isn't news but new evidence on the probable cause of that extinction was recently published. They stood about 9 feet and are cousin to the Asian orangutan. A group researching the remains of teeth found that during an Ice Age, about 100,000 years ago, they likely could not adapt to the diminishing supply of the vegetation that serve their huge dietary needs. The link above will take you to the article. I welcome your thoughts.

Want something to blow your mind?First thing you've ever heard off? A man that's been born,with an energy. Now the man is just like any other human being,but with energy. (First type.) The idea is that.His brain thought's/feeling's are the energy he's been born with,unlike a human being.It has all the tool's (everything) and can do everything for the human-being.That's the science with him.That's it!!He's a special kind of man born on this earth.Now the science (energy) that I'm talking about is there with him baby. Its everything,and it can literally do anything in/on a human being. Here's a few things of what it can do. -tactile hallucination -It can make him cl…

It's ALIENS! https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630153-600-is-this-et-mystery-of-strange-radio-bursts-from-space/