An Unusually Large Iceberg Broke Off A Glacier And Nobody Noticed
This past summer (winter in Australia), a massive chunk of ice slipped away from a glacier in British Columbia, but no one was there to notice. Using satellite images, a scientist from NASA has now spotted the unusually large iceberg — and he suspects it’s the largest ever seen in North America. Glaciologist Mauri Pelto noticed the iceberg while analysing space-based photos of Porcupine Glacier in northern British Columbia. In late August 2016, an iceberg detached itself from the glacier and d..>> view originalInternational coral reef leaders take part in Australian program to improve reefs in developing countries
International coral reef leaders take part in Australian program to improve reefs in developing countries Posted October 14, 2016 16:44:58 Coral reef leaders from developing countries have gathered in north Queensland to help improve the conservation of reefs worldwide.Over the next three weeks, more than 20 people from abroad will be taking part in the 2016 International and Coral Reef Management and Leadership Program in Townsville, north Queensland. It is an Austra..>> view originalInternational science community puts pressure on Russia to support Antarctic marine protection plan
International science community puts pressure on Russia to support Antarctic marine protection plan Posted October 14, 2016 10:17:32 Russia is now the only country holding back support to create marine protected areas (MPA) in Antarctica, and is facing international pressure to agree to the plan.A meeting of 24 countries is underway in Hobart, and members are set to spend the next fortnight deciding if they should protect the waters of the Ross Sea and East Antarctica..>> view originalTurns out spiders can hear you from across the room
A new study has just revealed that spiders are even more impressive - or terrifying, depending on your point of view - than we'd ever imagined. Arachnids don't have ears, but it turns out spiders can hear you talking from metres away - despite the fact that many researchers previously assumed they couldn't hear at all. "Surprisingly, we found that they also possess an acute sense of hearing," lead researcher Paul Shamble from Cornell University told Hannah Devlin from The Guardian. "They can h..>> view originalLevitating display features pixels you can touch
We've already seen sound waves being used to levitate small numbers of foam balls, drops of liquid and even bits of lab-grown cartilage. Scientists at the Universities of Sussex and Bristol, however, have recently taken things a step further. They've created a low-res "display" in which the pixels are actually physical, tangible spheres, that float and can be individually rotated in mid-air. The technology is known as JOLED, and it utilizes an array of expanded polystyrene spheres/pixels tha..>> view originalDinosaurs likely didn't roar, new research suggests
What sound did a dinosaur make? While you might imagine them screeching or roaring like they did in the Jurassic Park movies, scientists haven't been able to figure out the noises they actually made when they roamed the Earth. But new research is bringing us closer to understanding how they might have sounded. As CBC Radio science columnist Torah Kachur explains, a study published in the journal Nature looks back to the age of dinosaurs to offer some insight into the evolution of the voice box..>> view originalTop Secret Mission: Mystery Space Plane Has Been Orbiting Earth for 500 Days -- But Why?
Oct 14, 2016 04:42 AM EDT A mystery space plane has been orbiting earth for 500 days and up to now, nobody knows what exactly is it doing up there. IFL Science said that the 8.9-meter-long (29.3 feet) secretive vehicle by the US Air Force, was built with the help of Boeing and was launched into orbit by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Space.com notes that the vehicle, tagged as X-37B space plane is now on its fourth mission. It was launched May last year from Cape Canaveral in Florid..>> view originalWhat do these prehistoric footprints tell us about our ancestors?
In 2008, when conservationist Jim Brett came across a set of footprints on a mudflat in Tanzania, he knew he had stumbled upon something valuable. The footprints turned out to be the best-preserved and largest set of ancient human footprints ever discovered in Africa, covering an area around the size of a tennis court. Mr. Brett immediately notified Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, a geologist at Appalachian State University."The first time we went out there, I remember getting out of the vehicle, and I..>> view originalAncient Stars Spotted In The Center Of The Milky Way For The First Time (Video)
First Posted: Oct 14, 2016 03:27 AM EDT At the heart of the Milky Way are a dozen of ancient stars known as RR Lyrae that were spotted for the first time. (Photo : NASA/Handout/Getty Images) Scientists discovered ancient stars in the center of Milky Way using the ESO's infrared VISTA telescope. They are known as RR Lyrae, which exist in ancient stellar populations for more than 10 billion years old, and were seen for the first time. The research will be printed in the Astrophysical Journa..>> view original
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