Two of Saturn’s moons take a family photo, and satellites spot the rumblings of a massive volcano.
Week’s Best Space Pictures: Scott Kelly Returns to Earth
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Scott Kelly’s Year of Working Tediously
It’s not all Star Wars up there.
Scott Kelly’s Year of Working Tediously | Daily Planet | Air & Space Magazine
The computer error audio is classic!
Welcome Home, Scott Kelly. Now on to Mars
Scott Kelly’s year in space will pay scientific and medical dividends for years to come, helping pave the way for future astronauts to travel to Mars and beyond.
Welcome Home, Scott Kelly. Now Let’s Go to Mars | WIRED
Amazing.
Genetic study reveals 50 thousand years of independent history of Aboriginal Australian people
Conceiving of 50 thousand years of history is mind-boggling. How cool!
Remains of Anglo-Saxon settlement found by metal detecting enthusiast in Lincolnshire
Hundreds of artifacts found at Little Carlton, including coins from 8th century, dress pins and Middle Saxon pottery.
Remains of Anglo-Saxon island discovered in Lincolnshire village | Science | The Guardian
so cool!
Pictures of some of the finds can be seen here–> Lost in the mists of time! Anglo-Saxon island is discovered in a field near Louth
Our Brains Have No Gender
They’re actually mishmashes with both male and female qualities.
Our Brains Have No Gender — NOVA Next | PBS
No shit, Sherlock?!
Bronze-Age Wheel Sheds Light on Prehistoric Transport
Dating from 1100-800 BC, the wooden wheel is the latest find from a UK settlement described as Britain’s Pompeii.
Bronze-Age Wheel Sheds Light on Prehistoric Transport : Discovery News
Much, much better article on a very, very cool thing.
Perfectly Preserved Bronze Age Wheel Unearthed in Cambridgeshire
Archaeologists carefully excavating wheel made of oak planks almost 3,000 years ago at site being called a Fenland Pompeii
Perfectly preserved bronze age wheel unearthed in Cambridgeshire | Science | The Guardian
Apart from the random and half-baked speculation about a cooking fire, this is really cool.
Caribbean Whales Have Regional Accents
Much like people in different regions of the same country, groups of whales have their own distinct calls.
Caribbean Whales Have Regional Accents — Science of Us
cool!
An Architect’s Radical New Theory About Stonehenge
“Why would you move 75 large stones just so you could dance around twice a year? If you put a roof on it you can use it all year.”
An Architect’s Radical New Theory About Stonehenge
Wild!
“It’s Not the Zika Virus” — Doctors Expose Monsanto Linked Pesticide as Cause of Birth Defects
While Zika has yet to be linked to the increase in birth defects, this Mosquito pesticide is already known to cause these very congenital malformations.
Sigh….
Parmesan Cheese Might Actually Be Wood Pulp
Tests of several brands contained absolutely no Parmesan at all.
Parmesan Cheese Might Actually Be Wood Pulp — Grub Street
I amazed that this isn’t common knowledge. Cellulose is in a lot of things. It’s a much more likely culprit for why all of the sudden all of the people have “gluten” sensitivities than actual wheat.
100-Year-Old Box of Negatives Discovered Frozen In Block of Antarctica’s Ice
While restoring one of the exploration huts in Antarctica, Conservators of the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust discovered a box that turned out to be a remarkable treasure. It contained 22 never-before-seen cellulose nitrate negatives documenting the life of Antarctic explorers a 100 years back. Preserved in a block of ice, these negatives surprisingly lived up to our days to shine a light on the Antarctic heroic era and the landscape itself.
100-Year-Old Box of Negatives Discovered Frozen In Block of Antarctica’s Ice | Bored Panda
wild!
31 Rolls Of Film Shot By An Unknown WWII Soldier Have Finally Been Developed
And the images are stunning. Get an inside look at how the Rescued Film Project developed and archived the historical discovery.
wild…
Not just the stuff of legend: Famed Viking ‘sunstone’ did exist, believe scientists
For centuries, it has been a crystal of legend locked in the verses of Norse myth with little or no evidence that it was ever real. Now it seems scientists at last have grounds for believing that the Viking “sunstone” used to navigate the seas did indeed exist.
Not just the stuff of legend: Famed Viking ‘sunstone’ did exist, believe scientists
cool!
Scientists Think They Have Found The Mythical ‘Sunstone’ Vikings Used To Navigate Warships |
An oblong crystal found in the wreck of a 16th-century English warship is a sunstone, a near-mythical navigational aid said to have been used by Viking mariners, researchers said on Wednesday. The stone is made of Iceland spar, a transparent,…
Scientists Think They Have Found The Mythical ‘Sunstone’ Vikings Used To Navigate Warships |
cool!
NASA Travel Posters From the Future
Fourteen space travel posters of colorful, exotic space settings are now available free for downloading and printing.
Imagination is our window into the future. At NASA/JPL we strive to be bold in advancing the edge of possibility so that someday, with the help of new generations of innovators and explorers, these visions of the future can become a reality. As you look through these images of imaginative travel destinations, remember that you can be an architect of the future.
very cool!
First commercialised GM Bt maize was toxic to animals over the long term
New paper published by Prof GE Seralini and farmer whose cows were affected
First commercialised GM Bt maize was toxic to animals over the long term
hmmmm
German Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Work Communally
Peter Wohlleben, a career ranger, has topped best-seller lists with “The Hidden Life of Trees,” describing trees as social beings that communicate on the “Wood Wide Web.”
German Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Have Social Networks, Too – The New York Times
hmmm
Powerful Women Buried at Stonehenge
Stonehenge is giving up its secrets, and one appears to be that many influential women were buried at the ancient site.
Powerful Women Buried at Stonehenge : Discovery News
hmmm
Why haven’t we found aliens yet?
If there are billions of star systems in our galaxy, and the conditions needed for life are not so rare, then where are all the aliens?
Why haven’t we found aliens yet? – Business Insider
hmmm
If Male Scientists Were Written About Like Female Scientists
A devout husband and father, Darwin balanced his family duties with the study of the specimens he brought from his travels.
If Male Scientists Were Written About Like Female Scientists
Heh, awesome!
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