March 31, 2014 Physical Science
Can something be in two places at once? Can something be in two separate states at once? According to Einstein and the weird Twilight Zone rules of the quantum world the answer has always been a definite maybe. The math…
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March 30, 2014 Physical Science
When the big bang occurred there was allegedly an equal amount of matter and antimatter. As you may know, when matter and antimatter come in contact they consume and destroy each other. This being true, how could life or the…
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March 30, 2014 Physical Science
Forget menacing, hulking robots…forget boring boxy factory robots…meet the pi4-workerbot. It’s programmed to be amiable and the more work it has the more cheerful it becomes.pi4-workerbot. It’s programmed to be amiable and the more work it has the more cheerful…
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March 30, 2014 Physical Science
Could the author of this title have just simply asked “Could a God control matter?” The question is an obvious attempt to side step the whole “God” issue. I mean “Heavens” forbid there are boundaries to our senses, or that…
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March 30, 2014 Physical Science
Anyone who’s ever dabbled in physics is familiar with Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity . This famous theory describes gravity as the effect of massive objects on the geometry of space, saying that the space around a massive body…
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March 30, 2014 Physical Science
NASA’s Curiosity Rover, the $2.5bn robot which was launched towards Mars in November 2011, has found clear evidence that at one point there was liquid running water on the surface of Mars. This discovery is a significant step towards ascertaining…
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March 30, 2014 Physical Science
A pulsar is a rapidly rotating neutron star whose magnetic fields emit charged particles of radiating energy. A pulsar possesses jets of particles streaming from their magnetic poles at the speed of light. These jets produce very intense beams of…
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March 30, 2014 Physical Science
A neutron star is created when a massive star collapses under its own gravity during the explosion of a supernova. A neutron star is the remnant of a high-mass star of about 5-10 solar masses, and is composed of neutrons….
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March 30, 2014 Physical Science
Comet ISON was discovered on Sept. 21, 2012, by astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok of the International Scientific Optical Network. The abbreviation of the network is what the comet ISON is named after. Other astronomers had already reported a…
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March 30, 2014 Physical Science
Star formation takes place within high molecular density clouds in the interstellar medium. The interstellar medium consists of particles of gas and dust of which 90% is hydrogen, 9 % helium and the remaining is traces of other elements. A…
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