Contents tagged with Science
Hubble Telescope Infographic
Top 5 Cases for Life on Mars
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.Discovery News has an interesting video highlighting the case for life on Mars.
Is That Really Science or History
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.PhD comic expresses in comic infographic form what I’ve been wondering for a while now: there’s not much history on the History Channel anymore. Seems like MTV started a trend.
[found via AllTop]
Origins of the Dog
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.According to new research, dogs have their origins in China.
Wolves evolved into man’s best friend south of the Yangtze River in what is now China, according to a new study. These findings, which contradict a 2010 paper suggesting that wolves became dogs in the Middle East, represent the latest attempt to pinpoint the origins of our canine companions.
This new paper conflicts with research on canine genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and published in March 2010 in Nature. That research made the case that the domestication of wolves occurred first in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago. However, that study failed to include samples from the Yangtze region in their analysis.
Read the full article at the History Channel.
First 1 Trillion Frames Per Second Camera
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.The MIT Media Lab has developed the world’s first camera capable of capturing one trillion frames per second.
Yes, you read that right: one trillion fps, a speed that allows the camera to track light particles as they move through the air. Now that’s fast.
Just watch the video.
[found via TechZork]
Evolution of the Moon Animation
Parts.Common.Body.Summary.cshtml – The template for summary of a content item's body.NASA has put together this animation of how the moon came to be.
[found via Joel Citizen]
