Mysteries of the universe revealed? Hardly. But CERN still fascinates, discovers on its 70th anniversary. From @AssociatedPress: "Over the last seven decades, CERN, the sprawling research center on the Swiss-French border at Geneva, has become a household name in Europe, the West and beyond […]
"The 'science of reading' is a body of knowledge referring to how students learn to sound out words, learn vocabulary, and read increasingly sophisticated texts. More teachers are being encouraged to use evidence-based practices aligned to this research, and and in some cases, are required to […]
Chemists discovered the first new chemical bond in more than a decade. @newscientist reports: "Though it was first predicted in the 1930s, chemists have just now managed to create a covalent bond that only uses one electron." Registration may be required: https://flip.it/JAMVz7#Chemistry […]
Artificial intelligence helps uncover hundreds of unknown ancient symbols hidden in Peru’s Nazca Desert. From CNN: "The carvings include birds, plants, spiders, humanlike figures with headdresses, decapitated heads and an orca wielding a knife." https://flip.it/726E_b Here's the original […]
Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that’ll bring them home next year. AP reports: "SpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday with a downsized crew of two astronauts and two empty seats reserved for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who will return next year. The Dragon capsule […]
From @sciencefocus: “If life exists elsewhere in the Solar System, one of the most likely places is Jupiter's moon Europa.” We may find out next month when NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will examine the icy moon to see if it's capable of supporting life: https://flip.it/yyIa3a#Science#Space […]
More than a few of us have probably tied one on and wound up with a head-splitting, demoralizing hangover the next morning. So if you have big plans for tonight, you better drink plenty of water before heading out, right? Turns out a new study found no evidence to support the notion of water as […]
While exploring the Tonga Trench in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean, researchers captured extremely rare footage of a Magnapinna squid with arms several times the length of its body. And, yes, it was walking. @LiveScience has the footage: https://flip.it/eHKEAp#Science#Animals#Biology […]
Earlier this week, @Flipboard federated an additional 250 publishers, including some great science publications. Here are just a few of the new profiles you can follow: @Behscientist @DiscoverMag @Futurism @LiveScience @NationalGeographic @popularmechanics @SciAm @Spacecom You can […]