Science & Technology

This yarn makes its own electricity 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 29, 2017
Batteries not required.

By David Aragorn
Is the “alien megastructure” around Tabby’s Star actually a ringed gas giant?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 29, 2017
KIC 8462852 (aka. Tabby’s Star) continues to be a source of both fascination and controversy.

By David Aragorn
Caffeine Alters Perception of Sweet Taste, New Study Says 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 29, 2017
According to a new study published in the Journal of Food Science, caffeine tempers taste buds temporarily, making food and drink seem less sweet.

By David Aragorn
Science 4 Fun 0
- Science & Technology, You Post
- August 28, 2017
Science4Fun is the place for kids to learn science in a fun way.

By You Post
Researchers use lasers to weld spider silk to kevlar 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 26, 2017
The silk proteins themselves are involved in locally increasing the laser power.

By David Aragorn
Cyborg bacteria outperform plants when turning sunlight into useful compounds 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 24, 2017
Photosynthesis provides energy for the vast majority of life on Earth. But chlorophyll, the green pigment that plants use to harvest sunlight, is relatively inefficient. To enable humans to capture more of the sun’s energy than natural photosynthesis can, scientists have taught bacteria to cover themselves in tiny, highly efficient solar panels to produce useful compounds.

By David Aragorn
Superconductivity research reveals potential new state of matter 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 24, 2017
Common phenomenon could be key to understanding mechanism of unconventional superconductivity

By David Aragorn
Solar eclipse science: how the motions of the heavens affect events on Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 22, 2017
A total solar eclipse has always had the power to fascinate humans and affect the actions, purses, thoughts and knowledge of humans all over the world

By David Aragorn
Life After Death? –Physicists Says “It’s Quantum Information that Transcends from One World to Another”0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 19, 2017
While scientists are still in heated debates about what exactly consciousness is, the University of Arizona’s Stuart Hameroff and British physicist Sir Roger Penrose conclude that it is information stored at a quantum level. Penrose agrees –he and his team have found evidence that “protein-based microtubules—a structural component of human cells—carry quantum information— information stored at a sub-atomic level.”

By David Aragorn
Behind the Hype of ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 18, 2017
Some folks have big plans for your future. They want you—a burger-eatin’, chicken-finger-dippin’ American—to buy their burgers and nuggets grown from stem cells. One day, meat eaters and vegans might even share their hypothetical burger. That burger will be delicious, environmentally friendly, and be indistinguishable from a regular burger. And they assure you the meat will be real meat, just not ground from slaughtered animals.

By David Aragorn