earth mystery news

Distant Star Refuses to Die 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 24, 2017
Scientists have long believed that a star explodes when it reaches the end of its life.

By David Aragorn
Hand Sanitizer Alters the Results of Breathalyzer Tests in New Experiment 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 23, 2017
If a police officer pulls you over for driving while intoxicated, you could be brought in for a breath alcohol test. If that happens, you’d better hope the test operator doesn’t slather their hands in an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, first.

By David Aragorn
Blazing fireball lights up Arctic sky over Finland 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 23, 2017
A blazing fireball lit up the dark skies of Arctic Finland for five seconds, giving off what scientists said was “the glow of 100 full moons” and igniting hurried attempts to find the reported meteorite.

By David Aragorn
Hubble’s Contentious Constant 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 23, 2017
There are two leading ways to measure the universe’s rate of expansion, and for fifteen years, they more or less agreed with one another. Not anymore, and that’s a big deal.

By David Aragorn
Everything you ever wanted to know about perovskite, Earth’s most abundant type of mineral—that we almost never see 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 23, 2017
From silicates to semiconductors, here’s why one crystal structure is so prevalent in modern research.

By David Aragorn
The Hydroponic, Robotic Future of Farming in Greenhouses 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 23, 2017
When you think of automation, you probably think of the assembly line, a dramatic dance of robot arms with nary a human laborer in sight. But that’s child’s play. The grandest, most disruptive automation revolution has played out in agriculture. First with horses and plows, and eventually with burly combines—technologies that have made farming exponentially cheaper and more productive. Just consider that in 1790, farmers made up 90 percent of the US workforce. In 2012, it was 1.5 percent, yet America still eats.

By David Aragorn
Scientists discover most blue whales are ‘right-handed’ — except when they swim upward 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 22, 2017
A team of scientists that used motion-sensing tags to track the movements of more than five dozen blue whales off the California coast discovered that most have a lateralization bias – in other words, they essentially are “right-handed” or “left-handed.”

By David Aragorn
Uh, This Flat Earther’s Homemade Manned Rocket Launch Does Not Sound Totally Advisable 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 22, 2017
61-year-old DIY enthusiast and stuntman “Mad” Mike Hughes is planning his first manned launch of a homemade, $20,000 steam-powered rocket with “RESEARCH FLAT EARTH” written on the side on Saturday, the Associated Press reported.

By David Aragorn
We’re heading for a male fertility crisis and we’re not prepared 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 22, 2017
Fertility has been considered a woman’s problem for so long, but sperm counts are dropping and men have a ticking clock too. It’s time to redress the balance

By David Aragorn
Why It’s So Tough to Keep Antibiotics Out of Your Turkey 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 22, 2017
The many turkeys that will be placed on tables across American Thanksgiving tables will have antibiotics….but why?

By David Aragorn