‘Tantalizing hints’ of Higgs Boson (VIDEO)www.bbc.co.ukProfessor Rolf-Dieter Heuer says new results from the particle accelerator at Cern in Geneva give “tantalizing hints” that the Higgs boson, a sub-atomic particle which helps explain the workings of the universe, does exist.
Eye Ball Camera Takes Panoramic Shots (VIDEO)www.technologyreview.comA globe studded with cameras captures a panorama if you throw it in the air. Physicists to Make Major ‘God Particle’ Announcement Next Weekwww.livescience.comScientists at CERN, which hosts the giant atom smasher the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), is set to make an announcement next week, possibly about the Higgs boson, or god particle.
Vision Scientists Demonstrate Innovative Learning Method (VIDEO)www.nsf.govNew research published today in the journal Science suggests it may be possible to use brain technology to learn to play a piano, reduce mental stress or hit a curve ball with little or no conscious effort. It’s the kind of thing seen in Hollywood’s “Matrix” franchise. Climate Talks Consensus: All Countries Should Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions–In Futurewww.scientificamerican.comIn a frantic late night rush, a plan to come up with a plan for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of all countries passed muster at the UN’s annual climate negotiations
Watch the total lunar eclipse, wherever you may becosmiclog.msnbc.msn.comThe calendar may say there’s a full moon, but millions of people will be watching for the moon to go dark on Saturday, during the last total lunar eclipse until 2014. What do animals ‘know’? More than you may thinkwww.physorg.comRats use their knowledge to make decisions when faced with ambiguous situations, UCLA psychologists report. “The rats are not necessarily thinking like little humans, but they have learned through experience. A lot of animal behavior seems to be rational. Their behavior follows logical inferences.”
NASA Mars Rover Finds Mineral Vein Deposited by Waterwww.nasa.govNASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. “This tells a slam-dunk story that water flowed through underground fractures in the rock,” said Steve Squyres, principal investigator for Opportunity. Polar bear ‘cannibalism’ pictured (AUDIO)www.bbc.co.ukA photojournalist snaps an image of cannibalism among polar bears – a situation that is becoming more common as sea ice dwindles.
How the meat, egg and dairy industries affect environment – Gene Baur (VIDEO)www.youtube.com
Productivity Future Vision (VIDEO)www.youtube.comWatch how future technology will help people make better use of their time, focus their attention, and strengthen relationships while getting things done – by Microsoft. Cores reveal when Dead Sea ‘died’www.bbc.co.ukSediments drilled from beneath the Dead Sea reveal that the inland waterway had a complete, or near, dry-down 120,000 years ago.
Great Barrier Reef particles frozen (VIDEO)www.bbc.co.ukScientists in Australia have succeeded, for the first time, in freezing particles from the Great Barrier Reef. 12,000 Years Old Unexplained Structurewww.youtube.comGöbekli Tepe, is a hilltop sanctuary erected on the highest point of an elongated mountain ridge some 15 km northeast of the town of Şanlıurfa.
The future cometh: Science, technology and humanity at Singularity Summit 2011 (VIDEOS)www.physorg.com“The acceleration of technological progress has been the central feature of this century. We are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater-than-human intelligence.” Worlds First Elastic Electric/Data/USB Cableswww.youtube.com
Names proposed for new elementswww.bbc.co.ukScientists suggest Flerovium and Livermorium as names for the newest additions to the periodic table.
