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Science: Why Heating Your Food with Microwave Radiation Might Be a Bad Idea
A few decades from now, will it be common knowledge that using microwave radiation to heat food is harmful to human health? It’s certainly a possibility, and information is already emerging which shows cause for concern. Microwaves work by causing water molecules to resonate at very high frequencies, converting them into steam and thereby heating your food. While this might … Continue reading
Our Solar System Could Remain Habitable Long After Earth Is Destroyed
Headline image credit: Mark A. Gartick In a few billion years, the oceans will boil away and the atmosphere will burn up as our sun expands into a red giant. It’ll be game-over for life on Earth, but in the outer solar system, the party will just be getting started. Europa and Enceladus will melt into ocean moons, offering a … Continue reading
A Huge, Mystery Dwarf Planet’s Been Hiding in Our Solar System this Whole Time
Astronomers have just announced that an unnamed, overlooked object lurking at the back of our Solar System is actually way bigger than they previously thought. In fact, it’s only slightly smaller than Pluto and Eris, which suggests that it is, in fact, a dwarf planet – the third largest dwarf planet we know of in the Milky Way – and … Continue reading
Trees Sleep at Night Too, Says New Study
Don’t pluck that flower at night for the plant might be sleeping after a long day in the sun, suggests new research that measured the changes in the shape of plants during the day and night cycle. Most living organisms adapt their behaviour to the rhythm of day and night. Plants are no exception: Flowers open in the morning, some … Continue reading
Odds are Aliens Existed in the Past – Study
When discussing intelligent life forms not found on Earth, questions and theories tend to focus on whether or not they currently exist. However, new research shows that it is almost impossible for humans to be the only intelligent life forms ever. In a study published late last month, empirical evidence shows the likelihood of humans being the only intelligent life … Continue reading
‘Huge’ Fireball with Sonic Boom Over Northeast U.S. and Canada Caught [Videos]
A fireball that the American Meteor Society described as “huge” lit up the sky over the Northeast early Tuesday. The society said it received videos and over 160 reports of the fireball, which was spotted around 1:50 a.m. Most reports were from Maine but some came from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, … Continue reading
If Asteroid to Hit Earth, NASA is Ready
An asteroid 5,000 times larger than the Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over Russia in 2013 may be approaching Earth. The Chelyabinsk meteor was caused by a near-Earth asteroid that approaches Earth every six years. However, a new asteroid threat may be evident, but, this time, NASA is ready. Asteroid Bennu, the new threat to Earth may strike the planet sometime … Continue reading
Physicists Just Discovered a Totally New Form of Light
By FIONA MACDONALD, ScienceAlert_MAY 2016 Science, always keeping us on our toes. Physicists have just discovered a new form of light that doesn’t follow our existing rules of angular momentum, and it could shake up our understanding of the electromagnetic radiation and lead to faster, more secure optical communication. Because of how well-studied and, well, everywhere, light is, you might … Continue reading
Parallel Universes: Theories & Evidence
Despite our vast understanding of science, many mysteries still remain to be solved. Is our universe unique? From science fiction to science fact, there is a proposal out there that suggests that there could be other universes besides our own, where all the choices you made in this life played out in alternate realities. So, instead of turning down that … Continue reading
Are You Able to Decipher this “Alien” Code?
An astrophysicist at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research based in Goettingen, Germany, has developed a binary code to see if anyone might be able to decipher an alien message. “Suppose a telescope on Earth receives a series of pulses of a still unidentified beyond the solar system font. The source is a star about 50 light years … Continue reading
