The Strange Link Between The Moon and The First Nuclear Test
Despite being one of the two perpetual occupants of Earth’s skies, the Moon still remains somewhat of a mystery to us feeble-minded Earthlings. Scientists and astronomers still debate about the unknown origins of Earth’s satellite, with the most popular theory being the Giant Impact Hypothesis. This theory speculates that some massive object slammed into the Earth at some point in … Continue reading
Russian & Swedish Scientists Slow Down Aging in Mice with Synthetic Antioxidant
A new experiment conducted by a joint team of Russian and Swedish scientists has produced groundbreaking results in slowing down the ageing process of mice, raising hopes of the potential creation of an “anti-age” drug. A group of scientist from Moscow State University in cooperation with their Swedish colleagues managed to dramatically slow down the aging process of genetically-modified mice, … Continue reading
NASA Believes Alien Life on Jupiter’s Moon Europa is Likely
While Mars was the favorite candidate for alien life for decades, the rover-led search for life on Mars has turned up a disappointing lack of evidence (or did it?). If there was ever life on Mars, it has likely been gone for millions of years. As a result, NASA has turned its attention instead to some of the moons of … Continue reading
Jackpot! Over a Hundred Nearby Planets Discovered!
A 20-year survey has yielded over 100 planets in solar systems relatively close to our own. The study has found 60 new exoplanets, one of which is a ‘super-Earth,’ and evidence of 54 others. The super-Earth is Gliese 411b, a “hot super-Earth with a rock Surface.” Gliese 411b orbits Lalande 21185, a red dwarf that is the sixth-closest star and … Continue reading
IBM Created an “Impossible” Molecule that Could Power Quantum Computers
Chemists hate being beaten by physicists at their own game. At IBM Research, physicist Leo Gross and his team have done just that. Gross’s team made a triangular molecule that chemists have found impossible to produce by conventional chemistry. To rub it in even more, Gross and his colleagues may go even further by using these molecules to create long … Continue reading
13kg of Extraterrestrial Material Found in Iranian Desert by Russian Scientists
A team of Russian geologists from Ural Federal University recently returned from an expedition in the Lut desert in the east of Iran. The team found 13 kilograms of meteorite-like material. Sputnik Persian spoke with Viktor Grokhovsky a member of the Committee on Meteorites at the Academy of Sciences. “We planned to send an expedition to the Iranian desert Lut, … Continue reading
Huge Reservoir (1.8 million km2) of Melting Carbon Discovered under Western United States
New research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters describes how scientists have used the world’s largest array of seismic sensors to map a deep-Earth area of melting carbon covering 1.8 million square kilometers. Situated under the Western US, 350km beneath the Earth’s surface, the discovered melting region challenges accepted understanding of how much carbon the Earth contains – much … Continue reading
Best Invisibility Cloak Ever Under Development by Russian Scientists
Russian scientists have developed a unique membrane that will keep out tiny harmful particles, including viruses, and will also make people invisible, Future Research Fund’s general director Andrei Grigoryev told Sputnik. “The obtained filter material by far exceeds all existing analogues in its ability to stop the most dangerous aerosol particles such as viruses, toxins, allergens. This technology could usher … Continue reading
The Four Biggest Volcanoes in Iceland are Getting Ready to Erupt
While most of the world is watching Washington DC for the next major earth-rattling eruption, someone needs to keep an eye on Iceland, where all four of its major volcanoes are exhibiting signs of potential real eruptions of the global winter kind. Seismic activity tells us we need to be more vigilant than usual but not much more than that … Continue reading
NASA Researching Link Between Solar Storms and Sea Animal Deaths
The last year was a gruesome one for marine life around the world. In nearly every continent, unexplained mass deaths of sea creatures occurred, littering the world’s beaches with stinking, half-rotted corpses. While a variety of causes and, of course, climate change have been cited, no official explanation has been put forward for this recent string of mysterious marine die-offs. … Continue reading
