A Floating Balloon Tells the Air Quality in Paris
Posted on 21. Sep, 2010 by Dahlia Lithwick in Headlines, Science
A Floating Balloon Tells the Air Quality in Paris – Paris is not much different from any other European city when it comes to air pollution. However, as compared to other cities, you don’t have to be a scientist to tell the difference, all you have to do is look up into the air. A [...]
9th baby Succumbs to the California Whooping Cough Outbreak
Posted on 20. Sep, 2010 by Anna Zimmerman in Headlines, Science
Los Angeles California– The California health department has declared a ninth baby dead from the whooping cough outbreak. All the nine infants were under three months of age and eight of them were Hispanics. As of Tuesday, the state has recorded a total of 4,017 cases of the illness. “Its higher than in any year [...]
Three Storms Threaten Caribbean
Posted on 16. Sep, 2010 by Dahlia Lithwick in Headlines, Science, World
Three Storms Threaten Caribbean – Tropical Storm Karl has made landfall in Mexico, together with two dangerous category four hurricanes namely Igor and Julia, which are also sweeping in from the Atlantic. The Tropical Storm Karl is packing in maximum sustained winds of 65mph (100km/h), hit land in a thinly populated area of Mexico’s Yucatan [...]
A Diamond That’s Almost Forever
Posted on 13. Sep, 2010 by Dahlia Lithwick in Headlines, Science, World
A Diamond That’s Almost Forever – Astronomers have discovered a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats is twinkling in the sky. The cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallized carbon, 4,000 km across, some 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It’s the compressed heart of an old star that was [...]
New York City Dim Lights To Help Migratory Birds
Posted on 03. Sep, 2010 by Dahlia Lithwick in Business, Headlines, Science, World
New York City Dim Lights To Help Migratory Birds – An increasing number of New York sky-scrapers are turning off their lights to help decrease the number of birds hitting the high-rise buildings. The New York City Audubon organized the “lights out” project that runs until 1 November, until migratory birds are expected to have [...]
Hurricane Earl Instigates US East Coast Evacuations
Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by Dahlia Lithwick in Headlines, Science
Hurricane Earl Instigates US East Coast Evacuations – Evacuations have started in areas of the United States East Coast which are likely to be hit by Hurricane Earl. The hurricane has strengthened to a category four storm again, which generates a sustained wind of 233km/h (145mph). The president of the United States, Barack Obama, said [...]
Updates Moon and Mars August 2010: Have You Seen Two Moons at same time?
Posted on 29. Aug, 2010 by Barbara Aniston in Headlines, Science
Updates Moon and Mars August 2010: Have You Seen Two Moons at same time? - People now are very curious about this news of the two moon phenomenon due today, Friday, August 27, 2010. But sad to say, this news is just a hoax and is not really true at all. This rumors about the two [...]
Smallest Frog In Asia Found In Borneo
Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by Dahlia Lithwick in Headlines, Science
Smallest Frog In Asia Found In Borneo – The researchers who were on an expedition in Borneo have found a new and very tiny species of frog. Male adults of the new species, named Microhyla nepenthicola, grow to approximately one centimeter in length. The researchers first discovered the diminutive red and orange amphibian on an [...]
Perseid Meteor Shower 2010: Have you Seen the Best Meteor Shower in the Sky?
Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by Natalie Andersens in Headlines, Science
Perseid Meteor Shower August 2010 Tonight – People might wonder during the month of August, when they are on vacation in the country where skies are dark, the well-known meteor shower, known as the Perseid meteor shower, showcase in the sky. The Perseid meteor shower is set to light up the night sky at GTA [...]
Rubik’s Cube Every Possible Solution Revealed
Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by Dahlia Lithwick in Headlines, Science
An international team of researchers using computer time lent to them by Google ahs discovered every way how the popular Rubik’s Cube puzzle can be solved. They showed that it can always be solved in 20 moves or less. The core of the quest has been a bid to determine the lowest number of moves [...]