Blog Profile / Wired Science
| URL : | http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Academics / General Science | |
| Posts on Regator: | 5354 | |
| Posts / Week: | 20 | |
| Archived Since: | April 5, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Ligeia Mare
Ligeia Mare, shown in here in data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, is the second largest known body of liquid on Saturn's moon Titan. It is filled with liquid hydrocarbons, such as ethane and methane, and is one of the...
Strange Dark Matter Interactions Could Create Galactic Disks and Dark Light
A small percentage of the dark matter in our universe might be able to interact with itself through an as yet unknown dark force, forming dark atoms and possibly even emitting dark light.
Why We Need an Entirely New Category of ‘Pattern Thinker’
Art sometimes precedes scientific analysis, and the relationship can go the other way too: Scientists can use art to understand math. The physicist Richard Feynman revolutionized his field in the 1940s when he devised a simple way to diagram quantum...
Physicists Create Quantum Link Between Photons That Don’t Exist at the Same Time
Now they're just messing with us. Physicists have long known that quantum mechanics allows for a subtle connection between quantum particles called entanglement, in which measuring one particle can instantly set the otherwise uncertain condition, or "state," of another particle—even...
Watch Live: Hunt for Scar Left by Biggest Moon Explosion Ever Seen
Get up close and personal with the gibbous moon in a search for the impact crater left behind by the biggest explosion from a meteorite impact seen on the lunar surface. This live show starts comes via the Slooh Space...
Adorably Chubby Mini-Spider Species Discovered in China
Tiny spiders with oversized rumps have been discovered in China. The little arachnids, each about a millimeter long, represent two new species of orb-weaving spider. They belong to the Mysmenidae family of orb-weavers, and are described May 21 in the...
The Way We Think about Cancer Must Evolve
Right now, as you read these words, your life is in danger. Somewhere within the vast self-contained micro-universe known as you, in one and possibly more of your trillions of cells, something is going wrong. A vital protein, perhaps, is...
Camera Traps Capture Rare and Beautiful Javan Leopards
Camera traps placed in the Javan rainforest have captured striking images of beautiful, and critically endangered, Javan leopards.
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Valhalla Crater
Valhalla Crater This close up of Callisto shows the heavily cratered surface and the prominent ring structure known as Valhalla. It was acquired by Voyager 1 on March 6, 1979. Valhalla’s bright central area is about 300 kilometers across with...
Curiosity Rover Resumes Science Operations With Second Drilling
Curiosity's adventures on Mars continue with another drilling operation: On May 20, the rover drilled into a rock named Cumberland, creating a hole measuring a bit more than half an inch across.
Awesome Photos Show Efforts to Preserve Historic Apollo Rocket Engines
Starting this Friday, you can watch the conservation of historical Apollo Saturn V engines that were recovered from the bottom of the ocean. That is, if you live near or are planning to visit Hutchinson, Kansas.
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Swirl of Star Formation
This beautiful, glittering swirl is named, rather unpoetically, J125013.50+073441.5. A glowing haze of material seems to engulf the galaxy, stretching out into space in different directions and forming a fuzzy streak in this image. It is a starburst galaxy —...
Unknown Mathematician Proves Surprising Property of Prime Numbers
An unknown mathematician, Yitang Zhang, has revolutionized his field and helped move forward a 2,000-year-old conjecture about prime numbers. His counterintuitive findings show that special pairs of primes, called twin primes, can never be more than 70 million places away...
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Dunes of Titan
Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show that the sizes and patterns of dunes on Saturn's moon Titan vary as a function of altitude and latitude. The dunes in areas that are more elevated or are higher in latitude, such as...
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Galactic Wheels
How many rings do you see in this new image of the galaxy Messier 94, also known as NGC 4736? While at first glance one might see a number of them, astronomers believe there is just one. This image was...
Wired Space Photo of the Day: Two Views of Iapetus
These two global images of Iapetus show the extreme brightness dichotomy on the surface of this peculiar Saturnian moon. The left-hand panel shows the moon's leading hemisphere and the right-hand panel shows the moon's trailing side. While low and mid...
Watch the Biggest Explosion Ever Seen on the Moon
NASA scientists recorded the biggest explosion from a meteorite impact on the moon that they have seen in eight years of monitoring.
Why We Need to Fight Big Pharma’s Crusade to Turn Eccentricity Into Illness
Nature takes the long view, mankind the short. Nature picks diversity; we pick standardization. We are homogenizing our crops and homogenizing our people. And Big Pharma seems intent on pursuing a parallel attempt to create its own brand of human...
New Efforts to Overhaul Psychiatric Diagnoses Spurred by DSM Turmoil
Tomorrow marks the official release of the DSM-5, a hugely influential diagnostic guide that defines disorders of the mind. Many experts say it's fundamentally flawed, and efforts to develop a better alternative has begun.
The Strangest Ways Wild Animals Crossed Paths With Humans This Week
A roundup of odd ways humans and wild animals crossed paths this week compiled by Jon Mooallem, author of the upcoming book Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America.