How to see the Perseid meteor shower this week
What's better than seeing a beautiful shooting star- a meteor - streaking across the sky? Seeing 50 or 60 shooting stars in an hour. Your current subscription does not provide access to this content. Please click the button below to manage your account. Subscribe Thank you for continuing to visit pressofac.com. You have reached your monthly article limit. To continue reading, subscribe for unlimited acces..>> view original'Blue whirl' fires could help oil spill clean-up
‘Blue whirl’ fires could help oil spill clean-up 9th August 2016 10:46 am 9th August 2016 10:46 am Researchers from the University of Maryland have discovered a new type of fire tornado called a ‘blue whirl’, which burns fuel more efficiently than other fire whirls, and could be used to aid oil spill clean-up. (Credit: University of Maryland)When spills occur at sea, oil is often corralled into thick layers on the surface and then burned. According to the researchers, however, the res..>> view originalA single compound could treat 3 parasitic diseases
Scientists have identified a compound that can kill the parasites responsible for three neglected diseases: Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. These diseases affect millions of people in Latin America, Asia and Africa, but there are few effective treatments available. A new study, published today in Nature, suggests that a single class of drugs could be used to treat all three. Wellcome-funded researchers at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) have..>> view originalThis 250000-year-old tool was used to butcher a rhinoceros
One of the blades that tested positive for rhino residue. (Courtesy April Nowell) The watering hole would have glimmered in the scorching desert heat, drawing parched creatures from miles around. Wild horses and rhinoceros lapped at the pool's edge; migrating ducks paddled across its surface. Just out of sight, the hunters lay in wait. Scientists can only imagine the butchery that happened next. But they're certain that it did occur. Some 250,000 years later, they've uncovered direct evidenc..>> view originalNASA's new camera makes rocket engines look like Hollywood CGI
NASA has created a camera that can film slow motion footage of booming rocket engines with higher dynamic range than ever before. It’s called the High Dynamic Range Stereo X camera, or HiDyRS-X, and late last week the agency released some of its footage to the public for the first time. The three-minute clip shows the most recent test of one of the boosters for NASA’s upcoming Space Launch System rocket in unprecedented detail. SLS will use two of these 17-story tall solid rocket boosters, each..>> view originalScientists Find 'Alien Megastructure' Star Mysteriously Dimming
Aug 09, 2016 06:30 AM EDT Kepler's "Alien Megastructure" star has been dimming at an unprecedented rate. The KIC 8462852 was observed by NASA's Kepler mission and has become famous among scientists when it was suspected that its flickering signals could be a result of an alien megastructure. While further observations of the star found no signs of aliens, the luminosity of KIC 8462852 - unofficially named "Tabby's Star" after astronomer Tabetha Boyajian who discovered the signals - has been ..>> view originalSpaceVR Will Launch World's First Virtual Reality Camera Satellite In 2017
Virtual space tourism startup SpaceVR has signed a launch agreement with NanoRacks to send the world’s first virtual reality camera satellite into space in 2017. The Overview 1 satellite will reach the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the SpaceX CRS-12 Mission, the startup announced Monday.From the space station, it will be deployed into Low Earth Orbit using the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer. NanoRacks runs the commercial laboratory aboard the space station and has been working with SpaceV..>> view originalSterile Neutrino Search Comes Up Empty At IceCube Lab
After conducting a diligent search for a hypothetical subatomic particle — the “sterile neutrino” — that would have filled in another blank of the Standard Model of particle physics, scientists at a particle detector in the South Pole are now almost certain that such a particle does not exist.Three types, or flavors, of neutrinos are already known to science and are part of the Standard Model; they are called muon, electron and tau. Neutrinos have almost no mass and rarely interact with matter, ..>> view originalEarth Overshoot Day keeps moving earlier, but the pace is changing
Earth Overshoot Day, also known as Ecological Debt Day, marks the date each year when we’ve used up as many natural resources as Earth can regenerate in a single year. This year, it falls on Monday, August 8: the earliest date yet.The timing of Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by international think tank Global Footprint Network."Earth Overshoot Day is computed by dividing the planet’s biocapacity (the amount of ecological resources Earth is able to generate that year) by humanity’s Ecological..>> view original
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
How to see the Perseid meteor shower this week and other top stories.
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