Day: April 28, 2016

Higgs Bison or Niels Bohrson? Twitter offers names for Fermilab’s baby bison A request to christen the newborn animal kicks off a flurry of physics puns. Nature 533 149 doi: 10.1038/533149f Source: Nature News Higgs Bison or Niels Bohrson? Twitter…

Cattle drug threatens thousands of vultures Modelling study paints bleak picture for Europe’s bird populations. Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2016.19839 Source: Nature News Cattle drug threatens thousands of vultures Nature News

Japan’s latest X-ray telescope is officially dead The Japanese space agency has officially declared its latest X-ray telescope a loss. Source: Science News Japan’s latest X-ray telescope is officially dead Science News

Claude Shannon’s information theory built the foundation for the digital era Claude Shannon, born 100 years ago, devised the mathematical representation of information that made the digital era possible. Source: Science News Claude Shannon’s information theory built the foundation for…

SpaceX Announces Plan to Send Red Dragon Spacecraft to Mars in 2018 SpaceX, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has entered into an agreement with NASA to send his Red Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018, NASA reports. Source:…

{$inline_image} Friends Reveal Why Prince Chose to be a Low-Key Philanthropist Prince’s close friends started to reveal more advocacies the musician supports, some of them explaining why Prince decided to keep most of his good deeds secret. Source: Natures Talk…

Putin Unhappy with Called-off Launch of Russian Unmanned Aircraft, Agency Officials to Suffer Consequences The recently cancelled launched of an unmanned aircraft angered Russian President Vladimir Putin, who then asked for a shake-up with the Russian space agency to limit…

{$inline_image} Palm Oil Industries Linked to Toxic Haze in Asia; Authorities Firm About Curbing Air Pollution ccording to authorities, one major contributor of haze and air pollution is the palm oil production in the Asian region. But lately, a drop…

Pros and Cons of China’s Driverless Cars When it comes to driverless cars, Elon Musk’s Tesla, Google and Apple have found competition in China. Source: Natures Talk Show via Nature World News Pros and Cons of China’s Driverless Cars Natures…

Hidden Lake Beneath Antarctic Ice May Contain Numerous Life Forms A ribbon-shaped lake measuring about 100 kilometers long and 10 kilometers wide, connecting to a canyon stream roughly 1,000 kilometers long, was found hiding deep below the icy surface of…