http://news.yahoo.com/physics-atom-s...232412931.html

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"Scientists think the universe started off with roughly equal amounts of matter and antimatter. (Particles of antimatter have the same mass of their twins but an opposite charge.) Somehow over the ensuing 14 billion years, most of the antimatter was destroyed, leaving a leftover universe of mainly matter.

One potential explanation for this outcome is called "charge-parity violation." CP violation means that particles of opposite charge behave differently from one another..."

To quote my favorite Vulcan, "fascinating."

Terrifying Auroras
 

I have so been waiting for the opportunity to talk about "corona mass ejections."

Good ScienceCast about last month's northern lights and CoRoT-2B.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-15917921

New Stonehenge discovery.

Worms in Spacccceeeeee
 

Remember the good ol muppets -Pigs in Space .... well I'm afraid the worms are going there first.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15897803

Frank Herbert was onto something :-)

http://news.yahoo.com/arabian-artifacts-may-rewrite-Africa-theory-225406521.html

Arabian artifacts may rewrite out of Africa theory.

http://news.yahoo.com/milky-way-radi...190602808.html

Milky way radiation as seen by NASA probe.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...1129news-human

More on the Neanderthal front.

http://news.yahoo.com/astronomers-di...211802669.html

18 Huge new alien planets

I loved Dune :)

Can leap tall buildings with a single bound .....
 

Well maybe not but scientists now know how frogs leap so high and long!

http://www.sciencenewsblog.com/blog/120220112

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo0ZkgqM1TE"]12,000 Years Old Unexplained Structure - YouTube[/nomedia]


Gobekli Tepe. Interesting though need more information.

"Almost seven thousand years older than Mesopotamia...it has now doubled the history of humanity."

Turkey is one of the most layered and interesting palimpsests of human history in the world and a place I would very much like to visit.

http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-telescope...162005358.html

NASA confirms alien planet in habitable zone.

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-mon...162552569.html

Scientists find massive black holes.

Hug A Mammoth
 

Ever wanted to hug a wooly mammoth? Well in five years you just might be able too!

http://news.discovery.com/animals/wo...ed-111205.html

I agree, there is definitely a moral issue to this kind of science.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...160847154.html

New species of dinosaur found in museum basement.

http://news.yahoo.com/experts-stumpe...071348189.html

Experts stumped by markings under Jerusalem

"With the experts unable to come up with a theory about the markings, the City of David dig posted a photo on its Facebook page and solicited suggestions. The results ranged from the thought-provoking — "a system for wood panels that held some other item," or molds into which molten metal would could have been poured — to the fanciful: ancient Hebrew or Egyptian characters, or a 'symbol for water, particularly as it was near a spring.'"

Fascinating...

http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-super-...032344743.html

Ancient super- predator eyes found in Australia.

Is someone visiting Mercury?
 

Play "close encounters of a third kind music" LOL

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-...-near-mercury/

From the story it seems to be more an effect from photoshopping. I love conspiracy theories though :D

See I knew someone would find a way to get "coronal mass ejection" in a sentence. Almost needs it's own thread, doesn't it?

http://news.yahoo.com/worlds-oldest-...190303977.html

Worlds oldest bedding discovered in cave.

You beat me to it! lol I was just about to post this :)

Bed bugs anyone? lol

A pic of it can be seen here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ology-science/

From "Paypal" to "SpaceX" -
 

SpaceX Dragon To Launch From Cape Canaveral In February 2012: First Commercial Launch To Space Station
Spacex Cape Canaveral

By MARCIA DUNN 12/ 9/11 10:54 PM ET AP

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A private California company will attempt the first-ever commercial cargo run to the International Space Station in February. NASA announced the news Friday, one year and one day after Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, became the first private business to launch a capsule into orbit and return it safely to Earth.

On Feb. 7, SpaceX will attempt another orbital flight from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This time, the unmanned Dragon capsule will fly to the space station and dock with a load of supplies. NASA stressed it is a target date. "Pending all the final safety reviews and testing, SpaceX will send its Dragon spacecraft to rendezvous with the International Space Station in less than two months," said NASA's No. 2, deputy administrator Lori Garver. "So it is the opening of that new commercial cargo delivery era." NASA has turned to industry to help stock the space station now that the space shuttles are retired, investing hundreds of millions of dollars in this startup effort. The station currently is supplied by Russian, European and Japanese vessels.

SpaceX's Dragon capsule will fly within two miles of the space station, for a checkout of all its systems. Then it will close in, with station astronauts grabbing the capsule with a robotic arm. The Dragon ultimately will be released for a splashdown in the Pacific. None of the other cargo carriers come back intact; they burn up on re-entry. If the rendezvous and docking fail, SpaceX will try again. That was the original plan: to wait until the third mission to actually hook up with the station and delivery supplies. SpaceX wanted to hurry it up. None of the supplies on board the Dragon will be one-of-a-kind or crucial, in case of failure.

SpaceX – run by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk – is one of several companies vying for space station visiting privileges. It hopes to step up to astronaut ferry trips in perhaps three more years. In the meantime, Americans will be forced to continue buying seats on Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

"Every decision that we make at SpaceX is focused on ... taking crew to space," SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said Friday at a forum in Seattle about NASA's future. She said the company is "thrilled" at the prospect of delivering cargo to the space station early next year, and noted that the company is shooting for 2014 with astronauts. Congress has appropriated $406 million for the commercial crew effort for 2012, considerably less than NASA's requested $850 million. "It is nevertheless a significant step," Garver said at the forum, televised by NASA. She said NASA is evaluating whether it can speed up when U.S. companies "deliver our precious astronauts to and from the space station."

Flyboard!
 

Looks difficult but fun!

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/banzai/oc...human-dolphin/

Lucky the Seal - soooo cute!
 

http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national/watch/27578222/

I want one lol

ps: I know this probably doesn't fall under the science category but I reckon it fits the exploration part!

Three calls for the same seal and he makes that incredible journey to the couch? Wow. It was fun hearing and seeing New Zealand. It's a gorgeous place. Thank you for the post, Midnight. I think a cute, tenacious seal put is science enough.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environ...s-6276134.html

But noooo we're still denying climate change aren't we?

Should be trapping the methane and using it as an energy source. I believe it burns clean! Whether its man made climate change or part of the cycle the earth goes through who knows. Wonder what has died under there to release so much methane? Trapped Mammoth flatulance? lol

So THAT's why they come up for air! :crap:

Scientifically-minded humor
 

Methane and ancient whale poop... diving deep for humor, eh? ;-)


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Top Ten Ridiculously Obvious Study Findings
 

Found this in Time Magazine in the Top Ten of Everything 2011





http://http://www.time.com/time/spec...101330,00.html