Io, the innermost of the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 and only slightly bigger than our own moon, is the most geologically active body in …read more Source:: Science
Day: May 1, 2015
A space odyssey: cosmic rays may damage the brains of astronauts
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It may not be space debris, errant asteroids, supply shortages, thruster malfunctions or even the malevolent aliens envisioned in so many Hollywood films that thwart astronauts on …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Flowing against the stream: Inanimate beads behave in lifelike ways
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Synthetic microscopic beads sense changes in their environment and self-propel to migrate upstream, a step toward the realization of biomimetic microsystems with the ability to sense and respond to environmental …read more Source:: Science
Long-term galactic cosmic ray exposure leads to dementia-like cognitive impairments
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What happens to an astronaut’s brain during a mission to Mars? Nothing good. It’s besieged by destructive particles that can forever impair cognition, according to a radiation oncology study. Exposure …read more Source:: Science
New exoplanet too big for its star challenges ideas about how planets form
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The discovery of a strange exoplanet orbiting very close to a small cool star 500 light years away is challenging ideas about how planets form. …read more Source:: Science
Linksys WRT1200AC: A fast, full-featured, open-source-friendly router
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By Serdar Yegulalp Sometimes, less is truly more. When it comes to the Linksys WRT1200AC, the little brother to the WRT1900AC router introduced last year, it might be best to say less …read more Source:: OpenSource
After OpenStreetMap – OpenSeaMap
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By editor@techworld.com (Glyn Moody) As I’ve noted a number of times before, one of the most exciting aspects of the world of openness is the way in which ideas are not only shared within …read more Source:: Open Source
Regions at greatest risk for species extinction the least studied
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Scientists have crunched the numbers and the results are clear. For every degree that global temperatures rise, more species will become extinct. Overall, the study predicts a nearly 3 percent …read more Source:: Science