More than 11 years after the Lusi mud volcano first erupted on the Indonesian island of Java, researchers may have figured out why the mudflows haven’t stopped: deep underground, Lusi …read more Source:: Science
Month: October 2017
Study shows how water could have flowed on ‘cold and icy’ ancient Mars
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•Research by planetary scientists finds that periodic melting of ice sheets on a cold early Mars would have created enough water to carve the ancient valleys and lakebeds seen on …read more Source:: Science
What training exercise boosts brain power best? New research finds out
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•One of the two brain-training methods most scientists use in research is significantly better in improving memory and attention. It also results in more significant changes in brain activity. …read more Source:: Science
Whales and dolphins have rich ‘human-like’ cultures and societies
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•Whales and dolphins (cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even have regional dialects — much like human societies. A major new study …read more Source:: Science
Bite on this: Alligators actually eat sharks
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•Jaws, beware! Alligators may be coming for you. A new study documents American alligators on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are eating small sharks and stingrays. This is the first …read more Source:: Science
Hubble observes source of gravitational waves for the first time
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•The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has observed for the first time the source of a gravitational wave, created by the merger of two neutron stars. This merger created a kilonova …read more Source:: Science
Radio ‘eyes’ unlocking secrets of neutron-star collision
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•When a pair of superdense neutron stars collided and potentially formed a black hole in a galaxy 130 million light-years from Earth, they unleashed not only a train of gravitational …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers strike cosmic gold, confirm origin of precious metals in neutron star mergers
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•What many thought would be a long way off, the detection of gravitational waves from the merger of binary neutron stars, actually happened on Aug. 17. The observation of a …read more Source:: Science
Melting ice makes the sea around Greenland less saline
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•For the first time, ocean data from Northeast Greenland reveals the long-term impact of the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. The observed increase in freshwater content will affect the …read more Source:: Science
Star Dust Helps Explain Mysterious Dimming Star
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•Astronomers are working to understand the mysterious dimming of Tabby’s Star. The astronomers report that space dust orbiting the star — not alien megastructures — is the likely cause of …read more Source:: Science