Scientists believe an oblong crystal discovered in the wreck of a 16th-century English warship may be the legendary sunstone, a near-mythical device used by Viking mariners to navigate.
Category Science/Tech
New Book Suggests Return from the Dead
Dr. Sam Parnia, a critical care doctor and the director of resuscitation research at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, has written a new book discussing ways in which people can be resuscitated after they previously would have been considered clinically dead.
Parnia’s book, “Erasing Death: The Science That is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death,” was recently featured on the Today show.
Scientists Claim Humans Evolved from Furry, insect-eating Creature
A picture of the small animal was put together by scientists after examining thousands of fossilised and living mammals to construct an evolutionary “family tree”.
What Will First Photos of Black Holes Look Like?
A giant black hole is thought to lurk at the center of the Milky Way, but it has never been directly seen. Now astronomers have predicted what the first pictures of this black hole will look like when taken with technology soon to be available.
Daily Contaminations
Electronic bugs are invading your home! Don’t worry -you aren’t being monitored and you don’t have to call an exterminator. These bugs are from a series called “Daily Contaminations” from sculptor/photographer Luca di Filippo.
These itty-bitty bugs with their motherboard bodies and wiry legs are di Filippo’s statement on “the invisible electronic traces we leave in our daily activities.” Like the unseen insects that invade the darkest nooks and crannies of our houses and apartments, these traces surround us even while we remain oblivious to their presence. Of course, we’re occasionally reminded of their existence, but most of us prefer not to think about them. Out of sight, out of mind.
Read more about the bugs and see the other photos at Tech Graffiti. Link
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