First it’s vampire graves, and now the relics of John the Baptist: Bulgaria is just totally cornering cool archaeological news for the month of June. Go Bulgaria! It almost makes us want to forgive you for trying to kill Bl. John Paul the Great. Almost. Two years ago, in an altar in the ruins of [...]
This astonishing graphic from National Geographic shows the sharp decrease in seed variety over the past hundred years. Take a look: Seeds vanished because farmers found they got higher yields and more protection against drought and blight with other varieties. However, this narrowing of crop diversity has been shown to reduce the ability of crops [...]
A Russian weather satellite called Elektro-L has taken the highest-definition single photo of planet Earth. Taken at 121 megapixels (0.62 miles per pixel) and combining four light wave lengths, it reveals the Earth in more detail and with a wider spectrum of colors than ever before. Go here for more pictures, movies, and zoomable images. This [...]
Excerpt from CNA: Members of the Pontifical Academy for Life want its top officials to resign over a series of recent controversial decisions, including a conference described as the “worst day” in its history. “I am not alone with my feeling of profound shock over the (Febuary 2012) public conference and some of the official [...]
I wanted to share this story not merely because it’s a real concern, but also because I found the man being interviewed so balanced and reasonable. Read the interview answers themselves and ignore the somewhat hyperbolic introductory text from the journalist. The main issue is with solar flares and coronal mass ejections (“space weather,” as Mike Hapgood [...]
You know why I’m certain that the singularity predictions are complete bunk? Because we know so little about the brain that we’re still not altogether sure what causes “brain freeze,” those hideous headaches you get from that first, always-too-fast sip of a Slurpee. Until recently, there was some speculation that it had to do with [...]
Another kid who was inspired by Star Trek grows up and makes a functional Tricorder, then places all the specifications, instructions, and schematics online for anyone to use or mod. Nerd win! Peter Jansen has made two versions so far in his attempt to get as many sensors as possible into a single handheld device. Thus [...]
National Institute of Mental Health Director Thomas R. Insel, M.D. calls the image above “a high resolution wiring diagram of our brains.” Well, sort of, but I won’t fault the guy for reaching for a bit of overstatement in order to produce a pithy soundbite, and what the team has accomplished is pretty dang amazing. [...]
No, it’s not Avatar 2. James Cameron is diving all the way down to floor of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. The journey is 7 miles down and hasn’t been attempted since 1960. Cameron commissioned a specially-designed sub, Deepsea Challenger, to make the journey and return with 3D footage, but the potential for [...]
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