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The short story of an elusive beast: Megamouth Shark

RedPepper — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:09:46 +0000

In 1976 a explore ship was moored off the shoreline of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. When the team winched up the anchors they discovered a 4.5 meters long shark twisted up in the cable. It looked like nothing they had ever seen. It was seven years before the creature was officially described and named. [...]

Memristors, the future of artificial intelligence

RedPepper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:01:05 +0000

Within the past couple of years, memristors have morphed from obscure jargon into one of the hottest properties in physics. They’ve not only been made, but their unique capabilities might revolutionise consumer electronics. More than that, though, along with completing the jigsaw of electronics, they might solve the puzzle of how nature makes that most [...]

Ultradense deuterium 130,000 times denser than water

RedPepper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:55:09 +0000

The photograph shows an experiment in which dense deuterium is irradiated by a laser. The white glow in the container in the centre of the photograph is from deuterium. A material that is a hundred thousand times heavier than water and more dense than the core of the Sun is being produced at the University [...]

The water on the planet Mars

RedPepper — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:54:33 +0000

Satellite radar mapping of North Pole of the planet Mars has revealed ice cap age that was formed with 5 million years ago.

3D Ultrasound vision for robot-surgeons

RedPepper — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:44:08 +0000

Scientists utilize 3-D ultrasound machinery to drive a robotic arm to independently perform surgeries

Huge comet impacts wiped out North America’s large mammals 13,000 years ago

RedPepper — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:05:47 +0000

A controversial theory first presented in May 2007 suggests huge comet impacts wiped out North America's large mammals nearly 13,000 years ago.

Small young galaxy with massive number of stars discovered

RedPepper — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:05:51 +0000

While these galaxies are small enough to fit within the central hub of our own Milky Way Galaxy, they each contain as many stars as bigger, older galaxies.

Incredible images of Chilean volcanic eruption

RedPepper — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:29:38 +0000

The unexpected eruption of Chilean volcano Chaitén started these days after 450 years of silence have been displaced more than 4,000 peoples in the area.

First U.S. satellite was launched 50 years ago

RedPepper — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:22:24 +0000

On January 31, 1958 the first U.S. satellite was launched into Earth orbit atop a Jupiter C rocket developed beneath the direction of Wernher von Braun by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. Starting the era of space exploration for the United States, Explorer I was a 30.8 pound satellite that carried instruments to measure temperatures, [...]

NASA’s Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope launching in May

RedPepper — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:16:33 +0000

NASA’s new Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), scheduled for launch in May, can help scientists learn more about the strange gamma rays generated in staggeringly distant galaxies. Gamma ray bursts, bursts of photons with billions of times more energy than ordinary light, were first observed in the 1960s by U.S. satellites looking for evidence [...]