Category Archives: Science

Articles and news on topics that may be of interest in the sciences such as evolution, physics, cosmology and the like.

Ancient Romanian jawbone sheds light on Neanderthal interbreeding

Many people on earth still act like Neanderthals, mostly because their brains haven’t developed much in the last 40,000 years or so of evolution… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – You may not … Continue reading

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What Was Here Before the Solar System?

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Universe Today by Fraser Cainon May 28, 2015 The Solar System is 4.5 billion years old, but the Universe is much older. What was here before our Solar System formed? The Solar … Continue reading

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Brightest Galaxy in the Universe Found

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall May 22, 2015 A newfound galaxy 12.5 billion light-years from Earth is the most luminous one known in the universe, blazing more brightly than 300 trillion suns, a … Continue reading

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Proto Star Cluster a Cosmic ‘Dinosaur Egg’ Ready to Hatch

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd May 15, 2015 The youngest example of one of the oldest objects in the universe may have been discovered by astronomers, who say it appears ready to … Continue reading

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Three-decade quest backs physics’ ‘Standard Model’

Meanwhile, religious lunatics, Muslims of course, are beheading people because they belong to the wrong brand of Islam, as well as westerners for being infidels… The two extremes of mankind’s intellect at work; on the one hand you have science … Continue reading

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The Whale Too Big for Its Own Good

What magnificent creatures these blue whales are. One hundred feet long and 160 tons in weight! This is probably about the same size or even bigger than the largest ever land animal, which I believe was the brontosaurus. TGO Refer to … Continue reading

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Astronomers find farthest galaxy: 13.1 billion light-years

What a fascinating subject! Astrophysics, astronomy, physics, science in general… I find it so interesting! Most interesting of all is man’s quest to learn more and more about the universe we live in. Will we ever have all the answers … Continue reading

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Graveyard of Stars May Surround Milky Way’s Monster Black Hole

Black holes, one of the many mysteries of space… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi The remains of thousands of stars might exist in a vast graveyard near the giant black hole at the heart … Continue reading

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Krauss, Shermer, D’Souza, Hutchinson Debate God – Faith vs Reason

An interesting debate between believers and non-believers… Judge for yourselves which duo make the most sense. TGO Video: YouTube      

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New evidence that dark matter could be self-interacting

Interesting article regarding dark matter. TGO Refer to story below. Source: ars technica Colliding galaxies suggest dark matter interacts with forces other than gravity. by Xaq Rzetelny – Apr 19, 2015 9:00pm EDT A new study examined the galaxy cluster … Continue reading

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Colossal Ancient Galaxies Die from the Inside Out

Astrophysics is such an amazing field. There is so much mystery; so much to speculate on and so much to discover. In this day and age, when so much is known about our world, it is so fascinating to have the … Continue reading

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New clue sheds some light on mysterious ‘dark matter’

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Paris (AFP) – Scientists on Tuesday said they had found tantalising evidence suggesting “dark matter” — the mysterious substance believed to comprise most of the Universe’s mass — may be … Continue reading

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NASA’s chief scientist says we’ll find aliens by 2025 — here’s the most likely place they’re hiding

There is no question in my mind that there is other intelligent life, more than likely in many places in the universe. And by intelligent I’m not talking like humans, I mean really intelligent, which to me means having logic … Continue reading

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The LHC is being resurrected this weekend — here’s how it could change physics forever

The Large Hadron Collider has to be mankind’s most remarkable engineering feat. To conceive of the idea of smashing atoms, and be able to design and build such a huge, complex machine truly is amazing. TGO Refer to story below. Source: … Continue reading

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Forget ISIS, Hackers and Money—The Universe Is About to Collapse

Maybe this (well, not this) but something similar, is what the human race needs to put things in perspective and have us come together as one; assuming that’s even possible. Maybe being attacked by an alien species would bring us … Continue reading

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Cern labs finetune measurement of Higgs boson

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press March 17, 2015 10:44 AM Geneva (AFP) – Physicists at the world’s largest particle collider have made the most accurate measurement yet of the Higgs boson, which was found after … Continue reading

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Most Evangelical Christians Say Science and Religion Can Coexist

Most evangelical Christians aren’t that smart, if they were, they wouldn’t be evangelical Christians. I mean just think of the lack of reason and common sense that these people “possess.” They believe that the Bible is literally true. Really? With … Continue reading

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CERN’s revamped particle smasher ready to push physics into unknown

Where would we be as a species if it wasn’t for science? We would still be living in caves and hunting for food with primitive tools, much as our ancestors did tens of thousands of years ago. Yet here we are, trying … Continue reading

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Big Bang, Deflated? Universe May Have Had No Beginning

Isn’t science great? It’s always seeking answers and never stops questioning. TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Tia Ghose If a new theory turns out to be true, the universe may not have started with a bang. In … Continue reading

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New particle in physics may be found this year

Science continues to advance our knowledge and understanding of the universe. Meanwhile, religion has no answers; seeks no answers. Why should it, it started out with the “answers” millennia ago. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press  February 15, … Continue reading

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Furry forerunners: Jurassic arboreal, burrowing mammals unearthed

Interesting stuff, if you’re interested in biology and/or evolution. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It may not have been the most opportune time to be a furry little critter, what with all those … Continue reading

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Oldest Stars in the Universe Actually Younger Than Previously Thought

Interesting… This is the beauty of science, it is always seeking the facts and in doing so often makes corrections to prior data/information. It doesn’t start out with answers and then fits those answers to our world; as religion does. It … Continue reading

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Evolution Deniers Believe in ‘Smorgasbord’ of Science

The religiously indoctrinated will do anything to justify their beliefs, despite the fact that in reality they KNOW that their beliefs are bogus. Such is the mind once tarnished with superstition. This is why religious people cannot or simply refuse … Continue reading

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Giant asteroid set to buzz Earth, poses no threat

One of these asteroids is going to make “landfall” one day and ruin the flow of our lives… And while the men and women of science track these monsters and try to figure out how to destroy one (should it … Continue reading

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Freaky Shark ‘Out of a Horror Movie’ Caught by Fisherman

Interesting… One would suppose that there are still “remnants” of prehistoric times looming in different parts of the globe. Naturally, these are rare and therefore only by chance would people stumble upon them, but they do exist nevertheless. TGO Refer … Continue reading

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Two more planets in our Solar System, say astronomers

With all of the madness going on in this world, which these days and for decades to come (as with centuries past) has everything to do with religious dogmatism, it’s nice to know that there are scientists out there who … Continue reading

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Bone Density Drop in Modern Humans Linked to Less Physical Activity

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Charles Q. Choi December 27, 2014 10:42 AM The relatively lightly built skeletons of modern humans developed late in evolutionary history, and may have been the result of a shift … Continue reading

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Lawrence Krauss: How the Universe Became Something out of Nothing

Interesting, but then again, the speaker is a scientist, not a theologian. TGO Video: YouTube  

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A Conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Interesting and informative conversation. TGO Video: YouTube  

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science, Religion and the Universe | Moyers & Company

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a fascinating man. If interested, go ahead and view the video below. TGO Video: YouTube  

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Hands and Fins Share Common Genetic Origin

Scientific research continues to prove, time and time again, that evolution is factual and not just a fanciful suggestion by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace. Naturally, this is in conflict with religious belief that suggests, incorrectly so, that God created … Continue reading

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Risk of dengue increases due to climate change, city growth: research

I know someone who lives in the Bahamas, Nassau to be exact, and contracted dengue fever a couple of years ago. He said it is the worst thing he has ever been inflicted with. Unfortunately, these kinds of diseases generally … Continue reading

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Dark Matter Signal May Have Been Found In Mysterious X-Ray Data

Science continues to make advances, seemingly at a geometric rate. Meanwhile, religious fanatics continue to believe in books littered with fairy tales; the Bible, the Koran, the Book of Mormon…Will mankind ever become truly civilized and leave behind their barbaric … Continue reading

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Scientists re-create what may be life’s first spark

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Associated Press SETH BORENSTEINDecember 8, 2014 WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists in a lab used a powerful laser to re-create what might have been the original spark of life on Earth. … Continue reading

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Shocking news: Electric eels exert remote control over prey

The wonders of nature. Evolution is such an interesting field; studying how animals and plants have adapted to the environment throughout hundreds of thousands and millions of years… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham December 4, … Continue reading

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Depth of Biggest Sea on Saturn’s Moon Titan Measured by NASA Probe

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall  Kraken Mare, the biggest hydrocarbon sea on Saturn’s huge moon Titan, is at least 115 feet (35 meters) deep and perhaps much deeper, a new study suggests. Radar … Continue reading

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The Science of ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Wormholes and Space Travel

Sounds like an interesting flick, if you’re into that sort of thing – you know, the universe, time travel, black holes, etc. TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall  The sci-fi epic “Interstellar” is just a movie, … Continue reading

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The Real History of Space Travel

Informative article for you space-junkies. TGO Refer to story below. Source: The Hollywood Reporter By Graeme McMillan November 8, 2014 4:08 PM As the promotion for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar puts it, “Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant … Continue reading

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‘Big Bang’ of Species May Be Explained by Continental Shift

Interesting observations regarding the “abrupt” increase in animal species several hundred million years ago. TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Kelly Dickerson  A sudden explosion of new life-forms hundreds of millions of years ago may have been triggered … Continue reading

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Atheist scientist claims religion will be gone in a generation. Is he right?

I seriously doubt that religion will be eradicated in one generation. This would be the ideal situation, but after 3000 years-plus of religious dogma being inculcated in the minds of members of our gullible species, I seriously doubt that it … Continue reading

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What is the Chaos Theory?

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Investopedia By: Bob Schneider AAA | The chaos theory is a complicated and disputed mathematical theory that seeks to explain the effect of seemingly insignificant factors. The chaos theory name originates from … Continue reading

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Lack of ocean heat puzzles NASA hunt for warming ‘hiatus’

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press October 6, 2014 4:19 PM Washington (AFP) – The deep ocean may not be hiding heat after all, raising new questions about why global warming appears to have slowed in … Continue reading

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Stephen Hawking Says ‘There Is No God,’ Confirms He’s An Atheist

Duh… Why would anyone ever think that a brilliant man in the 21st century would believe in the myriad of fairy tales of an invisible man living in the sky? Only non-thinkers or indoctrinated fools (actually, they’re one and the … Continue reading

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Some Galaxies Like Our Milky Way are Born in Colossal Crashes

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor September 18, 2014  The history of the Milky Way has a new wrinkle. Scientists used radio telescopes like the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array — a vast … Continue reading

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Tiny galaxy harbours black-hole surprise

Meanwhile… as religious imbeciles pray five times a day and decapitate innocent people in the name of God, science pushes forward. The contrast between science and religion has never been more evident. The more we advance as a species thanks … Continue reading

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Stephen Hawking Says ‘God Particle’ Could Wipe Out the Universe

Super-interesting stuff… While a great deal of what I read pertaining to the universe is “over my head” (no pun intended) as I am not an astronomer or physicist, it is still fascinating nonetheless… TGO Refer to story below. Source: … Continue reading

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Newfound Asteroid Will Give Earth Super-Close Shave on Sunday

All of the madness going on here on earth; the fighting, the killing… Yet all it takes is one of these giant space rocks to collide with our planet and we are history… That wouldn’t be a very honorable way … Continue reading

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Star Explosion’s Beauty Revealed by Space Telescope Photo

Awesome! The universe is truly a magnificent place. It really is a shame that we don’t completely understand it, at least not yet. But then again, there is a certain beauty in the mysterious. TGO Refer to story below. Source: … Continue reading

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Our life with the Neanderthals was no brief affair

Wouldn’t it be interesting if it had been the Neanderthals that would have survived and ‘modern humans’ that would have become extinct? One thing is for sure, women would be spending a whole lot more money on razor blades and … Continue reading

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5 Viruses That Are Scarier Than Ebola

There always seems to be some sort of virus lurking that is a threat to our species… Hopefully none of these, or others yet discovered or which haven’t hopped over from another species will be our downfall. It would really … Continue reading

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