Wine Could Help Counteract the Negative Impact of High Fat/High Sugar Diets
By alton Parrish.
Red wine lovers have a new reason to celebrate. Researchers have found a new health benefit of resveratrol, which occurs naturally in blueberries, raspberries, mulberries, grape skins and consequently in red wine.
While [...]
Advanced Astronomical Software Used to Date 2,500 Year-Old Lyric Poem
By Alton Parrish.
Physicists and astronomers from the University of Texas at Arlington have used advanced astronomical software to accurately date lyric poet Sappho’s “Midnight Poem,” which describes the night [...]
Are Children Like Werewolves? Does the Moon Alter Moods
By Alton Parrish.
Are children like werewolves? Study of children’s sleeping patterns over lunar cycles.
Always surrounded by an aura of mystery, the moon and its possible influence over human behavior has been object of ancestral [...]
World’s Shallowest Slow-Motion Earthquakes Detected Off New Zealand’s Coast
By Alton Parrish.
Research published in the May 6 edition of Science indicates that slow-motion earthquakes or “slow-slip events” can rupture the shallow portion of a fault that also moves in large, tsunami-generating earthquakes. [...]
Natural Causes, Not Alien Activity, Explains Mystery Star’s Behavior Says Study
By Alton Parrish.
Sorry, E.T. lovers, but the results of a new study make it far less likely that KIC 8462852, popularly known as Tabby’s star, is the home of industrious aliens who are gradually enclosing it in a vast shell [...]
Coastal Birds Know Tides and Moon Phases
By Alton Parrish.
Coastal wading birds shape their lives around the tides, and new research in The Auk: Ornithological Advances shows that different species respond differently to shifting patterns of high and low water according to their [...]
Leopards Have Lost 75% of Their Historic Range
By Alton Parris.
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Famously difficult to spot, this leopard almost dares the photographer to come take a closer look. Photographer
The leopard (Panthera pardus), one of the world’s most iconic big cats, has [...]
Black Hole 660 Million Times as Massive as Our Sun
By Alton Parrish.
It’s about 660 million times as massive as our sun, and a cloud of gas circles it at about 1.1 million mph.
This supermassive black hole sits at the center of a galaxy dubbed NGC 1332, which is 73 million light [...]
Mediterranean Style Diet Might Slow Down Ageing and Reduce Bone Loss
By Alton Parrish.
Sticking to a Mediterranean style diet might slow down ageing finds the EU funded project NU-AGE. At a recent conference in Brussels, researchers presented that a NU-AGE Mediterranean style diet, tested in the project, [...]
What Lies beneath West Antarctica?
By Alton Parrish.
Three recent publications by early career researchers at three different institutions across the country provide the first look into the biogeochemistry, geophysics and geology of Subglacial Lake Whillans, which [...]
Clashing with Einstein: Spacetime Become Granular below the Planck Scale
By Alton Parrish.
Our experience of space-time is that of a continuous object, without gaps or discontinuities, just as it is described by classical physics. For some quantum gravity models however, the texture of space-time is [...]
New Study: Fossil Fuels Could Be Phased Out Worldwide In A Decade
By Alton Parrish.
The worldwide reliance on burning fossil fuels to create energy could be phased out in a decade, according to an article published by a major energy think tank in the UK.
Professor Benjamin Sovacool, Director [...]
Winds Gusting To 43,000 Miles Per Second Created by Mysterious Binary Systems
By Alton Parrish.
Two black holes in nearby galaxies have been observed devouring their companion stars at a rate exceeding classically understood limits, and in the process, kicking out matter into surrounding space at astonishing [...]
The Riddle Of The Missing Stars
By Alton Parrish.
Thanks to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, some of the most mysterious cosmic residents have just become even more puzzling.
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows four globular clusters in the dwarf [...]
Physicians Say Climate Change Will Have Devastating Health Effects Across the World
By Alton Parrish.
Climate change will have devastating consequences for public and individual health unless aggressive, global action is taken now to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the American College of Physicians (ACP) [...]
Pollution Makes Storm Clouds Last Longer, Days Colder And Nights Wamer
By Alton Parrish.
A new study shows why pollution results in larger, deeper and longer lasting storm clouds, leading to colder days and warmer nights
A new study reveals how pollution causes thunderstorms to leave behind larger, [...]
Big Predators at Risk: Top Carnivores Vanishing
By Alton Parrish.
Shrinking habitat, increased conflict projected in regions critical to survival of threatened apex predators.
A new study confirms that the global conservation of carnivores is at risk. Published in Scientific Reports, [...]
Hubble Sees a Massive Super Hot Star ‘Inflating’ a Giant Bubble 7 Light Years Across
By Alton Parrish.
For the 26th birthday of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers are highlighting a Hubble image of an enormous bubble being blown into space by a super-hot, massive star. The Hubble image of [...]
Super-Volcanoes and Dangerous Bubbles
By alton Parrish.
In 1816, summer failed to make an appearance in central Europe and people were starving. Just a year earlier, the Tambora volcano had erupted in Indonesia, spewing huge amounts of ash and sulfur into the atmosphere. [...]
Billions of Free Floating Sunless Worlds Might Outnumber Stars
By Alton Parrish.
In 2011, astronomers announced that our galaxy is likely teeming with free-floating planets. In fact, these lonely worlds, which sit quietly in the darkness of space without any companion planets or even a host [...]