World-wide Campaign Sheds New Light on Nature's "LHC"Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 4:18PMIn a manner somewhat like the formation of an alliance to defeat Darth Vader's Death Star, more than a decade ago astronomers formed the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope consortium to understand Nature's Death Ray Gun (a.k.a. blazars). And contrary to its at-death's-door sounding name, the GASP has proved crucial to unraveling the secrets of how [...]
A true centre for rational thought would be a fantastic ideaThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:17PMothers also read... Re: (‘Following faith or ‘teaching children lies?’ March 5): As a conservative evangelical Christian, I am grateful KTW reporter Melissa Lampman wrote this article.
Extreme physics at the ends of the earthThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 4:55AMAnil Ananthaswamy visits some of the bleakest locations on Earth to explore the most tantalising mysteries of the cosmos in The Edge of Physics
Einstein's Gravity Confirmed on a Cosmic ScaleThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:05AMWe may finally have proof that general relativity applies to cosmic bodies great and small—and that dark matter and dark energy are real.
News Search:Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:28AMRealVNC, the Cambridge company which allows you to sit at a computer here and control another on the other side of the world, has appointed Tom Blackie to head the mobile business unit.
Hubble constant and dark energy measure universeTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:51PMA paper in the March edition of The Astrophysics Journal said current astronomical efforts are being made to utilize gravitational lenses to measure the Hubble constant, a scientific value which can determine the size and age of the universe.
Tall storiesMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:30PMPuppets, painted poetry, and the Kennedys The Institute of Contemporary Art gets down and dirty this spring with Mexican artist Jerónimo López Ramírez, who's better known as DR. LAKRA — or, as they might say in his home of Oaxaca, "Dr. Delinquent." UNTITLED (CHOCOLATITOS) The ICA goes looking for trouble with Mexican artist Dr. Lakra. The Institute of Contemporary Art gets down and dirty this ...
‘All of nature in surrender’: Women and IslamSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:17PMA leading Qur’anic scholar and Muslim feminist, Professor Amina Wadud, has challenged the ‘received tradition’ of a vertical relationship between Allah, man and woman, and reconstructed it as a horizontal relationship of reciprocity, or equality, with the male and female pair united in surrender to Allah.
Einstein's theory of relativity on display for first timeSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:47PMJERUSALEM (AFP) - In a darkened room in Jerusalem, the world was given a rare glimpse Sunday into the mind of Albert Einstein as he worked to unlock the secrets of the universe.
Einstein theory of relativity on displaySunday, March 7, 2010 @ 1:40PMFor the first time the complete, original manuscript of Albert Einstein's landmark General Theory of Relativity is on display.
Einstein's original manuscript displayedSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:31PMThe original manuscript of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity has gone on display for the first time.
Einstein's theory of relativity on displaySunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:12AMJERUSALEM (AFP) - In a darkened room in Jerusalem, the world was given a rare glimpse on Sunday into the mind which unlocked the secrets of the universe.
St. Patrick's dinner at Mount ManresaSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:04AMSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A St. Patrick's Day Dinner Celebration will be held at Mount Manresa Jesuit Retreat House on March 14, with seatings at 3 and 4:30 p.m. Mass, which is optional, will be said at 2 p.m. Dinner...
Astronomically Large Lenses Measure The Age And Size Of The UniverseFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:16AMUsing entire galaxies as lenses to look at other galaxies, researchers have a newly precise way to measure the size and age of the universe and how rapidly it is expanding, on a par with other techniques.
UCSB Staff Contributes to Space StudyFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:03AMA recent study, conducted in part by UCSB researchers, has confirmed with increased precision the size and age of the universe.
Sadler Wins Education PrizeThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:50PMEvery year, astronomy lecturer Philip M. Sadler asks his students if they have ever toured an inflatable planetarium dome as a middle or high school student.
Man believes machine caused rainThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 7:30PMIF you have had enough of the rain then you had better have a word with Peter Stevens, of Casino. Mr Stevens claims his rain machine, invented by Jack Toyer in the 1970s, is responsible for the current downpour.
Klamath: Direct Action!Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:06AMORLEANS -- Molli Jane had clambered up the ropes not effortlessly but quickly. But now she hung there halfway up a large Douglas fir tree and strained to make the muscular transition to descent.
Universe's high-energy haze gets murkierWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:56PMAn unexpectedly small fraction of the gamma-ray light that pervades the universe comes from gluttonous black holes – the source of the rest is unknown
Mysterious "Dragons" Make Universe's Gamma Ray FogWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:17PMUnknown but fearsome sources are filling the universe with a blanket of high-energy gamma rays, normally created by the universe's most violent events and most powerful objects.
Fermi Probes 'Dragons' Of The Gamma-Ray SkyWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:07AMImage 1: Fermi's LAT detects gamma-rays by tracking the electrons and positrons they produce after striking layers of tungsten. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Image 2: Fermi data invalidates a once-popular explanation for the extragalactic gamma-ray background. Jets from active galaxies play only a minor role in producing the emission. Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT ...
Astronomers use galaxies as lensesWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 6:21AMPeering through entire galaxies as their lenses, a team of researchers has found a new way to establish the size and age of the universe. read more
Black-hole-powered jets create fog of gamma raysWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:23AMAstronomers, using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, have found that black-hole-powered jets from active galaxies are responsible for almost a third of the ever-present fog of gamma
Black-hole-powered jets create fog of gamma raysWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:33AMWashington, March 3 : Astronomers, using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, have found that black-hole-powered jets from active galaxies are responsible for almost a third of the ever-present fog of gamma rays outside our galaxy.
NASA's Fermi probes 'dragons' of the gamma-ray skyTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:32PMA new study of the ever-present fog of gamma rays from sources outside our galaxy shows that less than a third of the emission arises from what astronomers once considered the most likely suspects -- black-hole-powered jets from active galaxies.
NASA's Fermi Probes "Dragons" Of The Gamma-Ray SkyTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 5:41PMby Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 One of the pleasures of perusing ancient maps is locating regions so poorly explored that mapmakers warned of dragons and sea monsters.
20. Daughter marries science with fiction for childrenSaturday, February 27, 2010 @ 6:18PMLUCY Hawking is Stephen Hawking's second child from his first marriage. The 41-year-old journalist and author has co-written two children's books with her father and they are both working on the third one. Below is an interview with her.
Some students (and locals and alumni) take the Hispanic theater course over and overFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 1:01PMThe unique Teatrotaller (Spanish for theater-workshop), a blend of academics and performance in Spanish, has been going strong ever since Cornell students founded it in 1993 to preserve and promote Spanish, Latin American and Latino cultures through theater at Cornell.
What Is Time? One Physicist Hunts for the Ultimate TheoryFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 10:16AMTime is a slippery concept, and scientists have not figured out how to explain it satisfactorily. But physicist Sean Carroll is on the hunt for a theory of time, and he thinks he'll find it in the multiverse. Carroll talks about his ideas in this Q&A with Wired.com.
Cahokia mounds reveal a vast copper workshopFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:15AMNearly 1,000 years ago, the ancient city of Cahokia flourished only 20 minutes away from modern St. Louis in the floodplains of the Mississippi River. Today, the discovery of a copper workshop by a team of researchers led by John Kelly, Washington University archeology professor, and James Brown of Northwestern University will provide insight into the lives of the mysterious Cahokians.
Tribal Member Disputes Claim of Sacred GroundThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:07PMAdding another twist to the high-stakes gamble for who will win the right to use the ocean waters around the Vineyard for industrial wind power development in the name of green energy progress, a formerly prominent member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) has publicly disputed the claim that Nantucket Sound is sacred ground traditionally used by the tribe for sunrise ceremonies.
Aerial SupportWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 4:47PM“You need more help than you know. You’re trying to live your life in open scaffolding.” The operative word for local artist Mary Day, in the line above from the poem “Bismillah,” is “scaffolding,” also the title of her current exhibit at Nebraska Arts Council’s Fred Simon Gallery.
Report shows Duke considered impact on KituwahWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 8:54AMIn the wake of the controversy surrounding the company’s proposed substation, Duke Energy representatives claimed they were unaware of the project’s potential impact on the Cherokee’s most valued site.