Science Education - Page 9

April 28, 2016

Real Heavy Metal: Fans want Motörhead singer on Periodic Table

Motörhead fans still mourning the death of the band's singer, songwriter and bassist, Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister, in December are seeking commemoration for the rock icon in an unusual location — the periodic table

April 5, 2016

World's most powerful X-ray laser gets upgrade

The fastest and most powerful X-ray laser in the world will soon be an astonishing 8,000 times faster and 10,000 times brighter, enabling scientists to see how nature works on the atomic level and on ultrafast timescales.

March 24, 2016

Formula One team under cyberattack in Cyber Security Challenge UK

In a face-to-face final cyberbattle, one unlikely Brit proved the ultimate weapon against an attack on a Formula One Team.

March 24, 2016

Young scientist of the year's invention could clean water for 1.1 billion

A New Hampshire 14 year old has won America’s Top Young Scientist prize for her innovative clean water system, which has great potential for people suffering natural disasters and those living in war zones.

March 17, 2016

Professor solves 300-year-old math mystery, wins $700,000

An Oxford professor is now $700,000 richer for solving a 300-year-old math mystery, the Telegraph reports.

March 14, 2016

Neil deGrasse Tyson's tweet about 'painful' animal sex sparks scorn

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s recent tweet about ‘painful’ animal sex has sparked criticism, with experts questioning his grasp of biology.

March 10, 2016

Large Hadron Collider results may hint at a new era of physics

Are we about to enter a new era of physics? Data collected by the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland may have identified particle activity that doesn’t fit the standard laws of physics.

March 9, 2016

7th-grader named Goodell tackles 'Deflategate' with science project

One youngster decided to take his frustration about the ‘deflategate’ scandal straight to the science fair and won a top spot in the process.

January 26, 2016

Rapper B.o.B in 'flat Earth' Twitter battle with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Something to note for next time: don’t try to prove to your Twitter followers that the Earth is flat - Neil deGrasse Tyson might engage you in a battle of the twits.

January 22, 2016

Black Death's hideout: Scientists reconstruct centuries-old plague pathogen genomes

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the study of Human History in Germany have taken an important step forward in our understanding of the plague that ravaged Europe hundreds of years ago.