Natural Science - Page 107

October 21, 2015

Strange state of matter found in chicken eye

Never before seen in biology, astate of matter called "disordered hyperuniformity" has been discovered in the eye of a chicken

October 21, 2015

Do the 'ayes' really have it? Researchers show that voice votes are invalid

Except under unrealistic controlled circumstances, voice votes are useless, researchers at the University of Iowa in Iowa City found. Their research suggests that the "ayes" don't necessarily have it.

October 21, 2015

Why do we itch? Scientists seek to solve the maddening mystery

The sensation of feeling itchy is pretty universal, and yet scientists still don't completely understand the complex processes that give us the urge to scratch.

October 21, 2015

Would time travelers leave online traces?

Scientists searched a corner of the Internet for evidence of time travel into the past. They found no evidence that this fantastical form of travel exists.

October 21, 2015

Secret second code found hiding within human DNA

Scientists have long believed that DNA tells the cells how to make proteins. But the discovery of a new, second DNA code overnight suggests the body speaks two different languages.

October 21, 2015

Ask a science teacher: Why are the oceans salty?

The father of modern chemistry, Antoine Lavoisier, gave us the first definitive answer some two hundred years ago. He stated that oceans are the “rinsings of the Earth.” He meant that salts are washed from the land into the ocean.

October 21, 2015

How many people heard the Sermon on the Mount? Or the Gettysburg Address?

Have you ever wondered how many people in the audience actually heard the Gettysburg Address? How about the Sermon on the Mount or Moses at Sinai?

October 21, 2015

Pa. museum tells blind visitors: Please touch!

The Penn Museum, an archaeology and anthropology center, is offering touch tours for the blind and visually impaired.

October 21, 2015

1st satellite built by high school students blasts into space

The first satellite designed and built by high school students blast edinto space along with a so-called "PhoneSat" built by NASA on Tuesday night.

October 21, 2015

Swiss scientists say Arafat was poisoned with polonium

Scientists at Switzerland's Institute of Radiation Physics said Thursday they've found evidence that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was deliberately poisoned with polonium though they don't know if it ultimately killed him.