Guest Thinkers — August 22, 2011 DUPLICATE POST, PLEASE DELETE Lindsay Beyerstein Copy a link to the article entitled http://DUPLICATE%20POST,%20PLEASE%20DELETE Share DUPLICATE POST, PLEASE DELETE on Facebook Share DUPLICATE POST, PLEASE DELETE on Twitter Share DUPLICATE POST, PLEASE DELETE on LinkedIn [Photo credit: Sam UL, Creative Commons.]
Starts With A Bang Ask Ethan: What are white holes, and do they really exist? In General Relativity, white holes are just as mathematically plausible as black holes. Black holes are real; what about white holes?
Life Strange life forms create an “alien” ecosystem in an abandoned uranium mine Slimy biofilms made up of bacterial and eukaryotic life forms have taken over an abandoned, flooded uranium mine in Germany.
Hard Science Earth has an eerie “sodium glow,” and astronomers use it to image stars Air currents in our atmosphere limit the resolving power of giant telescopes, but computers and artificial stars can sharpen the blur.
High Culture Why are flood myths so common in stories from ancient cultures around the world? Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?
Guest Thinkers Teen Destroys $1.8 Million Chandelier with Croc Just goes to show that neither $1.8 million chandeliers, nor Crocs have any business existing.[Photo credit: ellenm1, Creative Commons. For illustration.]