Supermaterial Made From Seaweed Could Replace Bubble Wrap
As a civilisation we are blanketing our planet with plastic. One of the most frightening illustrations of this fact is a prediction that by 2050, our oceans will contain more plastic than fish. Amazingly, a smart solution for reducing our reliance on plastic, and protecting marine life, could come from those very oceans as well. A new material named “agar plasticity” just won the prestigious Lexus Design Award, given out as part of the annual Milan furniture fair. Designers at AMAM are using a..>> view originalThe great octopus escape: how Inky got away
The animal rights group PETA is hoping the daring escape by Inky the Octopus sends a message to aquariums. Inky made headlines around the world when it broke out of its tank at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier, slithered across the floor, squeezed down a 50-metre drainpipe and disappeared into the sea. Inky's escape trail Napier City Council and Aquarium Manager Rob Yarrall has been fielding media inquiries from all over the world ever since. He's made headline n..>> view originalAmbergris: Try and find whale vomit; it may win you $100000
The Middleton Sands of Lancashire turned out to be a goldmine for Gary and Angela Williams on Sunday. They were strolling, enjoying the beach and sand near Morecambe Bay when the smell of rotting fish entered their nostrils. Unlike some, they decided to follow the stench and came across a smelly rubbery rock on the beach. Now, the couple are celebrating their find as the smell was from ambergris, whale vomit, worth $100,000. They had once seen how whale vomit looks like in a newspaper and hence..>> view originalWorld's Strongest Material Carbyne Made in Large Quantities
Scientists from the University of Vienna have created carbyne, a material with properties that surpasses all known materials, including diamond and graphene. It has electrical properties and contains carbon chains with a record length of 6,000 carbon ...>> view originalTime Travel Is for Real? 1500-Year-Old Mummy Found Wearing 'Adidas Sneakers'
Local herdsmen have uncovered a 1,500-year-old mummy wrapped in felt 2,803 metres up in the Mongolian Altai Mountains. After alerting experts from the Khovd Museum, the researchers conclude that this is the first complete Turkik burial discovered ...>> view originalScent trick gets moths out of the closet
Scent trick gets moths out of the closetAAPApril 14, 2016 9:40AMSavePrint Scent trick gets moths out of the closet"Transgender" moths are the latest weapon in the war to save our woollies.Scientists have found a way to force the fabric-munching pests out of the closet by making them sexually confused.The trick is to lure male moths and cover them in a pheromone "perfume".The scent signal delivers a message that says: "I am female".When female moths get a whiff of the pheromone they lose interes..>> view originalNASA begins testing electronic sail technology for deep space probes
It took Voyager 1 over 30 years to reach interstellar space, but scientists at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are testing a new technology that could cut that time by two thirds. The Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS) or E-sail concept is a novel form of propellant-less propulsion that relies on a series of wires to catch the solar winds. The technology promises to reduce the travel time from Earth to the heliopause – about 123 AU (18 billion km, ..>> view originalSaharan silver ant's hairs reflect light to beat the desert heat
Saharan silver ant's hairs reflect light to beat the desert heat Posted April 14, 2016 12:37:03 Life in the scorching hot Sahara Desert is no problem for an ant that has evolved an effective and stylish heat-repellent system, new research finds. Key pointsHairs on Saharan silver ant act like prism to reflect sunlightMirror effect reduces heat absorption and gives ant its silvery colourFirst known example of internal reflection determining the colour of an organism ..>> view originalMysteriously-aligned group of black holes points to galaxies' beginnings
Black holes became a little more inexplicable this week.On Monday, researchers from South Africa published findings of a region in the universe called ELAIS-N1, where 64 supermassive black holes are all emitting radio jets in the same direction.Radio jets, emissions of radio waves from the black holes thought to be at the centers of some galaxies, are familiar to scientists. But what is new and unusual are the number of black holes apparently in sync and the distance between them. Scientists ha..>> view originalUncertainty over coral bleaching severity
The severity of Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching at tourist hotpots off Cairns has been put up for debate following new surveys.Despite reports the reef has this summer suffered from shocking coral bleaching, the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre (RRRC) says popular diving areas near Cairns have only suffered low levels of damage.Recent underwater surveys, looking at 32 reefs between Cairns and Lizard Island, found less than five per cent were suffering severe bleaching or coral mortality. ..>> view original
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