History created by Indian Women Pugilists
Indian women boxers created history as six of them entered the finals of the 6th Asian women Boxing Championships at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Pinky Jangra (48 kgs), Mary Kom (51 kgs), Sonia Lather (54 kgs), Sarita Devi (60 kgs), Monica Saun (64 [...]
The Transit of Venus: Viewing Tips from an Astronomer
Invited guest post by Summer Ash
On Tuesday June 5th, Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun for the second time in eight years and the last time for another 105 years. The transit of Venus, as it is called, is a very rare event in our [...]
Mexico to witness transit of Venus, as Mayas did before
The Western Hemisphere will be able to view Venus crossing the sun this evening, a last-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In Mexico events are scheduled today across the capital.
The ancient Maya, famed for their knowledge of astronomy and highly precise [...]
Silicon trick for next-gen memory
Researchers have revealed details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.The device is a “memristor”, a long-hypothesised but only recently demonstrated electronic component.A memristor’s [...]
Venus Express:Venus Express unearths new clues to the planet’s geological history
16 May 2012
ESA’s Venus Express has been used to study the geology in a region near Venus’ equator. Using near-infrared observations collected by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC), scientists have found evidence that the planet’s [...]
SpaceX aborts launch at lift-off
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is prepared for launch from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force StationCalifornia’s SpaceX company is ready to make history by sending a capsule containing half a tonne of supplies to the space station.It [...]
Herschel:The most powerful black holes quenched their galaxy’s star formation
A survey of galaxies performed with ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory has shown that only the most powerful black holes in the early Universe were able to quench the formation of stars in their host galaxies. This finding is an important [...]
Books on Science: Fiddling With a Two-Year Gap in the Busy Life of Copernicus
Dava Sobel has long taken a quirky approach to science history. In “Galileo’s Daughter” (1999), for instance, she focused not on the standard biographical material but on the scientist’s love for his illegitimate daughter, consigned [...]
How Geodesic Domes Work
You can find eco-friendly, sustainable and locally-made and grown products on shelves in almost every store these days. So perhaps it’s no surprise that some people want to make the buildings themselves more in tune with the environment, [...]
Herschel:Herschel probes the dusty history of a giant star
About 5 thousand million years from now, our Sun will expand into a red giant, swelling to such a size that it may swallow the Earth. It will then begin to shed huge amounts of dust, surrounding itself with an expanding circumstellar envelope [...]
