Category: Science
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Strange but True: Honeybees Can Recognize the Difference Between Even and Odd Numbers
Honeybees are the first non-humans to demonstrate an ability to learn the difference between even and odd numbers. The honeybee experiment could better understand how humans perform parity tasks (whether a number is even or odd). Parity tasks may not be as complicated as previously believed. It is so easy for humans to distinguish between…
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World’s Seas Are Losing Their “Memory” As A Result Of Global Warming, Experts Claim
Global warming is causing oceans to lose their ability to remember the past. Ocean memory decline is observed as a coordinated response to human-induced global warming. As greenhouse-gas concentration levels continue to rise, such memory loss will become more evident. The ocean is losing its memory https://t.co/kgUMzpYqUM — Dr. David Shiffman π¦ (@WhySharksMatter) May 8,…
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Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower 2022 Illuminated The Sky While You Were Asleep, Here Are Some Viral Pics Anyway
Meteor streaks were visible this weekend as the Earth crossed the dust trail of Halley’s Comet in a yearly meteor shower. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, shown in both Northern and Southern hemispheres in the cluster Aquarius, reached its peak this weekend, with the best viewing times in the early morning hours after 3 a.m.…
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Extremely Resilient Star Endures A Giant Supernova Explosion
The story of a star that survives. In the deep cosmos, the Hubble Space Telescope found evidence that a star remains after its companion star (they orbited each other) went supernova β an extremely powerful stellar eruption. The exploding star, dubbed supernova 2013ge, jostled β but didn’t destroy β its nearby companion,Β explained NASA. Astronomers believe…
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A solar flare explosion triggered a radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean and Europe for more than an hour.
Researchers at SpaceWeather have determined that a solar flare outbreak on May 3 resulted in a radio blackout for more than an hour in Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. An X-rated solar flare was triggered by the sunspot, resulting in a radio blackout over much of the planet. An eruption of a solar flare caused…
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NASA Has Shared Stunning Images Of 22 Black Holes; Take A Look
Stars that are born with a mass greater than 20 times that of the Sun eventually wind up collapsing into black holes. Nasa has been investigating these strange objects in great detail in order to truly comprehend their nature and role in galaxies’ evolution. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released images of…
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Two Meteor’s Showers Will Take Place On May 5th And May 30th, Here’s What You Need To Know
A couple of potentially active meteor showers open and close May, making it an ideal time for skywatchers and space geeks to witness some of the most beautiful light displays in the skies. https://twitter.com/JanHattenbach/status/1521102441181331456 The eta Aquariid meteor shower, generated by the yearly encounter with debris from Halley’s comet, will be noticeable on May 5-6.…
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NEOs can periodically approach close to Earth as they circle the sun.
The threatening huge asteroid is expected to fly past Earth on Thursday, May 5 at a speed of 37,400 kilometres per hour, as per the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The asteroid 418135 (2008 AG33) seems to have an average diameter of 350 to 780 meters, according to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies…
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An Emerging Scientific Theory Implies The Existence Of A Curious Ninth Planet Known As ‘Planet X’
There are many rumours in the scientific world about establishing a mysterious 9th planet in the solar system, popularly referred to as ‘Planet 9’ or ‘Planet X.’ This planet’s gravitational effects would help explain the odd orbital actions of several artefacts in our planetary system. Seth Jacobson of Michigan State University and associates in China…
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It’s A Planet Parade! Catch Jupiter, Venus All In the Same Line; Mercury To Join Soon
The ISS and China’s space station photobombed a four-planet line-up for Italian astrophysicist Gianluca Masi in the early in the morning sky. Whenever our neighbouring planetary systems enter the same area of the sky as Earth, planetary groupings occur. Masi was aware that the ISS and Tianhe, the core module of China’s nascent Tiangong space…