Small asteroid or comet 'visits' from beyond the solar system | Rob Weryk

A/2017 U1 is most likely of interstellar origin. Approaching from above, it was closest to the Sun on Sept. 9. Traveling at 27 miles per second (44 kilometers per second), the comet is headed away fr ...

Transparent solar technology represents 'wave of the future' | Richard Lunt

See-through solar-harvesting applications, such as this module pioneered at Michigan State University, could potentially produce 40 percent of U.S. electricity demand. Credit: Michigan State Universi ...

Artificial intelligence finds 56 new gravitational lens candidates | Carlo Enrico Petrillo

This picture shows a sample of the handmade photos of gravitational lenses that the astronomers used to train their neural network. Credit: Enrico Petrillo, University of Groningen Oct. 23, 2017 (Phy ...

A Field Guide to Thoughtstoppers | John Michael Greer

Oct. 18, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- It occurred to me a while back that one very simple issue is responsible for much of the crisis of our age. No question, that crisis has plenty of causes, some of the ...

What creates the most unity among men? | Mickey Z.

Gang members in Belize City. images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-11-18-1447856895-9700-gang.png Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 13, 2017 Males bond most quickly and easily when exploiting women. This b ...

A single photon reveals quantum entanglement of 16 million atoms | Florian Fröwis

Partial view of the source producing the single photons that were stored in the quantum memory to produce entanglement between many atoms inside the memory. Credit: UNIGE Oct. 13, 2017 (Phys.org) -- ...

More than 600 new periodic orbits of the famous three-body problem | XiaoMing Li

Brief overview of the six newly-found families of periodic three-body orbits. Blue line: orbit of Body-1; red line: orbit of Body-2; black line: orbit of Body-3 Credit: ©Science China Press Oct. 12, ...

Researchers report reversal of current flow in a quantum system | Ángel Rubio

Artist's impression of the role of a quantum observer: depending on where the observer is positioned, and what part of the figure is seen, the water will be seen to flow differently. Credit: © K. Ara ...

Atlas bears a world without Atlas Bears | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Sept. 25, 2017 Veronica, one of the grizzlies at Central Park Zoo. She was “rescued” from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming in 1995 after her mother was euthanized (t ...

Researchers develop new tool to assess individual's level of wisdom | Michael L. Thomas

Photo by Frédéric BISSON, Flickr. (CC BY 2.0) Sept. 20, 2017 (MedicalXpress) -- Researchers at University of San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new tool called the San Diego Wisdom Scale ( ...

By 2100, oceans may hold enough carbon to launch sixth mass extermination of species | Daniel Rothman

Sedimentary rocks at Meishan, China. These rocks contain signatures of a disturbance in the carbon cycle immediately preceding Earth's greatest mass extinction. Credit: Shuzhong Shen Sept. 20, 2017 ( ...