Author: Agitator!!

…and the tech industry isn’t happy. if the trend continues — which it very well might — mankind will likely have to make some changes to atomic time, or the universal way that time on Earth is measured, according to experts. But that’s not exactly easy, especially when the tech industry really doesn’t want that…

Just add water! Because it is made of paper and contains zinc, both of which are biodegradable, scientists say it could help reduce the environmental impact of these types of batteries. For more, check out this Newsweek/MSN story.

Not the usual diamond structure. While studying diamonds inside an ancient meteorite, scientists have found a strange, interwoven microscopic structure that has never been seen before. For more, check out this Space.com story.

This sounds more like a mystery story. A strange gap between theoretical predictions and experimental results in a major neutrino research project could be a sign of the elusive ‘sterile’ neutrino – a particle so quiet, it can only be detected by the silence it leaves in its wake. For more, check out this ScienceAlert…

Researchers have managed to demonstrate a strange phenomenon known as the quantum boomerang effect for the first time. David Weld at University of California, Santa Barbara and his colleagues cooled hundreds of thousands of lithium atoms close to absolute zero inside a small vacuum-sealed box. They used lasers to arrange the lithium atoms in a…

…and it could be dark matter. Scientists have discovered a new, mysterious particle. Of course, making new discoveries is exciting. But, perhaps the most exciting thing about this particle is that it could be a candidate for dark matter. For more, check out this BGR/MSN story.

This is one of those theories that really push it. The idea that Professor Romanovskaya is posing is that it is theoretically possible for a sufficiently advanced civilization to essentially commandeer one of these objects and use them to get off the planet. While the many rogue planets (insofar as they have been observed to…

Now that is a provocative title! While we haven’t found any evidence of alien life yet, that doesn’t mean it’s not out there, beyond our reach. Now, a team of researchers has put together a mathematical model showing aliens could potentially be communicating across space – via quantum physics. The idea is that quantum mechanics…

According to NASA, Uranus and Neptune are raining gemstones! During a recent interview with NASA’s Gravity Assist, astrophysicist Naomi Rowe-Gurney explained how gas-heavy planets Uranus and Neptune rain down what we here on Earth consider precious gemstones. For more, check out this Audacy/MSN story.

The horrific marine heatwave nicknamed the Blob destroyed much in its path during its peak. researchers have identified the systematic warming in the Pacific Ocean that fueled the Blob’s rise, and their modeling confirms that – as previously suspected – it is not the result of natural climatic variation. For more, check out this ScienceAlert…