Science Archives - Nerdalicious

Nature Is Only 150 Years Old

November 8, 2019

No, I have not suddenly become some sort of Scientifical Creationist, invoking an existential timescale accelerated to match the speed of life in what is probably the late part of the Anthropocene era. Rather, ... Read More...

Where To See The Supermoon Tonight

C S Hughes

November 13, 2016

Events, Science

Seriously, just look up. The Moon's orbit around the Earth is elliptical, oval shaped, so naturally it comes closer to the Earth, a point called perigee, on a regular basis. When that perigee coincides with ... Read More...

In New Horizons Photographs We Discover The Monsters of Pluto

C S Hughes

July 25, 2015

Art, Science

The New Horizons spacecraft has carried a collection of imagers, spectrometers, radiometers and telescopes around the sun, past Jupiter and on, some 4.79 billion kilometres in nine and a half years to the farth... Read More...

Giant Friendly Tree Rat Discovered In The Most Remarkable Place On Earth

C S Hughes

September 27, 2014

Science

In 1911 American academic and explorer, Hiram Bingham III, with the help of local farmers, rediscovered the spectacular Quechua temple of Macchu Picchu, believing it be Vitcos, the lost capital city of the Inca... Read More...

Gallifrey, Vulcan or Tatooine – Choose Your Planet

C S Hughes

July 13, 2014

Science

Picture Courtesy of NASA IT'Soften said truth is stranger than fiction. And it's marvelous strange when fiction becomes truth. The International Astronomical Union is giving us the opportunity to bring our ... Read More...

Japanese Scientists Invent New Jam Jar For The Future

C S Hughes

June 9, 2014

Ridiculam Mundi, Science

In Australia by the year 2060, it is estimated over 25% of the population will be over 65. In Japan, where young people apparently prefer oculolinctus and other diversions to sex, the problem is even more dire.... Read More...

Red Planet Rising The Power Of Mars Shines on April 8

C S Hughes

April 5, 2014

Science

In astrology and mythology the baleful red glare of Mars has meant war, conflict, strife and chaos. It's ruby gleam in the night sky taken as a sign of power, wealth, passion and strength. On April 8th, 2014... Read More...

Searching For The Soul Of The New Robot

C S Hughes

March 10, 2014

Science

The Southern Evangelical Seminary And Bible College a conservative Christian School in Matthews, North Carolina, has purchased a NAO (pronounced Now) robot, as a teaching aid in the study of the ethics of emerg... Read More...

On January 30 You Will Be Amazed At What the Black Moon Portends

C S Hughes

January 26, 2014

Events, Science

Once in a blue moon, the metaphor, has come to mean an event that is both rare and wondrous, and yet, perhaps, not wholly unexpected. A blue moon is no longer a wonder or a prodigy. Is it a sign? Well, that is ... Read More...

Korean Scientists Develop Cancer Fighting NanoCyborgs

C S Hughes

January 9, 2014

News, Science

A team of scientists at South Korea's Chonnam National University have developed nanorobots that detect at fight cancer cells at the site of the cancer in the body. The scientists have genetically modified a... Read More...

NASA’s Remarkable Video – The Evolution Of Mars Over 5 Billion Years

C S Hughes

November 15, 2013

Science

MAVEN in orbit. Picture courtesy of NASA. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre has released a remarkable CGI video which shows the possible evolution of Mars over the last 5 billion years. To discover the trut... Read More...

Is There Life On Mars? Yes, And It’s Us, And We Were Goo

C S Hughes

August 29, 2013

Science

Professor Steven Benner, Geochemist at the Westheimer Institute for Science and Technology and member of the Foundation For Applied Molecular Evolution science thinktank, argues that life on Earth began on Mars... Read More...

Mapping The Milky Way with the Gaia Satellite Telescope

C S Hughes

August 23, 2013

Science

Digital model. Courtesy of the ESA. The European Space Agency's Gaia Satellite Telescope will be flown to French Guiana in Equatorial South America today to be prepared for launch on a Soyuz rocket in Novem... Read More...

Almost Killer Teddy Bear Discovered In Ecuadorian Rain Forest

C S Hughes

August 17, 2013

Science

Olinguito - Picture courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute The Olinguito, a cute racoon or possum-like creature with dusky orange fur has been declared a new species more than 100 years after it was first di... Read More...

Lunatics To Visit Historic Site On Moon

C S Hughes

July 17, 2013

Change, Science

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module landed on the Moon, on the Sea Of Tranquility on July 20, 1969. Undeniably one of the most significant events of human history. A bill before the US Congress proposes to make the Luna... Read More...

Next Time You See A Dolphin Punch Him In The Nose

C S Hughes

June 7, 2013

Science, Weird

Dolphins, the jesters of the sea, always laughing and playing, and when they're not rescuing lost sailors by showing them the way to land they're helping young Timmy defeat smugglers in the Florida Everglades... Read More...

Deadlier Than The Male

C S Hughes

May 29, 2013

Science, Whovian News

When you look into the night sky, just above the bright Southern Cross, is the obscure star Olga Prokopis, in the Constellation Centaurus. The Southern Sky Viewed near the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillim... Read More...