Zero gravity flights and head spinning sessions in a centrifuge – creating gravitation forces eight times those on Earth – might have been enough to deter lesser citizens.
The people who work more than sixty hours a week are the ones who say they like their jobs the most. This may seem surprising, until you reflect that people who like something might do more of it than people who do not.
Although we currently know very little about Gliese 581g, a couple of its features strongly indicate that this planet might harbor the existence of organisms.
Humans have long been fascinated by the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. Novels, films, and folk tales have encouraged curiosity and speculation about what might be 'out there' in space.
Tommaso Strinati is high up and looking at the old art on the walls of the chapel. He says, ''It's a good thing that all this Baroque work is so unimpressive. Otherwise, we might not have been allowed to scrape it off!''
When researcher Kieran Bown saw the tail of a humpback whale sticking up off in the distance, he thought the animal might be injured or dead — but the whale was actually just dead tired!
When researcher Kieran Bown saw the tail of a humpback whale sticking up off in the distance, he thought the animal might be injured or dead — but the whale was actually just dead tired!
Our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are destined to collide! This illustration shows what the night sky might look like in 3.75 billion years.
People who describe themselves as “blind as a bat” might want to find a new turn of phrase. It turns out that the mouse-eared bat uses a form of light that most humans cannot see to guide its movements.
People who describe themselves as “blind as a bat” might want to find a new turn of phrase. It turns out that the mouse-eared bat uses a form of light that most humans cannot see to guide its movements.
Scientists have stored all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets on tiny stretches of synthesized DNA. Large companies might one day keep DNA storage rather than maintain and update roomfuls of hard drives.
A kicked soccer ball can move 10 times faster than the human eye can perceive. Soccer referees are human. That might explain why the most popular game on earth has the least popular officials—they always manage to blow it.
A kicked soccer ball can move 10 times faster than the human eye can perceive. Soccer referees are human. That might explain why the most popular game on earth has the least popular officials—they always manage to blow it.
A kicked soccer ball can move 10 times faster than the human eye can perceive. Soccer referees are human. That might explain why the most popular game on earth has the least popular officials—they always manage to blow it.
A kicked soccer ball can move 10 times faster than the human eye can perceive. Soccer referees are human. That might explain why the most popular game on earth has the least popular officials—they always manage to blow it.
Our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy are destined to collide! This illustration shows what the night sky might look like in 3.75 billion years.
Soaring grain prices are a welcome surprise to farmers, many of whom feared that their yields and prices might plunge this year as a result of the wet summer.