It’s a physics problem that baffled scholars for centuries, and it all has to do with our feline friends! Let’s take a look through physics history at why cats always seem to land on their feet. * A ...

Several recent blog posts and a session at Scio13 (discussed here) have addressed ethical issues in citizen science. Ethics in research is taken extremely seriously in academia: every single research ...

Researchers have proffered a new mathematical model that seeks to unravel a key evolutionary riddle -- namely what factors underlie the generation of biological diversity both within and between ...

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Quantum Conundrum is easily one of the most refreshing games of the year thanks to its creativity, intricate puzzles, and humor. The video game industry is dominated by space marines, regular marines, ...

Space junk is a terrible problem right now, especially as more and more companies continue to send satellites into space. With the ISS swerving to avoid space debris multiple times this year, many are ...

The Andes Mountains are much taller than plate tectonic theories predict they should be, a fact that has puzzled geologists for decades. Mountain-building models tend to focus on the deep-seated ...

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