Perseid meteor shower: Timelapse shows fireballs over Wales
Timelapse footage from Wales shows the Perseid Meteor shower on Wednesday night across the skies of Rhossili, Swansea. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 14, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
51 Eridani b: Astronomers discover young planet that 'looks like Jupiter' 100 light years away
Astronomers have detected a methane-shrouded world 100 light years away that may hold the key to understanding how planets form in the dust clouds swirling around stars. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 13, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Genetically-engineered opiates could lead to illicit 'home-brewed' heroin, scientists warn
The chemical precursors for making morphine and heroin have been produced by genetically-engineered microbes rather than poppy plants for the first time, raising the prospect that the most powerful painkillers known to science could be made from scratch in the lab. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 13, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Perseid meteor shower video: Watch Nasa video of fireball over New Mexico
Video observed by the Nasa All Sky Fireball Network shows the Perseid fireball over the skies of New Mexico on the morning of August 12. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 13, 2015 Category: Science Tags: News Source Type: news
Greenwich Royal Observatory: How the Prime Meridian line is actually 100 metres away from where it was believed to be
Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world descend on the Royal Observatory in Greenwich to pose for a photograph astride the Prime Meridian, the famous line which divides the eastern and western hemispheres of the earth. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 13, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Armed with 10,000 more genes than humans: Scientists hail the intelligence of the octopus
With its eight tentacles, large eyes and intelligent demeanour, it has been likened to an alien form of life. Now scientists have decoded the genome of the octopus and have discovered just how different it is to other intelligent creatures both on land and sea. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 12, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Name the ExoWorlds: Contest begins to allow the public to name exoplanets and stars
18 Delphini B and PSR 1257+12 are hardly planetary names that trip off the tongue. A contest has therefore begun that provides not only the first opportunity for the public to name exoplanets – planets outside our solar system that orbit a star rather than our sun - but also, for the first time in centuries, to give names to stars. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 12, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Rosetta comet fires off its most spectacular blast yet
Rosetta’s comet has fired off the brightest “fireworks” ever seen as it reaches its closest point to the Sun. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 12, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Woman has sex wearing Fitbit - here is what happened
A woman has worn her Fitbit monitor during sex and published the results online in the name of science. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 12, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Crossrail Liverpool Street excavation: 30 skeletons discovered in mass grave thought to be victims of The Great Plague of 1665
Excavators working on the Liverpool Street site that will house the new Crossrail station in the City of London have discovered a mass grave thought to contain 30 victims of The Great Plague of 1665. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 12, 2015 Category: Science Tags: News Source Type: news
Crossrail Liverpool Street excavation: 30 skeletons unearthed in mass grave thought to be victims of 1665 Great Plague
Excavators working on the Liverpool Street site that will house London's new Crossrail station have discovered a mass grave thought to contain 30 victims of The Great Plague of 1665. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 12, 2015 Category: Science Tags: News Source Type: news
Perseid meteor shower: Stunning phenomenon set to peak
Stargazers are set to have a stunning view of hundreds of shooting stars this evening as the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 12, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Why do zebras have black and white stripes? A computer game has the answer
It is a mystery which has been the source of many a heated debate, flummoxing naturalists since Charles Darwin’s era: why does a zebra have black and white stripes? (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 12, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Saturated fats in meat and dairy not as bad for health as previously thought, study finds
The saturated fats found in meat and dairy produce are not as bad for health as previously believed, a study has found. However, the scientists who conducted the research have warned against reaching for the butter dish. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 11, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Health News Source Type: news
Saturated fats in meat and dairy produce not as bad for health as previously thought, study finds
The saturated fats found in meat and dairy produce are not as bad for health as previously believed, a study has found. However, the scientists who conducted the research have warned against reaching for the butter dish. (Source: The Independent - Science)
Source: The Independent - Science - August 11, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Health News Source Type: news
