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Second neutrino team refutes faster-than-light find
Fp Archives • 13 years agoEuropean researchers said they have measured the speed of neutrinos and found the subatomic particles don't travel faster than light after all.
Second neutrino team refutes faster-than-light find
Fp Archives • 13 years agoEuropean researchers said they have measured the speed of neutrinos and found the subatomic particles don't travel faster than light after all.
Meet Kairuku, the giant prehistoric penguin
Fp Archives • 13 years agoExperts from New Zealand and the United States have reconstructed the fossil skeleton of one of the giant sea birds for the first time, revealing long wings, a slender build and a spear-like bill that have them describing it as one elegant bird.
Meet Kairuku, the giant prehistoric penguin
Fp Archives • 13 years agoExperts from New Zealand and the United States have reconstructed the fossil skeleton of one of the giant sea birds for the first time, revealing long wings, a slender build and a spear-like bill that have them describing it as one elegant bird.
Solar storm lights up the night with dazzling auroras
Fp Archives • 13 years agoA storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday.
Solar storm lights up the night with dazzling auroras
Fp Archives • 13 years agoA storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth into an ever-changing and awe-provoking art show of northern lights on Tuesday.
Sticking a thermometer into a dinosaur (well sort of)
Seema Singh • 14 years agoNew research that could well be considered as “sticking a thermometer” in dinosaurs, Caltech scientists, for the first time ever, have measured the body temperature of the animal.
Hot or not: Is Facebook on the slide?
Charman • 14 years agoSeemingly unassailable in its position as top dog, Facebook dominates the social media pack but there's a lone voice casting doubts on its traffic figures and finances, and suggesting that an IPO this year would be unlikely.
Hot or not: Is Facebook on the slide?
Charman • 14 years agoSeemingly unassailable in its position as top dog, Facebook dominates the social media pack but there's a lone voice casting doubts on its traffic figures and finances, and suggesting that an IPO this year would be unlikely.
Citizen Science: How you can be an armchair archaeologist
Charman • 14 years agoWant to be an archaeologist, but don’t fancy working under the hot desert sun? Go check out Ancient Lives, a new website which has 140,000 previously untranslated fragments of papyrus online, where members of the public can help transcribe and catalogue them.