Parallel universes – Many worlds (Schrödinger’s cat experiment)

Parallel universes – Many worlds (Schrödinger’s cat experiment)

One of the greatest secrets of physics we still do not completely understand, is what happens when the smallest things interact with the big things, that is when quantum mechanics meets our everyday world? You have probably heard of a legendary Schrödinger’s

Lyrid meteor shower peaks on April 22, 2013

Lyrid meteor shower peaks on April 22, 2013

Earth is approaching the debris field of ancient Comet Thatcher, source of the annual Lyrid meteor shower. Every year in late April Earth passes through the dusty tail of Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1), and the encounter causes a meteor shower – the Lyrids.Flakes of

Nanowire networks have the potential to mimic aspects of the human brain

Nanowire networks have the potential to mimic aspects of the human brain

Irish nanoscientist, Prof John Boland, director of the Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), believes that his research can lead to producing nanowire networks that can mimic aspects of the human brain and eventually lead to a new

New study could rewrite history of Auckland’s volcanic field

New study could rewrite history of Auckland’s volcanic field

A new study released in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research suggests that Rangitoto, a monogenetic shield volcano near Auckland, New Zealand, and other volcanoes in the Auckland Field might have been more active during the last few thousand years than

Why does Earth have deserts?

Why does Earth have deserts?

Take a look at a physical map of the world. Thirty degrees on either side of the equator, you will see, distributed with suspicious regularity, a brown band of drylands circling the planet, a sere belt warding off greener climes: the deserts of the world. They are

Earth-Mars communications affected by a Mars solar conjunction

Earth-Mars communications affected by a Mars solar conjunction

This month communication between Mars and Earth may be disrupted due to a planetary arrangement called Mars solar conjunction, where Mars will be passing almost directly behind the sun from Earth’s perspective. Mars solar conjunction happens once about every 26