Duke engineers build world’s first 3D acoustic cloaking device

Duke engineers build world’s first 3D acoustic cloaking device

Using little more than a few perforated sheets of plastic and a staggering amount of number crunching, Duke engineers have demonstrated the world’s first three-dimensional acoustic cloak. The new device reroutes sound waves to create the impression that both the

Volcanoes helped species survive ice ages

Volcanoes helped species survive ice ages

An international team of researchers has found evidence that the steam and heat from volcanoes and heated rocks allowed many species of plants and animals to survive past ice ages, helping scientists understand how species respond to climate change.

The research

"Cosmic seeds" shatter star formation theory

"Cosmic seeds" shatter star formation theory

Astrophysicists using the Submillimeter Array Telepscope have made an astonishing discovery on the formation of stars. The scientists obtained the most detailed images yet of a stellar nursery within the Snake Nebula. What they have discovered is not what they had

Cause and the Universe: The many-worlds of quantum physics

Cause and the Universe: The many-worlds of quantum physics

New from the IAI: In everyday life, and in science, we assume that effect follows cause. But could this most basic of beliefs be mistaken? In the 'block universe' postulated by theoretical physics, there is no before and after. Is the arrow of time an

Airathon OR Heirathon

Airathon OR Heirathon

Loving My Future Ancestors Overtly

In Nashville, TN

I would like to open this with a quote from “The Cowardly Lion” in “The Wizard of Oz”

 “Unusual weather were havin’, aint it!”

One morning, about

THEMIS discovers new process that protects Earth from space weather

THEMIS discovers new process that protects Earth from space weather

In the giant system that connects Earth to the sun, one key event happens over and over: solar material streams toward Earth and the giant magnetic bubble around Earth, the magnetosphere helps keep it at bay. The parameters, however, change: The particles streaming in

Health authorities admit 'wind turbine syndrome' is real

Health authorities admit 'wind turbine syndrome' is real

An Irish health official has warned that people who live near massive wind turbines of the sort used to generate electricity run the risk of having their physical and psychological health compromised.

According to a report in the Irish Examiner newspaper,

Airborne radar demonstrates ability to foresee sinkholes

Airborne radar demonstrates ability to foresee sinkholes

New analyses of NASA airborne radar data collected in 2012 reveal the radar detected indications of a huge sinkhole before it collapsed and forced evacuations near Bayou Corne, Louisiana, that year.

The findings suggest such radar data, if collected routinely from

Hubble telescope witnesses asteroid's mysterious disintegration

Hubble telescope witnesses asteroid's mysterious disintegration

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has recorded the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid into as many as 10 smaller pieces.

Fragile comets, comprised of ice and dust, have been seen falling apart as they near the sun, but nothing like this has ever before been

Surge in babies born without brains in Washington State

Surge in babies born without brains in Washington State

There is something seriously wrong in the fertile Yakima Valley region of Washington. A surging number of babies are being born with major birth defects, and the reasons why are eluding state health officials.

As reported by CNN, a nurse in the area, Sara Barron,