new sea worms
Photographer reveals terrifying new sea worms By Dennis Green From Mashable Deep under the sea lurk invertebrates cooler than your average earthworm. Photographer Alexander Semenov captures images of beautiful, mesmerizing worms underwater. The marine worms — technically classified as polychaetes…
New yellow hypergiant star found in the Milky Way
By Miriam Kramer, Staff Writer for Space.com From Mashable A powerful telescope in Chile has imaged the largest yellow star ever discovered. The star, called HR 5171 A, shines 12,000 light-years from Earth in the center of a new image…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on the mend after glitch By Mike Wall, Senior Writer for Space.com From Mashable NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) put itself into a precautionary “safe mode” March 7, but the venerable spacecraft is now on the…
Giant virus comes back to life after 30,000 years
From Caribbean360 While scientists say the contagion poses no danger to humans or animals, other more deadly pathogens could be unleashed as the Siberian permafrost becomes exposed. LONDON, England – While it lacks the fear factor of the discovery that…
CTEX officially opens the first of Four Uptime Institute Certified Tier-IV datacenters
Curacao Technology Exchange (CTEX) officially opened its doors to the world on Saturday March 8. CTEX inaugurated its ‘CU1’ datacenter, the most advanced and modern Uptime certified Tier-IV datacenter in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company’s ‘CU-1’ datacenter is…
Study claims giant wind turbines could blow away hurricanes
From Caribbean360 Offshore wind farms could cut a hurricane’s winds and storm surge by up to 80 percent, according to a Stanford University professor of environmental engineering. FLORIDA, United States, Over the years, there has been no shortage of nutty…
Scientists scan a woman’s brain during an out-of-body experience
By Jennifer Welsh Scientists scanned a woman’s brain during an out-of-body experience — and what they found was amazing It may sound like a plot from “The Twilight Zone,” but a psychology graduate student at the University of Ottawa says…
Sea levels in Caribbean rising and predicted to rise more
Modelling Present-Day and Future Caribbean Sea Level Changes By H.A. Dijkstra, IMAU, Utrecht University, The Netherlands The Caribbean Sea is connected to the North Atlantic Ocean and exchange transport values (in Sv, 1 Sv = 106 m3/s) are fairly well…
Makos: Tracking one of the fastest sharks in the world
By Dr. Mahmood Shivji and Daryl Carson, From Guy Harvey website The following article originally appeared in the Spring 2013 issue of Guy Harvey Magazine. For any angler who has tangled with a shortfin mako, they know the power of…
It’s snack time in the Cosmos
By Ron Cowen From New York Times Falling Into a Black Hole A gas cloud named G2 is about to collide with Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. A simulation shows how the cloud…
