Could soap bubbles be used to predict the strength of hurricanes and typhoons? However unexpected…
Month: January 2014
Eight million lives saved since Surgeon General’s tobacco warning 50 years ago
A new study estimates that 8 million lives have been saved in the United States…
Giant sunspot, larger than Earth’s diameter, appears on sun
An enormous sunspot, labeled AR1944, slipped into view over the sun’s left horizon late on…
Sugar-sweetened beverage tax could reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes in India
A sugar-sweetened beverage tax could help mitigate the rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes…
Link found between intimate partner violence and termination of pregnancy
Intimate partner violence in women (sometimes referred to as domestic violence) is linked to termination…
Out-of-this-world first light images emerge from Gemini Planet Imager
After nearly a decade of development, construction and testing, the world’s most advanced instrument for…
Pandora’s magnifying glass: First image from Hubble’s Frontier Fields
This image of Abell 2744 is the first to come from Hubble’s Frontier Fields observing…
Stormy stars? Probing weather on brown dwarfs
Swirling, stormy clouds may be ever-present on cool celestial orbs called brown dwarfs. New observations…
Snowball effect of overfishing highlighted
Researchers have completed a major review of fisheries data that examines the domino effect that…
Thousands of unseen, faraway galaxies discovered
The first of a set of unprecedented, super-deep views of the universe contain images of…