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New Tool to Find ET; Detecting Spoiled Meat; Usernames Reveal Personality

November 18, 2015

NASA Working On a New Tool to Search for ET NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California is developing what they’re calling a ‘chemical laptop’ to help search for extraterrestrial life. The battery-powered device is actually a miniature laboratory that’s being equipped to consume and analyze samples in order to detect any material that might […]

Artist’s conception of the extrasolar ring system circling the young giant planet or brown dwarf J1407b. (Ron Miller)

Extrasolar Object’s Ring System is 200 Times Larger Than Saturn’s

February 4, 2015

One of our solar system’s most fascinating planets is Saturn.  It’s the 2nd largest planet, after Jupiter. But what makes Saturn stand out from the others is the dazzling system of rings that surround it. Recently, a Dutch and an American astronomer found that an extrasolar object, discovered back in 2012, is surrounded by a […]

Facebook Likes Reveal Personality Traits

January 13, 2015

A new Anglo-American study has provided evidence that the ‘digital footprints’ you leave behind on your visits to social media websites such as Facebook can reveal more about your personality than your family or best friends. Researchers at California’s Stanford University and the UK’s University of Cambridge constructed a computer model that mined the Facebook […]

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