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- Mutual mistrust may have added a few X-files to the UFO era
- First detection of gases at super-Earth show a light-weight, dry atmosphere - with a hint of carbon too?
- Animals revived after being in a frozen state for over 30 years
- Arachnophobes overestimate spider sizes, say researchers
- Easter Island not destroyed by war, analysis of 'spear points' shows
| Mutual mistrust may have added a few X-files to the UFO era Posted: 16 Feb 2016 03:17 PM PST Uncloaking the flying saucer movement in the United States could offer historians a snapshot of Cold War attitudes at work in society, as well as insights into how science communication may be tied to current denialism and conspiracy theory movements, according to a historian. |
| Posted: 16 Feb 2016 07:48 AM PST The first successful detection of gases in the atmosphere of a super-Earth reveals the presence of hydrogen and helium, but no water vapor. The exotic exoplanet, 55 Cancri e, is over eight times the mass of Earth and has previously been dubbed the 'diamond planet' because models based on its mass and radius have led some astronomers to speculate that its interior is carbon-rich. Now researchers have been able to examine the atmosphere of 55 Cancri e, also known as 'Janssen', in unprecedented detail. |
| Animals revived after being in a frozen state for over 30 years Posted: 16 Feb 2016 07:45 AM PST Tardigrades (water bears) were successfully revived and reproduced after having been frozen for over 30 years. A moss sample collected in Antarctica in Nov. 1983, stored at -20°C, was thawed in May 2014. Two individuals and a separate egg retrieved from the thawed sample were revived, thereby providing the longest record of survival for tardigrades as animals or eggs. Subsequently, one of the revived tardigrades and the hatchling repeatedly reproduced after recovering from their long-term cryptobiosis. |
| Arachnophobes overestimate spider sizes, say researchers Posted: 16 Feb 2016 07:45 AM PST Although individuals with both high and low arachnophobia rated spiders as highly unpleasant, only the highly fearful participants overestimated the spider size, say authors of a new report. |
| Easter Island not destroyed by war, analysis of 'spear points' shows Posted: 16 Feb 2016 06:01 AM PST Analysis of artifacts found on the shores of Rapa Nui, Chile (Easter Island) originally thought to be used as spear points reveal that these objects were likely general purpose tools instead, providing evidence contrary to the widely held belief that the ancient civilization was destroyed by warfare. |
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