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Archived Physics and Science Articles in the MediaWas Einstein Wrong?. A team of Australian scientists proposes an idea that could unseat one of the most cherished laws of modern physics -- Einstein's theory of relativity ...More from Wired NewsBoeing research anti-gravity propulsion system. The "Phantom Works" research centre is following up controversial claims by Russian scientist Evgeny Podkletnov who says he "shielded an area of space from gravity" in 1992, says The Telegraph ...More from What The Papers Say Scientists testing psychics' powers to predict the future. Psychics are taking part in an experiment to find out if some people really can predict the future. Edinburgh University researchers are testing 140 volunteers who claim they've had psychic experiences ...More from Ananova Scientists estimate 30 billion Earths. Astronomers say there could be billions of Earths in our galaxy, the Milky Way. Their assessment comes after the discovery of the 100th exoplanet - a planet that circles a star other than our own ...More from the BBC 15 Answers to "creationist nonsense" from the editor in chief of Scientific American. Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up says John Rennie ...More from Scientific American Has time run out on Einstein's theory? Atomic clocks on the space station might reveal truth. Experiments with high-precision clocks in space could help shed light on whether Einstein's theory of relativity is ... well, relative ...More from CNN Probability of alien life rises. The latest attempt to work out how much alien life is out there suggests there may be a lot more than most people thought. According to a new statistical analysis based on how quickly life got going on Earth, life will start on at least a third of Earth-like planets within a billion years of them developing suitable conditions ...More from the New Scientist Should the moon be developed? Lunar golf courses, largescale industrialization under debate. A dispute over prohibiting development on the moon is causing rising tides of controversy on earth. In the vanguard of one side is Rick Steiner, a fisheries professor at the University of Alaska and environmental activist, who proposes that the United Nations designate the moon one of its World Heritage Sites, reserved for peaceful and scientific purposes ...More from MSNBC Scientist probes UFO ‘conspiracy’. A leading scientist has questioned one of the biggest UFO conspiracy theories of all time. Professor Don Kurtz, an astrophysicist from the University of Central Lancashire, argues that the so-called Roswell incident was triggered by a downed American spy balloon, rather than a crashed flying saucer ...More from the Edinburgh Evening News 'Creationism' in UK schools attacked. Religious fundamentalism should not be allowed to damage science teaching, says the Liberal Democrat education spokesman ...More from the BBC The Worth, and Mirth, of Furth. Harold Furth, the father of thermonuclear fusion, was committed to constructive science. Despite his "mad scientist" demeanor, he also had an artistic flair ...More from Wired News Space probe to test Einstein's views on gravity, time and space. What may be the single most expensive scientific experiment in history, at a cost of $650 million and counting, is about ready to start after 40 years of preparation at Stanford University. It's been canceled and revived seven times, praised for its technological brilliance and reviled for its high cost ...More from the Mercury News Physicist Dr Sidney Nagel cracks mystery of the "Brazil-nut effect". Have you ever wondered why the nuts in a bowl of muesli rise to the top? No? Then you might be surprised to discover that The Independent, Telegraph and BBC are taking very seriously Dr Nagel's challenge to a long-standing theory espoused by, among others, the Institute for Food Research in Norwich ...More from What The Papers Say Shower Curtain Rises on Ig Nobels. All you Einsteins pulling your hair out because you don't know why a shower curtain billows inward will be happy to know that David Schmidt has solved the mystery. No wonder he won the Ig Nobel prize in physics ...More from Wired News The Blind Physicist Who May Find ET. Kent Cullers, who has been blind since birth, has never glimpsed the Milky Way or witnessed a full moon on a clear summer night. But the 51-year-old physicist is no stranger to star-gazing ...More from Business Week Time Twister. Ronald Mallett thinks he has found a practical way to make a time machine. Mallett isn't mad. None of the known laws of physics forbids time travel, and in theory, shunting matter back and forth through time shouldn't be that difficult ...More from New Scientist What Makes a Snowflake Unique? Some people like to train spot, others are into bird watching. For Kenneth Libbrecht, professor of cs at California Institute of Technology, his kick is snowflake watching... More from Wired News Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics slows down a beam of light to a standstill. Scientists "claim they brought a ray of light to a dead stop in a laboratory experiment," writes The Guardian's science editor, Tim Radford, describing it as a "baffling achievement, beyond the wildest dreams of Star Trek scriptwriters"... More from What The Papers Say Up in the Sky: It's Plutino! A minor planet called 2000 EB173 -- some say 'planetoid,' some say 'plutino' (we say tomato?) -- is discovered orbiting in the Solar System between Pluto and Neptune... More from Wired News
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