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Macrocosm Magbook

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Science news and other fascinating stuff on the earth and the universe!

• Added on: Sep 13th, 2007
• Country: Philippines
• Language: English

• Author: alvinwriter
• Listed in: Science Green
• Tags: science news environment astronomy Universe space

Recent Posts

• 140-Million-Year-Old Spider Web Found

  Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 22:57 in garden, web, microscopy, orb, amber, fossil, brazilian spider, confocal, martin brasier

  The oldest known spider web (to date) has been found. It's 140 million years old and it's been preserved in amber or fossilized tree sap. The amber had preserved it as it was all that time including the droplets that resemble those found in modern da...

• Economic Recession Counters Global Warming

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 19:37 in global warming, climate change, Economy, global, co2, emissions, recession, blog action day

  In 2007, scientists revealed that human-made carbon dioxide emissions were increasing beyond what's been predicted. In the 1990s, it was only at 1.3% annually, but in the next decade moving into the 21st century, this figure went up to 3.3%. It was a...

• Subsurface Ice Found Near Martian Equator

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 20:05 in mars, ice, meteorite, crater, mro, comet impact

  In a study in 2008 relating to recent impact craters on Mars, researchers have found that subsurface ice exists underneath the Martian surface soil. The ice was discovered when the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's (MRO) Context camera team was looking f...

• Rat Brain Cells for Robots

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 23:36 in brain, epilepsy, cells, female robots, rat, neurons

  Three hundred thousand rat brain cells (held by gloved hand) cultured in a nutrient bath and firing electrical signals have been used as the brain of a robot to navigate in a tight space.Researchers Kevin Warwick and Ben Whalley at the University of ...

• Crows Use Stone Tools Just Like in Aesop's Fable

  Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 19:02 in fable, crows, aesop, rooks, christopher bird, bird-brained

  Aesop once told a story about how a crow used stones to raise the level of water in a jug. It's an interesting tale where the moral overshadows this interesting bit of information. People would think that it's just a fairy tale. Who would have though...

• Venus Gets a White Spot Just about the Same Time Jupiter Gets Its Dark Impact Blemish

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 02:18 in white, express, planet, venus, clouds, frank, spacecraft, melillo

  While attention was on Jupiter due to the recent July 19 impact of a comet, something strange was happening on Venus at the same time. For some mysterious reason, a white spot has formed on the southern-hemisphere clouds of Venus. It was noticed by a...

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Andrew

Great posts! I love reading about the latest science.

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