Science/Tech

Year of Discovery: 1598 What Is It? Objects fall at the same speed regardless of their weight. Who Discovered It? Galileo Galilei Why Is This One of the Science Greatest? It seems a simple and obvious discovery. Heavier objects don’t fall faster. Why does it qualify as one of the great discoveries? Because it ended [...]

Year of Discovery: 1543 What Is It? The first scientific, accurate guide to human anatomy. Who Discovered It? Andreas Vesalius Why Is This One of the Science Greatest? The human anatomy references used by doctors through the year A.D. 1500 were actually based mostly on animal studies, more myth and error than truth. Andreas Vesalius [...]

Year of Discovery: A.D. 1520 What Is It? The sun is the center of the universe and the earth rotates around it. Who Discovered It? Nicholaus Copernicus Why Is This One of the Science Greatest? Copernicus measured and observed the planets and stars. He gathered, compiled, and compared the observations of dozens of other astronomers. [...]

Year of Discovery: 260 B.C. What Is It?The two fundamental principles underlying all physics and engineering. Who Discovered It? Archimedes Why Is This One of the Science Greatest? The concepts of buoyancy (water pushes up on an object with a force equal to the weight of water that the object displaces) and of levers (a [...]

The astronauts from the International Space Station have a message for all the people on Earth. The space astronauts that are living on the International Space Station have sent a special Christmas message to their families and to all the people on Earth. “Congratulations from the International Space Station and from the crew on the [...]

Two Frenchman stayed in a freeze room for a week. The experiment should prepare the two persons for their trip at the North Pole. The journey will last six weeks and will take place on the rotation axe of the Earth. This will be a world premiere. In the six weeks they will have to [...]

The American space agency sold some computers that were used in the space program without deleting some important files on them. The investigation shows that there were 10 cases in which computers were sold without respecting the procedure of deleting the secret data on them. There were even 4 cases in which information was regarded [...]

NASA discovered an “extraordinary object” in our cosmic vicinity. The announcement was made official last night. NASA announced on November 10th that : “Monday , November 15th NASA will hold a press release to announce a discovery made by the Chandra Observatory, that is an amazing object situated in our vicinity”. The press conference will [...]

US medics are in the 1st step of human stern cells testing. The inventions in medicine regarding this subject are beginning  to prove more and more effective. Stern cells have the ability to give birth to same type cells and at the same time create other cells. By doing so, they can replace other cells from [...]

Oxfordshire is the 1st city in Great Britain that managed to turn the debris in eco-energy. The project is the 1st of many to come that will assure 15% of the energy needed in England until 2020 Reuters says. The entire process starting from the WC and reaching energy will last 20 years. So in [...]