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Scientists using NASA’s orbital Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope find gamma rays and antimatter streaming out of thunderstorms into Earth’s upper atmosphere. Continue reading

For as long as intelligent human life has existed, we’ve wondered about our origins. How did it all begin? Theories have ranged everywhere from waterborne molecules, to comets, to alien colonization, but now scientists are turning their eyes in a new direction – towards the heavens. A new experiment that simulates chemical reactions in the atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, adds the sky to the ever growing list of the possibilities of life’s origins. Conducting a simulation... Continue reading

I can’t quite put my finger on it. There is something about these glowing tables that come in a bunch of different colors remind me of my childhood. Maybe they look like something I used to play with often. Perhaps a yo-yo? Ah, yes. Of course. The yo-yo. Dependable and a bitch to rewind. At least they only cost 5 bucks. These tables? They’ll run you about $1150 each. Link