Study Shows Infant Intuitive "Mind Reading"

Study Shows Infant Intuitive "Mind Reading"

One of the unique characteristics of humans that distinguish us from the animal kingdom is the ability to represent others’ beliefs in our own minds. This sort of intuitive mind-reading, according to…
Because You Demanded It - Computer Generated Beer

Because You Demanded It - Computer Generated Beer

Special effects in movies have always had a problem: water drops are a consistent size. The one thing that always tips a viewer off in old movies are water drops that look huge next to scaled models…
The Planet, the Galaxy and the Laser

The Planet, the Galaxy and the Laser

On the night of 21 July, ESO astronomer Yuri Beletsky took images of the night sky above Paranal, the 2600m high mountain in the Chilean Atacama Desert home to ESO's Very Large Telescope. The amazing…
How Can Broken DNA Be Repaired In Space?

How Can Broken DNA Be Repaired In Space?

There are a number of things which can damage DNA - toxic chemicals are the primary concern on earth but, in space, ionized radiation is the worry. Unrepaired DNA can lead to mutations, which in…
Did Man Evolve Because Of Galactic Oscillations?

Did Man Evolve Because Of Galactic Oscillations?

Every 62 million years there is a mass extinction on Earth. No one is sure why but, since the solar motion through the Milky Way has been computed for the past 600 million years, we know it is too…
Satellite Data Can Provide Famine Warnings

Satellite Data Can Provide Famine Warnings

Molly Brown of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and her colleagues have created a model using data from satellite remote sensing of crop growth and food prices. Brown conceived…