Apparently complex brains evolved much earlier than previously thought, as evidenced by a 520-million-year-old fossilized arthropod (the group that comprises crustaceans, arachnids and insects) that is the earliest fossil known to show a brain.
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How to read the intent behind a person’s handshake (or how to promote yourself as a pompous bitch thru your shake)
Psychological studies indicate that much can be gleaned from a person’s handshake, especially when it’s the first time you’ve met the person and are forming that oh-so-important first impression. Psychologists say a person forms their impression of you in the first 5-10 seconds after they meet you and that once formed in the person’s mind,…
What happens if you throw a boomerang in zero gravity? Watch this video
In this video, Japanese astronaut, Dr. Takao Doi, throws a boomerang inside the International Space Station, in a zero-G environment. Before the experiment, they really were not sure what it would do, thinking it would probably spin up and away from the thrower, As it turns out, it acts pretty much the same as it…
Curiosity Rover finds mysterious metallic object while scooping its first soil samples [UPDATE]
Curiosity Rover scooped its first soil samples yesterday and while scooping, took a picture of something that NASA cannot identify. It’s a small, silver metallic looking chip or flake of some kind. It could be something left over from the MSL descent mechanisms or some previously unknown soil anomaly.
Girl has stomach removed after drinking cocktail with liquid nitrogen in it
Liquid nitrogen boils at -196C, a characteristic that makes it pretty cool for oh, flash freezing alcoholic beverages and making cocktails give off a cloud of smoky vapor. That’s what Oscar’s Wine Bar in the United Kingdom puts in their drinks to give them that “cool” look. Until yesterday when Gaby Scanion, a teenager who…
SpaceX’s first operational mission goes off (almost) without a hitch – should dock with ISS on Wednesday
SpaceX’s first operational flight to the International Space Station went off without a hitch. Around 8:50 PM EST, SpaceX announced via Twitter, “Falcon 9 rocket booster has delivered Dragon to its target orbit!”, making history as the first commercial flight to ISS after NASA’s Space Shuttle program was shut down.
Beautiful slow motion video of falling water balloons
SpaceX makes historic first cargo run to International Space Station on Sunday 10/7/12
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will be launching its first cargo mission to the International Space Station as part of a $1.6 billion contract with NASA to deliver supplies, this Sunday, 10/7/12 at 8:35 EDT. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule will take off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Horror: Camera inside mussel shell shows what it’s like to be eaten alive by a starfish
The Grand Canyon’s rock record is missing 1.2 billion years of history
Called “The Great Unconformity”, the Grand Canyon has a 1.2 billion year gap in the rock record. Above the gap is 500 million-year-old sandstone (Cambrian age), a time of billions of shelled marine creatures. Below the gap is metamorphic rock of the Slatherian period aged 1.75 billion years where no fossils exist at all. But…










