Army soldier rides through a wall of glass tubes during a ceremony at the Officers Training Academy in India
Studying the way glass or other brittle objects shatter can help scientists hone their weather forecasts and predictions of future climate, a study released on Tuesday says.
Continue reading… “Scientists Seek Clues to Climate Change in Broken Glass”
The Kopp-Etchells effect
Have you heard anything about the Kopp-Etchells effect? In fact, the Kopp-Etchells effect is a new name. Reporter and former Green Beret Michael Yon took a series of intriguing photos of glowing rotor blades as a helicopter lands in a military base in Afghanistan. (Pics)
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An enormous dust cyclone swirls over northeastern China
It was a natural phenomenon that would have tested the limits of even Mr Muscle. Scientists in Japan have found that clouds generated by a massive dust storm in China’s Taklimakan desert in 2007 completed more than one full circle around the planet in just 13 days.
Continue reading… “China’s Monster Dust Cloud Circled The Earth In 13 Days”
A little more of the universe has been pried out of the shadows. Two groups of astronomers have taken the first pictures of what they say – and other astronomers agree – are most likely planets going around other stars.
Continue reading… “Scientists Directly Observe Three Distant Planets”
A Swiss amateur astronomer has discovered a new comet from an observatory in the western Jura district, the ATS news agency said Saturday.
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This is a video shot on May 27, 2001 while videographer was being chased across northwest Oklahoma by a severe line of storms with 100 mph winds. Second video after the jump.
Continue reading… “Amazing Dust Storms”
