Science News by Speeple

If homeopathy were actually practiced by your doctors…

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

Maybe health care would be cheaper. Read the comments on this post...

Topographic maps produced by army being put to peaceful purposes

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

Japanese researchers are trying to use thousands of topographic maps of Asia-Pacific countries, produced secretly by the former Imperial Japanese Army, for peaceful purposes, such as environmental research and …

Observatory: The Case of the Shrinking Sheep

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

On a remote Scottish island, the sheep are shrinking, and the cause appears to be the warming of winter.

Stennis Caught up in Possible Contract Rigging

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

U.S. Joins Whistleblower Suit Alleging SAIC Rigged Contract, Washington Post "The charges of bid-rigging relate to a 2004 contract for a computing center at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, which has provided …

How to... Use your mobile when you travel

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

First of all, remember that when you're abroad you pay to receive calls as well as make them. And your mobile won't work abroad at all if it isn't authorised for 'roaming' – the facility that lets you phone while …

Amy Philo Interview Exposes Devastating Effects of Psychiatric Drugs on New Moms

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

(NaturalNews) Today we've published an exclusive interview with Amy Philo, winner of the 2008 Human Rights Award from the Citizens' Commission on Human Rights (www.CCHR.org). After experiencing a horrifying episode of …

What is a transmon qubit?

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

Somebody recently tweeted the term "transmon qubit" to the Science Scout twitter account, and (for the life of me) I cannot wrap my head around what it is exactly (other than a piece of delicious sounding science …

British Embassy row: Why Iran's hard-liners are inviting isolation

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

A senior cleric called Friday for British Embassy employees to be tried for allegedly inciting mass protests. The move signals a heightened effort to portray recent unrest as a foreign plot.

Herschel captures galaxy image

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

The European Space Agency releases a stunning combination image of the spiral "Whirlpool Galaxy".

Planck: Planck instruments reach their coldest temperature

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

The extremely low operational temperature of just a tenth of a degree above absolute zero (0.1 K) has been reached on the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument (HFI). This makes the HFI detectors the …