This article refers to DNA testing that now appears to confirm that the entire Romanov family, including Anastasia and Alexei, was indeed executed in 1918 as is most commonly reported. DNA analysis will continue to make some historical mysteries clearer.
Entries from April 30th, 2008
Princess Anastasia and All Siblings Confirmed Deceased
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Biology, Chemistry
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Can the invisible man see???
April 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Physics
From the book The Invisible Man by H.G Wells it shows the reader that being invisible can require the invisible man to see, but what H.G Wells didnt think about was the physics involved into transperency.
Considering being completely invisible like the book gives out your would have to make your eyes transparent which works both [...]
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Diamonds are Forever
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Chemistry, Physics
It seems that technology advances every day and with each step something is brought to a greater usefulness. Diamonds have always been know as an unparalleled form of jewelry and a staple in specialized cutting tools, however scientists have discovered the way to use the diamonds crystal structure.
Up until now the only way to check [...]
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National Plan for Aeronautics Research and Development
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Physics
This is the first plan for Aeronautics Research and Development and Related Infrastructure. It was approved by president Bush last year and is designed as a follow-up to the Aeronautics Research and Development Policy that was approved the year before, and it will be followed up thououghly itself as soon as its objective goals have [...]
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Animation Uses Old Physics to New Effect
April 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Physics
Did you know that physics has found its way into animation? Although traditional hand-drawn animation does not portray physics properly, the growing field of computer animation uses sophisticated physics calculations to make them more realistic.
Complicated motion data and calculations must be used to simulate physics correctly, or the results will not look right at all. [...]
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Determining Size and Frequency of Meteorites
April 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Physics
Last week Scientists figured out a way to determine the size and frequency of any type of meteorites that have and or might hit earth in the future. They determine that a meteor that hit the earth 65 Million years ago might have led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
This can help us as a [...]
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Portable Moon Base
April 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Physics
This article explains exactly how NASA is going to test their inflatable moon habitat. NASA plans to test these bases in some of the coldest parts of Antarctica so that they are able to see as to how low of below freezing temperatures this habitat can with stand. However this inflatable habitat idea is only [...]
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Papaya Clone
April 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Biology
Scientists have succesfully cloned a papaya tree that has yielded many fruits. The papaya is not the first plant to be succesfully cloned, but the fifth. Its yielding of fruits shows that scientists can grow food from trees that were confirmed extinct a while ago if they can figure out the genome of the tree.
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Birds Learn to Work Together
April 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Biology
We all have heard of monkeys solving problems for food, learing simple sign language, and working together to solve problems, but now rooks have, too. In this article, researchers found that with simple training, birds could work together to get a reward of food. After making one bird wait for the other one, they did [...]
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New Earthquake Faults Revealed
April 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Physics
A new U.S. earthquake hazard map was recently developed. This map shows that new earthquake faults were discovered in California, Utah, the Midwest, South Carolina, and the Pacific Northwest, while the Central and Eastern part of the U.S. now has a better percentage of not being affected by earthquakes. This new map is [...]
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