We’ve all seen Harry Potter’s magical invisible cloak in the popular movie series. Harry can simply wrap the cloak around himself or any other object and it becomes invisible. A cloak was created that was able to hide a bump on a piece of gold. The “cloak” works in three dimensions rather than two. [...]
Entries from March 18th, 2010
Harry Potter’s Invisibility Cloak
March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Physics
There have been many different myths, legends and stories, such as Harry Potter, that contain something about mysterious invisibility cloaks. But now scientists are closer than ever to turning these surreal cloaks into everday items. At Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, researchers were able to cloak a tiny bump on a piece of gold. The cloaking [...]
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New Genetic Data
March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
A team of biologist from UCLA have discovered new genetic data about domesticated dogs. The dogs mostl likely came from the middle east. More specifically the gray wolves that live there. Previous work has put dogs descending from other wolves from around the world. This new data tells us otherwise. Dogs have been found to be [...]
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Livestock Revolution
March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
There is a growing world wide demand for meat. More than 1.7 billion animals are used in livestock production and occupy more than one- fourth of earth’s land. The large world-wide demand for meat is hurting other countries economy. Small farmers in some countries are having a tough time reaching the demands of the world [...]
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