Science Mash http://science.mashtoday.com Your source for daily science mash... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Einstein’s Gravity Confirmed on a Cosmic Scale http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/einsteins-gravity-confirmed-on-a-cosmic-scale.html http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/einsteins-gravity-confirmed-on-a-cosmic-scale.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:05 +0000 admin http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/einsteins-gravity-confirmed-on-a-cosmic-scale.html We may finally have proof that general relativity applies to cosmic bodies great and small, and that dark matter and dark energy are real. The theory of gravity proposed by Albert Einstein nearly a century ago can explain the dance of galaxies around one another just as well as it can model the motion of planets around the sun.

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]]> http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/einsteins-gravity-confirmed-on-a-cosmic-scale.html/feed 0 APOD: 2010 March 11 – Yukon Aurora with Star Trails http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/apod-2010-march-11-yukon-aurora-with-star-trails.html http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/apod-2010-march-11-yukon-aurora-with-star-trails.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:05 +0000 admin http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/apod-2010-march-11-yukon-aurora-with-star-trails.html A different astronomy and space sciencerelated image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

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]]> http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/apod-2010-march-11-yukon-aurora-with-star-trails.html/feed 0 15 Strange and Awesome Facts About Outer Space http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/15-strange-and-awesome-facts-about-outer-space.html http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/15-strange-and-awesome-facts-about-outer-space.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:05 +0000 admin http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/15-strange-and-awesome-facts-about-outer-space.html As those who have kept in touch with the cosmos will tell you, space is one damn interesting place, chock-full of wacky phenomena.

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]]> http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/15-strange-and-awesome-facts-about-outer-space.html/feed 0 NASA space shuttle gearing up for big phase-out http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/nasa-space-shuttle-gearing-up-for-big-phase-out.html http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/nasa-space-shuttle-gearing-up-for-big-phase-out.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:05 +0000 admin http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/nasa-space-shuttle-gearing-up-for-big-phase-out.html NASA is working to finish out the space shuttle program with some key missions. First, the next space shuttle, Discovery, currently is sitting on Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

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]]> http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/nasa-space-shuttle-gearing-up-for-big-phase-out.html/feed 0 Water discovered in Apollo moon rocks http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/water-discovered-in-apollo-moon-rocks.html http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/water-discovered-in-apollo-moon-rocks.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:05 +0000 admin http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/water-discovered-in-apollo-moon-rocks.html Scientists have discovered tiny amounts of water in some of the famous moon rocks brought back to Earth by Apollo astronauts.Recently NASA crashed two spacecraft into the moon and orbiters scanned the lunar surface for telltale light signatures.

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]]> http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/water-discovered-in-apollo-moon-rocks.html/feed 0 Through The Lens Of A Space Shuttle Photographer (Pics) http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/through-the-lens-of-a-space-shuttle-photographer-pics.html http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/through-the-lens-of-a-space-shuttle-photographer-pics.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:05 +0000 admin http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/through-the-lens-of-a-space-shuttle-photographer-pics.html Ben Cooper combines photography with rocket science.

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]]> http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/through-the-lens-of-a-space-shuttle-photographer-pics.html/feed 0 Better Than Apollo: The Space Program We Almost Had http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/better-than-apollo-the-space-program-we-almost-had.html http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/better-than-apollo-the-space-program-we-almost-had.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:05 +0000 admin http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/better-than-apollo-the-space-program-we-almost-had.html SAN FRANCISCO — In the late 1950s, American space companies jumped into a headlong race to build an aerospace industry that could launch missiles across the world and rockets above.

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]]> http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/better-than-apollo-the-space-program-we-almost-had.html/feed 0 New Charging Method Could Slash Battery Recharge Times http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/new-charging-method-could-slash-battery-recharge-times.html http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/new-charging-method-could-slash-battery-recharge-times.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:04 +0000 admin http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/new-charging-method-could-slash-battery-recharge-times.html Apply an oscillating electric field to the anode of a lithium battery and the recharge drops dramatically, say chemists

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]]> http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/new-charging-method-could-slash-battery-recharge-times.html/feed 0 (Wonderful, Awesome) Study Says Porn is Socially Beneficial http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/wonderful-awesome-study-says-porn-is-socially-beneficial.html http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/wonderful-awesome-study-says-porn-is-socially-beneficial.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:04 +0000 admin http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/wonderful-awesome-study-says-porn-is-socially-beneficial.html “And in every region investigated, researchers have found that as pornography has increased in availability, sex crimes have either decreased or not increased.”

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]]> http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/wonderful-awesome-study-says-porn-is-socially-beneficial.html/feed 0 New Method to Turn Wood And Straw Into Liquid Biofuels http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/new-method-to-turn-wood-and-straw-into-liquid-biofuels.html http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/new-method-to-turn-wood-and-straw-into-liquid-biofuels.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:04 +0000 admin http://science.mashtoday.com/2010/03/11/new-method-to-turn-wood-and-straw-into-liquid-biofuels.html British scientists say they’ve discovered a mechanism that might lead to a new way of converting wood and straw into liquid biofuels.

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