2013 Newly Discovered Animals

For more information on these and many other newly discovered species, read here: http://bit.ly/1eRtvOB

New Old Fish

This is exciting news, because the last two captive Mangarahara cichlids are male and are aging. Researchers are hopeful that they will be able to rebuild the population’s numbers and save the species.

More info: http://bit.ly/18IGj7i 

Sir Comference And His Pi

The 2014 Moon

The Portal

The Portal. This amazing item can make anything better, even Christmas!

What Do You Want

What I Want...

Cross Words

Today is the hundredth anniversary of the crossword puzzle!

What Do You Do With A Sick Chemist?

The Reason For The Season

The Quiet Zone

Here's a link to a Yahoo news video explaining what it is. Imagine NO CELL PHONE... EVER!

http://screen.yahoo.com/yahoo-originals/quiet-zone-where-no-cell-193638410.html

Water On Mars

More information: http://bit.ly/1bbkVSI

Sleepy Giraffe

Solarments?

Solar System tree ornaments (not to scale).

China Moon Landing

China successfully landed a rover on the Moon today.

This is the first Moon landing for China, and the first successful landing for ANY country in more than 35 years.

The Chang'e 3 moon lander and its Yutu rover landed today at 8:11 a.m. EST.

More info: http://bit.ly/1gy5Vq5

That's A Big Bird...

This Day In History: 12/14

1911- Norwegian Roald Amundsen becomes the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating his British rival, Robert Falcon Scott.

Biology, Chemistry, or Physics

How Did They Know!

The Sun

The mass of the sun is about 1.989x10^30 kg. As a comparison, the Earth has a mass of 5.972x10^24 kg.

Photo by NASA

This Day In History 12/13

2000- Al Gore concedes the presidential election. He was running against George Bush. Al won the popular votes, but the electoral college leaned toward George Bush.

Chemistree

Oh Chemistree, Oh Chemistree, oh how we love your beakers!

Light Is A ____________

I'll give you a hint: There are two sayings in the picture.

Giant Flightless Birds Throughout History

These are some of the largest flightless birds that have ever walked the face of the Earth. The most massive of these, the Elephant Bird from Madagascar (#3), weighed up to 880 lbs (400 kilograms) and became extinct relatively recently, about 350 years ago!

More info: http://bit.ly/18oHwk3 

Go Green Bike

This bike doesn't just help the environment by cutting down on automobile pollution, it also helps reduce pollution from others as well. While the bike is in motion, the polluted air passes through a filter which removes harmful particulates. The frame of the bike will collect energy from the sun and convert it into fresh oxygen to be released back into the environment.

More info: http://bit.ly/IILB73 

History Of The Day 12/12

1787- Pennsylvania ratifies the constitution making them the second state to accept it. It also makes them the first large state to accept it!

1980- Da Vinci notebook sells for over 5 million dollars. American oil tycoon Armand Hammer pays $5,126,000 at auction for a notebook containing writings by the legendary artist Leonardo da Vinci.

Seeing Faces

Pareidolia is a phenomenon that allows us to "see" faces and other objects in completely unrelated objects and settings. Carl Sagan theorized that this provided an evolutionary advantage, as it allows humans to better recognize each other, even under poor visual circumstances.

The important thing to remember is that even though these images may seem like faces, they aren't. It's all just a really fun figment of your imagination.

What One Is The Control Group?

Astrophysics Made Simple

Mass And Weight

What is the difference between mass and weight?
FIND OUT HERE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1whMAIGNq7E