Science
CERN physicists announced Thursday, March 14, 2013, that they are even more convinced the Higgs boson has been identified. However, now, they are not sure which type it is. Several different types of the Higgs boson are possible.
According to the latest analysis of Martian rocks, the NASA Curiosity rover confirms that the ancient planet Mars could have supported living microbes.
A man has had three quarters of his skull replaced by a 3D printed copy in a procedure that is being lauded as the first of its kind.
The Grasshopper leaped 262.8 feet (80.1 meters) into the air on Thursday, March 7, 2013. SpaceX continues to make successful tests of its vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) vehicle. See the video.
Previously thought to be as old as 16 billion years, the Methuselah star's age has been downgraded to a sprightly 14.5 billion years. But that's still a problem.
The volcano Mt. Etna erupted Tuesday night (February 5, 2013) and into Wednesday morning. And, the eruption was caught on video. See it here.
According to a March 2013 article published in the journal PLOS One, forest elephants in central Africa are being illegally killed (poached) in extremely large numbers by humans who are out for their ivory. What are we going to do about this?
The Comet Pan-STARRS, also known as C/2011 L4, is traveling inside the orbit of the planet Mercury, and will become even brighter as it continues its trip toward the Sun. See it over your local sky in March 2013.
UPDATE: With the launch going off on schedule, SpaceX has a video describing the launch of the SpaceX’s Dragon capsule, which was held on March 1, 2013, from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
