The Hubble telescope is world-famous for its beautiful images of our universe. Here at the Science Dunk we even posted a Hubble Hump-Day article to get us over the mid-week blues. This week, Hubble has turned its camera to a super-star cluster called Westerlund 1. This fantastical sounding mass is just 15,000 light years away,…
Spacecraft Lost for 8 Years Found Orbiting the Moon
It’s not uncommon for NASA to be in the dark. In fact, that’s the whole point. The darkness isn’t always a friend of space exploration, however. It’s pretty hard to see what’s going on up there, and plenty of spacecrafts (but thankfully no astronauts!) have been lost out there. Billions of pounds worth of equipment,…
Instantly Translate Your Speech with New Gadget by Logbar
A Japanese company called Logbar has developed what could be revolutionary device. ili instantly translates your speech into a foreign language, making travel to far-off lands much easier than it ever has been. ili is an extremely simple device, which requires no WiFi or data connection. It can be worn around the neck, and it’s compact…
Trump Is Banning Science Communication
We all knew that when Trump eventually rose to office it would be a bit rocky. I cannot say with any certainty, however, that we predicted quite how insane things would become. At the time of writing, Trump has been inaugurated for 5 days. In that time he has: Withdrawn the USA from the Trans…
NASA to Launch Probe to Ancient Planetary Core, 16 Psyche
Within the asteroid belt sitting between Mars and Jupiter lies a bizarre metal asteroid known as 16 Psyche. Believed to be the naked core of an ancient planet, the object is the only one of its kind known to us within our solar system. This unique opportunity for knowledge proved too good to pass up for…
Polymicrobial Diseases and Life as an Irish Man in Singapore: Exclusive Interview with Dr Damien Keogh
Modern medicine is outstanding. Cancer survival rates have doubled in the last 40 years (Cancer Research UK), paralysed patients can walk again and there has even been a child born with the DNA from 3 parents. Unfortunately, modern medicine also has a dark side, and we are in the midst of a losing battle. The enemy? Antimicrobial resistant…
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