The universe could have a dark side, complete with dark-matter atoms, a dark force and a mirror version of our own galaxy Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
The base pairs that hold together two pieces of RNA, the older cousin of DNA, are some of the most important molecular interactions in living cells. Many scientists believe that these base pairs were part of life from the very beginning and that RNA was one of the first polymers of life. But there is a problem. The RNA bases don’t form base pairs in water unless they are connected to a polymer backbone, a trait that has baffled origin-of-life scientists for decades. If the bases don’t pair before they are part of polymers, how would the bases have been selected out from the many molecules in the “prebiotic soup” so that RNA polymers could be formed? Original post on esciencenews.com Comments on reddit.com
The first signs of potentially exotic life have been spotted in a sample of water drawn from Antarctica’s hidden Lake Whillans, a half-mile beneath the surface, according to reports from the scene. The telltale green glow of cells stained with a DNA-sensitive dye could be seen wh … Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
The team behind the Fermi telescope opens a call for changes to how it works – in a bid that could see hints of the mysterious Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
It wasn’t just a high price that kept businessmen away from early portable computers. Original post on theatlantic.com Comments on reddit.com
By Maidhc Ó Cathail The Passionate Attachment September 25, 2012 Last Friday, during question time at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy policy forum luncheon on Original post on thepassionateattachment.com Comments on reddit.com
Director tells Comic-Con audience he is considering splitting the second Hobbit film into two parts Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Star of the first two Ghostbusters films says ‘they just don’t have a really good script’ for part 3, but hints that writers may try to revamp the screenplay Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
For most, the sport of drag racing evokes iconic images of James Dean tossing a cigarette before revving up in Rebel Without a Cause or John Travolta waiting Original post on koldcast.tv Comments on digg.com
The surface of Mars exhibits numerous lava flows and other signs of effusive volcanism. Although models suggest that explosive volcanism should also have produced extensive deposits, direct evidence for large-scale explosive volcanism has been scarce. A new study by Briony… Original post on dailygalaxy.com Comments on digg.com
About as long as a bus but downy soft in chicklike plumage, Yutyrannus is by far the biggest feathered dinosaur yet, a new study says. Original post on nationalgeographic.com Comments on reddit.com
Is Qwikster on the rebound? Perhaps. Netflix killed the short-lived Qwikster after an uproar from customers about the splitting of DVD and Internet queues, but it’s obvious that Netflix still believes that the future is one with a split. Or, perhaps the future is one where DVD rentals are simply inconsequential. The latest resurfacing of plans… Original post on hothardware.com Comments on digg.com
Two experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have nearly eliminated the space in which the Higgs boson — the famous missing piece of the particle physics puzzle — could dwell. ATLAS, LHC, physics… More