When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts
as with creating images.

— Niels Bohr

science

American science to soon face its largest brain drain in history

By kuky at Fri, 07/04/2025 - 12:15pm

Throughout the 20th and the first quarter of the 21st centuries, the US became a world leader in science, technology, healthcare, and education by investing in scientific research. In 2025, that is rapidly changing, as unprecedented federal cuts, the defunding and closing of many institutions, and devastatingly reduced budgets present an extinction-level event for American science.

Cosmic crash unmasks dark matter

By kuky at Mon, 09/01/2008 - 2:17pm

Striking evidence has been found for the enigmatic "stuff" called dark matter which makes up 23% of the Universe, yet is invisible to our eyes.  

Astronomers Baffled by Bizarre Star

By kuky at Sun, 05/18/2008 - 2:20pm

(May 16) - Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun -- an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects.

See more:

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/astronomers-baffled-by-bizarre-star/2008051...