Science and Research

Geoscientists Drill Deepest Hole in Ocean Crust in Scientific Ocean Drilling History

For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team of 34 scientists and 92 support staff and crew on board the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR) were at work investigating sea-level change in a region called the Canterbury Basin. It proved to be a record-breaking trip for the research team.

The JR is one of the primary research vessels of an international research program called the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP). This research took place during IODP Expedition 317. Read the rest of this press release »

Science and Research | January 26th, 2010

Will Obama Be the First President to Tell the Truth About UFOs?

After decades of waiting for a president to brief the American public on the existence of UFOs, paranormal buffs are now wondering if President Obama will be the first to finally tell the truth about flying saucers and other such matters. Read the rest of this press release »

Government, Other, Science and Research | October 9th, 2009

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 jointly to

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge,
United Kingdom

Thomas A. Steitz, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Ada E. Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

“for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome” Read the rest of this press release »

Events and Trade Shows, Science and Research | October 8th, 2009

NaturalPedia.com Delivers New Encyclopedia of Natural Health Knowledge to the World

(NaturalNews) The internet is the vehicle by which knowledge can reach out across the planet and uplift the lives and futures of our fellow human beings. It is the ultimate teacher for those interested in learning, and it bypasses the censorship attempts of medical information “gatekeepers” like the FDA and drug companies who would prefer that consumers remain nutritionally illiterate. Read the rest of this press release »

Science and Research | August 25th, 2009

S.E.T.I.’s Dr. Seth Shostak Turns to Area51 Looking for Signs of Et

Las Vegas, Nv – July 28, 2009- Dr. Seth Shostak will be looking into Et’s suspected flight technology this August and what Area51 may be able to provide concerning extraterrestrial intelligence. S.E.T.I. scientists for over 40 years have concentrated their efforts on the stars and extrasolar planets, but can Area51 provide some insight into whether Et exhists at all? Next week Dr. Shostak will turn Alien Hunter as he evaluates confidentially collected tracking photos taken near Area51. Although no one has been able to find an actual piece of Et’s saucer for S.E.T.I. to look at, tracking photos of the disc taken using long range cameras have just been made available. According to Barbara Vance, a close colleague of Dr. Shostak, he will begin looking over the samples after he returns from a trip to see the recent solar eclipse. Read the rest of this press release »

Non-profit, Other, Science and Research | July 28th, 2009