Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have made a breakthrough in the fulfilment of a century-old dream of neuroscientists to visualize a memory by capturing, for the first time, images of the changes in brain cell connections following a common form of learning. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The crystal structure of a molecule from a primitive fungus has served as a time machine to show researchers more about the evolution of life from the simple to the complex. By studying the three-dimensional version of the fungus protein bound to an RNA molecule, scientists have been able to visualize how life progressed from an early self-replicating molecule that also performed chemical reaction... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Zircon minerals from the Jack Hills in Australia are the oldest minerals known on Earth and can yield a bit of information about Earth's history. picked by tundramonkey 1 year ago

Earth emits an ear-piercing series of chirps and whistles that are related to the Northern Lights. picked by deEPCHIll 2 months ago

Diamonds more than 4 billion years old -- nearly as old as the Earth itself -- have been discovered in Western Australia, giving scientists vital clues about the early history of our planet. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Researchers from Wake Forest University (WFU) in the U.S. report that they have developed flexible organic solar cells with an energy efficiency surpassing 6 percent, more than double the 3 percent efficiency they reached two years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Scientists know little about how the brain assigns cells to participate in encoding and storing memories. Now a UCLA/University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron playing a role in memory formation. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A new test being offered by a British company can determine an individual's history with alcohol during the past months -- or even years. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Pennsylvania man cast a stone that skipped on water a whopping 51 times, shattering the old world record of 40. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Website where people share their memories. The stories put a personal spin on history in the past century.

I thought this entry from the 50s section was interesting: Boomer Boy's Post picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a fifth planet circling 55 Cancri, a star beyond our solar system. The star now holds the record for number of confirmed extrasolar planets orbiting in a planetary system. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

An ancient volcanic super-eruption, one of the largest known in Earth's history, may not have devastated the world and humanity as much as once thought. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

This history of the Gulf War by William M. Arkin draws on declassified documents and inside information It was published on the Website of the magazine Stars and Stripes (a privately-owned magazine, not the US military newspaper of the same name). At some point the Website disappeared and with it, unfortunately, went this important piece of work. The Memory Hole is pleased to resurrect it. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, have captured rare video of a meteor falling to Earth. Video picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Milan has discovered some unexpected forms of liquid crystals of ultrashort DNA molecules immersed in water, providing a new scenario for a key step in the emergence of life on Earth. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Purists say poor image quality makes films unwatchable. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

A passenger train was placed under quarantine Friday in northern Ontario after an undetermined illness left one woman dead and at least 10 other people sick.

Authorities said the train was carrying 230 passengers and 30 crew members. Police ordered the train station evacuated in the tiny hamlet of Foleyet. picked by dollyllama 4 months ago

Listing of Classified and Restricted Documents at the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Over 500,000 documents cover almost every aspect of US military history from the 1920s to the early 1990s

Very few of these documents have been released to the public picked by jLoSsDh 5 months ago

Tiny they may be, but fossil diatoms discovered deep under the ocean floor are revealing new details about Antarctica's warmer past. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

By using a specialized microscope that illuminates only a cell’s surface, scientists have become the first to see, in real time and in plain view, hundreds of thousands of molecules coming together in a living cell to form a single particle of the virus that has, in less than 25 years, claimed more than 25 million lives: HIV. Video on homepage. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago