Yooperlite Glow Rocks

Published 281 days ago in Science. Submitted by sux2bu

Yooperlites are Syenites rich in fluorescent Sodalite, found on Lake Superior beaches in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
It’s technically called a “Syenite Clasts Containing Fluorescent Sodalite” but Erik wanted something easier to pronounce. So he coined the name “Yooperlite” and has now trademarked the Yooperlite name.
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This is how electrons and high energy particles look like

Published 1 year ago in Science. Submitted by drunkmonk

There are ways to see high energy particles. This is the coolest looking. Here is a picture to interpret what you see. http://www.cloudylabs.fr/wp/phys/

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If the Universe is only 14 Billion years old, how can it be 92 Billion years Wide with a W

Published 290 days ago in Science. Submitted by Judge-Jake

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Richard Feynman Fire

Published 165 days ago in Science. Submitted by thundersnow

Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the super fluidity of super cooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics (he proposed the Parton …
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How do we know it rains iron on WASP-76b?

Published 105 days ago in Science. Submitted by ringmaster

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