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}); </script> </div> <div id="content" class="narrow_content"><h1>Science and Education</h1> <div class="summary_item noback"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/earth-size-planets-beyond-solar-system/20919/">First Earth-size planets discovered beyond our solar system </a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/author/emily-price/">Emily Price</a></p> <p><em>13:41 December 21, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/earth-size-planets-beyond-solar-system/20919/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/earth-size-planets-beyond-solar-system/20919/pictures">4 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/earth-size-planets-beyond-solar-system/20919/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/keplerearth-sizedplanet.jpg" title="Artist's rendering of Kepler-20e (Image: NASA)" alt="Artist's rendering of Kepler-20e (Image: NASA)"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>NASA has discovered the first earth-size planets outside of our solar system. The discovery was made as part of NASA's Kepler mission and involves the discovery of two planets currently named after the project: Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f. If the Kepler name sounds familiar, that's because NASA also recently announced the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-kepler22b-habitable-exoplanet/20740/" target="_blank">discovery of Kepler-22b</a>, the most Earth-like planet discovered to date. Kepler 22b is orbiting a star similar to our sun, and is capable of possessing liquid water, an essential feature for life to exist on a planet. <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/earth-size-planets-beyond-solar-system/20919/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-next-5-in-5/20907/">IBM announces its annual "Next 5 in 5" list</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>18:18 December 20, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-next-5-in-5/20907/#comments">11 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-next-5-in-5/20907/pictures">6 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-next-5-in-5/20907/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ibmlist.jpg" title="IBM has released its Next 5 in 5 predictions for 2011" alt="IBM has released its Next 5 in 5 predictions for 2011"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>It’s late December, and that means that it’s time once again for IBM’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-next-five-in-five/17391/" target="_blank">Next 5 in 5</a> list. Every year since 2006, the corporation has put together an annual roundup of the top five emerging technologies that its researchers feel “will change the way we work, live and play” within the next five years. Here’s a look at what caught their attention this year. <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-next-5-in-5/20907/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/km3net-mediterranean-neutrino-observatory/20872/">Undersea neutrino observatory to be second-largest human structure</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/author/james-holloway/">James Holloway</a></p> <p><em>07:58 December 19, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/km3net-mediterranean-neutrino-observatory/20872/#comments">11 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/km3net-mediterranean-neutrino-observatory/20872/pictures">26 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/km3net-mediterranean-neutrino-observatory/20872/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/km3net-15.png" title="Visualized: the height of a KM3NeT detection unit" alt="Visualized: the height of a KM3NeT detection unit"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>An audacious project to construct a vast infrastructure housing a neutrino observatory at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea is being undertaken by a consortium of 40 institutes and universities from ten European countries. The consortium claims that KM3NeT, as it is known, will "open a new window on the Universe," as its "several" cubic kilometer observatory detects high-energy neutrinos from violent sources in outer space such as gamma-ray bursts, colliding stars and supernovae. <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/km3net-mediterranean-neutrino-observatory/20872/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-comet-harpoon/20865/">NASA working on a comet harpoon</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>14:27 December 15, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-comet-harpoon/20865/#comments">2 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-comet-harpoon/20865/picture/151062/">4 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-comet-harpoon/20865/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/cometharpoon.jpg" title="A rendering of the harpoon embedded in a comet, with its collection cartridge visible insi..." alt="A rendering of the harpoon embedded in a comet, with its collection cartridge visible insi..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Call it Ishmael. Actually, no, call it the Comet Nucleus Sample Return mission spacecraft. Regardless of its name, the NASA vehicle will be wielding a harpoon, not unlike the narrator of <em>Moby Dick</em>. Instead of hunting a white whale, however, it will be after a comet. Although the spacecraft itself is still a concept, its harpoon is in the works now. <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-comet-harpoon/20865/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/duck-mating-research/20720/">Duck mating is an arms race</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></p> <p><em>05:38 December 5, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/duck-mating-research/20720/#comments">2 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/duck-mating-research/20720/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ducksex-2.jpg" title="Researchers in North America are developing a novel way to study the 'evolutionary arms ra..." alt="Researchers in North America are developing a novel way to study the 'evolutionary arms ra..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>A duck pond may seem like the ideal place to spend a peaceful spring afternoon, but during mating season it can look like the scene of a gang attack. Though ducks as a species are famously monogamous, unattached drakes can be extremely aggressive. They attack any female in sight in a mating frenzy that often ends in the injury or death of the victim. This has resulted in the ducks developing ways to prevent unwanted matings and the drakes ways to overcome their defenses. Researchers in North America are developing a novel way to study this "evolutionary arms race" that uses high-speed cameras, force transducers and model duck oviducts made of glass. <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/duck-mating-research/20720/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/low-budget-face-swapping/20713/">Digital face-swapping heading for low-budget film-making</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>16:32 December 2, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/low-budget-face-swapping/20713/#comments">10 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/low-budget-face-swapping/20713/picture/149933/">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/low-budget-face-swapping/20713/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/faceswapping-8.jpg" title="A Harvard computer scientist has created a digital 'face transplant' system, that could be..." alt="A Harvard computer scientist has created a digital 'face transplant' system, that could be..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>If you've seen the film <em>The Social Network</em>, then you might have wondered about the identical Winklevoss twins - were a real-life pair of twins cast for the roles, or was it a bit of Hollywood magic? Well, it was magic. Although two different actors' bodies were used, their faces both belonged to actor Armie Hammer. After the movie was shot, the body double's face was digitally replaced with Armie's. While such computer-enabled face-swapping trickery has so far been available only to feature film-makers with deep pockets, that could be about to change, thanks to research being conducted at Harvard University. <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/low-budget-face-swapping/20713/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-largest-tesla-coils/20653/">World's largest Tesla coils being built to unlock the secrets of natural lightning</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/author/randolph-jonsson/">Randolph Jonsson</a></p> <p><em>13:48 November 30, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-largest-tesla-coils/20653/#comments">5 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-largest-tesla-coils/20653/picture/149347/">4 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-largest-tesla-coils/20653/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/lightningfoundry.jpg" title="The Lightning Foundry's 1:12 scale prototype in action" alt="The Lightning Foundry's 1:12 scale prototype in action"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Calling all Tesla fans! Electrical engineer Greg Leyh and his team at the Lightning on Demand organization (LOD) in California are raising the funds necessary to build the world's largest twin Tesla coils (ten stories high, about 120 ft/37 m) that will be capable of generating electric arcs more than 200 feet (60 m) long. Dubbed the "Lightning Foundry," the project currently consists of a working 1:12 scale prototype. When complete, a towering pair of coils will fill a football field-sized area with massive electric bolts that researchers hope will reveal some of the mysteries of this beautiful but deadly force. <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-largest-tesla-coils/20653/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/instant-wild-iphone-wildlife-app/20605/">Camera trap app sends shots of random wild critters to your iPhone</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>13:58 November 24, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p></p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/instant-wild-iphone-wildlife-app/20605/picture/148829/">6 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/instant-wild-iphone-wildlife-app/20605/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/instantwild-7.png" title="Instant Wild is a conservation app that sends photos of wild animals to users' iPhones, as..." alt="Instant Wild is a conservation app that sends photos of wild animals to users' iPhones, as..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Why do ecotourists travel thousands of miles to catch glimpses of rare, exotic animals, when they could get long, lingering looks at them just by turning on their TV? Well, partly because it’s fun to travel. Also, however, it’s a lot more exciting when you never know what you’re going to see, or when, or where. While it’s not quite as epic as trekking through the African Savannah, the Zoological Society of London’s Instant Wild App is bringing that same sort of wilderness-lottery-like excitement to the iPhone. Users can subscribe to feeds from camera traps located in several areas of the world, and will receive photos of the animals that trigger those traps, as they’re triggered. While that might be neat enough in and of itself, users can then proceed to help conservationists protect those creatures. <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/instant-wild-iphone-wildlife-app/20605/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/contact-lens-projects-images/20588/">Prototype contact lens brings Terminator-esque vision a little closer</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>10:24 November 23, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/contact-lens-projects-images/20588/#comments">4 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/contact-lens-projects-images/20588/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/contactlens.jpg" title="Scientists have created a contact lens that can can project an image onto the wearer's ret..." alt="Scientists have created a contact lens that can can project an image onto the wearer's ret..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Fans of the original film in the <em>Terminator</em> franchise will recall how various bits of data were shown to be overlaid on the cyborg's vision - in particular, they might remember the list of possible responses that could be used when someone was angrily knocking on its door (for those who don't remember, its chosen response wasn't very polite). Such augmented vision systems are now a little closer to reality, thanks to work being done by a team of scientists at the University of Washington and Aalto University, in Finland. They have created a contact lens that displays information, which is visible to the wearer. <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/contact-lens-projects-images/20588/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/opera-confirms-faster-than-light-neutrinos/20540/">OPERA confirms earlier claims of faster-than-light neutrinos</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>10:52 November 18, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/opera-confirms-faster-than-light-neutrinos/20540/#comments">22 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/opera-confirms-faster-than-light-neutrinos/20540/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/operaneutrinos.jpg" title="Scientists from the OPERA project are reporting that new experiments confirm their earlier..." alt="Scientists from the OPERA project are reporting that new experiments confirm their earlier..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>On September 23rd, researchers from the European OPERA project made the now-famous announcement that they had observed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/neutrinos-faster-than-light/19933/" target="_blank">neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light</a>. Given that Einstein's special theory of relativity states that <em>nothing</em> can travel faster than the speed of light, their proclamation was naturally met with some skepticism – various physicists stated that there was likely a flaw in the design, implementation or calculations involved the experiment. To their credit, the OPERA collaborative made a point of inviting other scientists to try to replicate their results. In the meantime, however, they’ve replicated those results themselves, and announced today that neutrinos still appear to be the speediest particles in the universe. <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/opera-confirms-faster-than-light-neutrinos/20540/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <center class="snap_noshots"> <div class="next_prev"><strong> <span>1</span> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/scienceandeducation/2/">2</a> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/scienceandeducation/3/">3</a> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/scienceandeducation/4/">4</a> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/scienceandeducation/5/">5</a> <a href="/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/scienceandeducation/2/">Next </a> » </strong></div> </center> <div class="dotsontop"> <!-- Google Search Box --> <div id="search_form_bottom"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20120104042238/http://www.gizmag.com/search/" id="cse-search-box-bottom"> <span class="title">Looking for something? 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