deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
Supermoon? Meh. It may be closer, but it…
[caption id="attachment_10541" align="alignnone" width="775"] Seen from the roof of Memorial Library on the UW–Madison campus, a supermoon rises in the nighttime sky behind the Wisconsin State Capitol on Sept. 27, 2015. A rare lunar eclipse,…
Enhancing livestock immunity in a changing climate
Management and nutritional strategies are needed to protect livestock from heat stress resulting from climate change, according to a review paper published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science. [caption id="attachment_10536" align="alignnone" width="607"] Cows…
Sending a satellite safely to sleep
[caption id="attachment_10530" align="alignright" width="305"] Satellite break-up[/caption] Down on Earth, everyone knows to remove batteries from electrical goods before recycling. When it comes to disposing of satellites in orbit, the same principle holds true: charged batteries…
Plant’s POEM: “No need to fertilize, for increase…
Plant biologists at ITbM have made a key discovery that the contents in pollen tubes alone can increase the size of seeds, without the need for fertilization. This finding may be useful in developing crops,…