A simulated black hole of ten solar masses:Ute Kraus
Also in today's links: an endangered species is said to no longer be endangered, an extinct species is no longer extinct, and more.
This idea makes my eyeballs hurt -- what if the world we live in is a hologram, a projection of events on a far-away two-dimensional surface?
Forget cloning. This is a much easier way to bring back an extinct species: scientists have determined through DNA testing that extinct Caspian tigers and existing Siberian tigers were one and the same group until early in the last century, when they split off into two groups.
Ode to a lady hyrax: O, I'll sing ye a song of social and sexual fitness. I'll tell my status with a snort, and my size with a chuck, and give a wail to tell ye my weightiness.
The Air Force’s current bomber fleet consists of the three planes shown here— the B-52, B-1B and B-2. More than half are aging B-52s, some as old as 50. All three have a greater range and payload than is planned for the 2018 bomber, but the new bomber is expected to be stealthier and more combat-capable.
On the eve of the world championship of remote-control flight, an American financier, a three-star general, a jet engineer and the Air Force’s most powerful civilian have come together in Thailand to build the perfect fighting plane—at 1:5 scale