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Astronomers Stunned After Finding A Dead Star Dragging Spacetime Around With It

Astronomers Stunned After Finding A Dead Star Dragging Spacetime Around With It

Astronomers are reeling after the recent discovery that a dead star in space is dragging spacetime around itself (via Science Alert). The scientific phenomenon is not a new one: Einstein himself predicted that any spinning body drags the fabric of spacetime in his general theory of relativity, and coined the process “frame-dragging.” Scientists have even […]

4y ago

The Black Hole In The Center Of Our Galaxy Might Be A Wormhole, Scientists Say

The Black Hole In The Center Of Our Galaxy Might Be A Wormhole, Scientists Say

Wormholes in space have long been the domain of science fiction novels and time travel movies. However, scientists are now saying that there could be a veritable wormhole, and right in our backyard. According to Pop Sci, a group of astrophysicists believe that the black hole at the center of our galaxy — known as […]

5y ago

A Study Suggests That Time May Still Have Existed Before The Big Bang Occurred

A Study Suggests That Time May Still Have Existed Before The Big Bang Occurred

A study has suggested that even before the Big Bang, time may still have existed in a manner of speaking. This shouldn’t necessarily come as a surprise, as the theory of general relativity has demonstrated that the Big Bang may not have been the absolute beginning of everything after all. As Science Alert reports, new […]

6y ago

Paul Kelly On New Album ‘Life Is Fine,’ His First U.S. Tour In 13 Years With A Full Band, New York, And More

Paul Kelly On New Album ‘Life Is Fine,’ His First U.S. Tour In 13 Years With A Full Band, New York, And More

Known as Australia’s preeminent songwriter, Paul Kelly is both a member of the Australian Recording Industry Association’s Hall of Fame and an appointed Officer Of The Order Of Australia. Two of his songs — “To Her Door” and “Treaty” — made the Australasian Performing Rights Association’s 2001 list of the top 30 Australian songs of […]

7y ago

Albert Einstein’s Life Showcased In New National Geographic Series ‘Genius’

Albert Einstein’s Life Showcased In New National Geographic Series ‘Genius’

Albert Einstein is probably the most easily recognizable scientist in the entire world. Show anyone a picture of the brilliant physicist and most will likely recognize him as the crazy-haired, playful genius behind that universally recognizable equation E=MC2. However, National Geographic’s new series, the aptly-titled Genius, will probably shake that benign, grandfatherly image people have […]

7y ago

New Theory Of Gravity Passes First Test, Could Explain Dark Matter

New Theory Of Gravity Passes First Test, Could Explain Dark Matter

A new theory of gravity passed it’s first major test this week. Professor Erik Verlinde, a specialist in string theory at the University of Amsterdam and the Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics, has developed a new theory of gravity that could replace aspects of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity and change our understanding of […]

8y ago

Five Ways Albert Einstein Is Cooler Than Michael Jordan

Five Ways Albert Einstein Is Cooler Than Michael Jordan

Albert Einstein and Michael Jordan are two names known throughout the world. Both men are icons in their respective fields, the former for his groundbreaking theory of relativity, the latter for his out-of-this-world basketball skills. Despite being generations apart and living vastly different lives, Einstein and Jordan’s lives paralleled each other in certain areas. And […]

8y ago

This Day In History 1879: Albert Einstein Is Born [Video]

This Day In History 1879: Albert Einstein Is Born [Video]

Albert Einstein, one of the greatest minds in human history, was born 137 years ago today. Einstein’s theories revolutionized the science of physics, and have led to numerous inventions and a better understanding of the vast universe we call home. Happy birthday my hero Albert Einstein. March 14 (3,14) Pi Day will be celebrated & […]

8y ago

Albert Einstein Arrested For Groping A Woman Last Week?

Albert Einstein Arrested For Groping A Woman Last Week?

Albert Einstein passed away on April 18, 1955, and according to all available records, was never arrested for groping a woman. According to the New York Daily News, a homeless man that bears an uncanny resemblance to the famous German-born physicist, was indeed arrested outside of the New York Port Authority on Wednesday, October 14, […]

9y ago

Lydia Sebastian Mensa IQ Test Score Higher Than Albert Einstein And Stephen Hawking

Lydia Sebastian Mensa IQ Test Score Higher Than Albert Einstein And Stephen Hawking

Lydia Sebastian’s Mensa IQ test score was higher than both Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, the Economic Times reports. The 12-year-old schoolgirl from Essex achieved the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, beating the scores of both men, who are believed to have received a 160 and are commonly referred to […]

9y ago

Nicole Barr, 12-Year-Old British Girl of Roma Ancestry, Scores Higher On IQ Test Than Albert Einstein And Stephen Hawking

Nicole Barr, 12-Year-Old British Girl of Roma Ancestry, Scores Higher On IQ Test Than Albert Einstein And Stephen Hawking

A 12-year-old schoolgirl in Britain has achieved an IQ score of 162 on the Mensa IQ test, higher than the famous genius physicists, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, whose IQ scores are thought to be 160. Nicole Barr, a member of the traveling Roma community and student at Burnt Mill Academy, Harlow, Essex, scored 162 […]

9y ago

Maria Aristidou’s Pop Culture Coffee Art Even Has An Aroma

Maria Aristidou’s Pop Culture Coffee Art Even Has An Aroma

Coffee art is a new, non-traditional form of expression by a variety of artists. Take the commercial artist, illustrator, and cake designer Maria A. Aristidou, for example. Maria uses the medium of coffee to create a variety of portraits, including images of John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe, and Albert Einstein to name a few. In an […]

9y ago

New Albert Einstein Letter Discovered In Brazil School — Read His Profound Words On Thinking For Yourself

New Albert Einstein Letter Discovered In Brazil School — Read His Profound Words On Thinking For Yourself

The wisdom of Albert Einstein has long been sought after. His letters expressing his views on God and religion were recently auctioned, and many more of Einstein’s words have been made available in a digital archive. But a brand new letter by Albert Einstein is believed to have been discovered in a Brazilian school this […]

9y ago

Want To Be Just Like Albert Einstein? Start With The Einstein Font

Want To Be Just Like Albert Einstein? Start With The Einstein Font

With the news a batch of Albert Einstein’s letters discussing God and religion will go under the auctioneer’s hammer on June 11, 2015, it seems everyone wants to be just like Einstein. And what is a better way to start than writing just like Albert Einstein? Currently there is a Kickstarter project raising funds to […]

9y ago

Albert Einstein Font Will Let You Type In His Hand

Albert Einstein Font Will Let You Type In His Hand

Albert Einstein was a man of many talents, and over the years his legacy has continued to inspire great minds, as well as the ordinary thinkers of the world. Now, a typographer aims to give everyone the chance to write just as the genius did with a program that mimics his penmanship. Harald Geisler teamed […]

9y ago

Chlorine Gas Centenary: 100 Years Since First Used In WW1

Chlorine Gas Centenary: 100 Years Since First Used In WW1

Chlorine gas was first used as a weapon of war 100 years ago this week. One of the main developers of this fearsome gas for military use was Fritz Haber, a chemical expert and future winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was also a colleague of Albert Einstein, and it is reported that […]

9y ago

Three Brilliant Quotes Of Wisdom By Albert Einstein You’ve Never Heard — The Best Way To Learn, How To Deal With Haters

Three Brilliant Quotes Of Wisdom By Albert Einstein You’ve Never Heard — The Best Way To Learn, How To Deal With Haters

While Albert Einstein is most famous for his contributions to science and quantum mechanics, he also has quite a reputation for producing nuggets of wisdom that still apply today. You may have heard a small handful of Albert Einstein’s most famous quotes such as his claim that the inability to explain something to a six-year-old […]

9y ago

Emmy Noether: The Genius Mathematician That Almost Wasn’t

Emmy Noether: The Genius Mathematician That Almost Wasn’t

Google Doodle today marked the 133rd birthday of prized mathematician Emmy Noether. Born in Erlangen, Germany in 1882, Emmy Noether has been heralded for the invaluable contributions she made to group theory as well as theoretical physics. Today’s Google Doodle featured a collection of circles, each of them representing a different branch of math and […]

9y ago

Albert Einstein Lookalikes Gathering Is Found Worthy Of Guinness Record

Albert Einstein Lookalikes Gathering Is Found Worthy Of Guinness Record

Albert Einstein is one of those people who don’t have to be introduced – everybody knows him, irrespective of vocation and level of education. Of the many ways to honor his memory, students of Berkeley Elementary School in California have chosen their own approach – to gather enough people dressed as Albert Einstein in one […]

9y ago

Former Albert Einstein Academy Coach Enters Plea To Child Molestation Charges

Former Albert Einstein Academy Coach Enters Plea To Child Molestation Charges

Former Albert Einstein Academy coach Randolph Clifford Jackson entered a not guilty plea in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday to multiple criminal counts alleging sexual misconduct with minors. Complaints were initially filed with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department earlier this year, alleging sexual molestation of five boys by the former Albert Einstein Academy […]

9y ago

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