Men, it seems, are sadly predictable creatures. A new study suggests that males are physically attracted to women who are psychologically vulnerable — that is to say, immature, depressed, or unintelligent — though that doesn’t necessarily convert into a desire for a long-term relationship with them.
The Square Kilometre Array has had its fair share of controversy. In March, it was leaked that Australia’s proposal had been upstaged by South Africa and in April, we found out the final decision on where it would be constructed had been delayed. Well, the wait is over — the SKA Organisation has announced that everyone concerned will get a gold star, with the array to be built in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand.
With company after company going after Google’s Lunar X Prize, NASA appears to be a little hot and bothered by the prospect of people messing with all its crap it left behind during prior missions. So it essentially claimed dominion over the moon and passive-aggressively designated a bunch of areas to be off-limits.
Scientists have found the oldest musical instruments ever recorded, which are carbon dated from 42,000 to 43,000 years old, and have turned up just in time to ask your dad if they’re what he listened to on the radio as a kid.
A truly tasty tomato is a wonderful thing. But most of the tomatoes you can buy from supermarkets — while red, ripe and perfect-looking — taste of practically nothing. For a long time, scientists thought the difference between a good and bad tomato was down to sugar and acid concentration, but actually there’s more at play.
Watch this video while staring at the cross in the centre, and you’ll see bulbous foreheads, gigantic noses and terrifying eyes. Watch it again while looking at the faces, and you’ll see they’re perfectly normal pictures of attractive Hollywood actors. What the hell?
Once NASA’s Curiosity rover safely touches down inside the Gale crater in August (*crosses fingers*), the real challenge begins. The 907kg, 3m long rover will begin searching for traces of a wet Martian past. But first, researchers at the JPL needed to make sure its sampling arm was up to snuff — here’s how they did it.
