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Archaeologists working at the site of La Corona in Guatemala have discovered a 1,300-year-old-year Maya text that provides only the second known reference to the so-called “end date” of the Maya calendar, December 21, 2012. The discovery, one of the most significant hieroglyphic finds in decades, was announced today at the National Palace in Guatemala. Articles about MAYA CALENDAR: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=mayan%20calendar 
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Last year came to an exciting end with the discovery of an Earth-like planet, Kepler-22b, orbiting a sun-like star outside of our solar system.
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In the beginning of the beginning, the exploding hot universe was full of elementary particles, but the particles had no mass. The universe also contained force fields, and one of those fields, the Higgs, cooled and condensed into a quantum liquid. The liquid dragged on the other particles, giving them mass. The liquid rippled, and the ripples formed a new particle, called the Higgs.
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Robot app stores are now beginning to happen as well and visions of apps for tele-robotic safety and surveillance pop into mind, or light domestic duties, or…? My imagination runs wild at the thought and I imagine these new apps being easy to use, having multiple functions and a low cost. Articles about robotics: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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"Nature" looks ahead to the key findings and events that may emerge in 2012.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you're watching from a downtown area or the dark countryside, here are some tips to help you enjoy these celestial shows of shooting stars.
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BBC News looks ahead to some of the areas where science headlines might be made in 2012.
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If any truism rang true in 2011, it was that celebrities were human beings too – a fact you could hear straight from the horse's mouth! "Most so-called 'celebrities' are just people who happened to become singers or actors or footballers..." opined Leveson star Hugh Grant, "and then also happened... to become successful." And, lo, he was followed into the witness chair by numerous A-listers, their tales of hounding inducing paroxysms of guilt among us showbiz gluttons. Slowly, we vowed to wean ourselves off the Mail Online "sidebar of shame" and survive on the gruel of ironic broadsheet columns.
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2011 was a year of weird news, and sitting on the cusp of 2012, it's time to look back on the odd year that was — as well as look ahead to a year that promises a new level of strangeness.
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For example the Sneezing Monkey: Found by scientists conducting a gibbon survey in the mountains of Myanmar, Rhinopithecus strykeri, a snubnosed primate, is critically endangered. It sneezes when rain gets inside its snout, and can be found by waiting until the weather turns and listening for sneezes in the trees.
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It is this critical mass that has given rise to the “app-cessory:” a digitally enabled item that is controlled by, or interacts with, your mobile device. We have seen them emerging for adult markets with items like Bluetooth headsets and Bluetooth laser keyboards. But the children’s market will take them to the next step. And why not? If children’s expectations will be for more options and more development to increase interactivity and engagement, then it is they who will lead the development of the internet of things more than anyone...
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Tales of the apocalypse on Dec.21, 2012 abound — ranging from a mysterious planet that will smash into Earth, to a huge, catastrophic solar storm — but researchers who have examined the science behind the various doomsday theories say there is nothing...
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Ken Banks: The ICT4D community must close the gap between the hype around new technologies and the reality in the developing world...
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Now that 2011 is behind us, the new year allows for new players to step into the startup game with brand new ideas and visions. Even though companies like Facebook, Apple, Twitter, ...
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He helped win World War II by cracking the German ENIGMA code but was persecuted by Great Britain for being gay. Today, his name is synonymous with the test he invented in 1950 for determining a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior. June 23, 2012 will be the hundredth anniversary of Alan Turing's birth, and a centenary celebration has been planned with events around the globe. It is perhaps most fitting that the Royal Mail will be issuing a commemorative stamp, a posthumous honor for one of England's heroes who was so mistreated during his life.
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Miscellany | So you don't enter the new year completely unprepared, here are my most secure predictions for 2012.
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To mark the start of a new year we've put together a collection of predictions for the year ahead spanning the tech, retail and entertainment industries as well as business and the public sector. Here are our 12 predictions for 2012: Via Frederic Emam-Zade Gerardino
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