ScienceDaily reports on new findings from the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, who say that chimpanzee brains are really close to human brains as far as the parts that do the talking for us. In other words, they could well be doing some talking among themselves that we just haven’t translated yet:

In the new study, the researchers [...]

PopSci takes to the sea with Japanese sailor Ken-ichi Horie, 69, who has harnessed wave power to make his new ship go:

At the heart of the record-setting bid is the Suntory Mermaid II, a three-ton catamaran made of recycled aluminum alloy that turns wave energy into thrust. Two fins mounted side by side beneath the bow move up and [...]

BBC News is raving about the discovery of the largest marine reptile ever to swim on Earth – a creature powerful enough to snap a car in half with its jaws:

The Jurassic-era leviathan is one of 40 sea reptiles from a fossil “treasure trove” uncovered on the island.

Nicknamed “The Monster”, the immense creature would have measured 15m (50ft) [...]

Discovery assures us that space contines to be utterly inexplicable – at least as far as that famous, bizarre, permanent hurricane on the King of Planets:

Numerical modeling of the spot, as well as laboratory experiments trying to reproduce the dynamics of the Great Red Spot indicate there’s more going on than meets the eye.

“One of the interesting things [...]

A 15th century AD Egyptian diagram kept by the University Library in Istanbul, showing what’s inside a horse.

SONG: “Flip the Switch” (To download: right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “Deep brain stimulation may help Alzheimer patient’s memories”, Telegraph.co.uk, 31 January 2008, as used in the post Memory on tap.

ABSTRACT: I’m not sure what it says about me that I read a story about a procedure that’ll give you absolute [...]

Just because anyone reading this should be interested, New Scientist is looking at music, why we have octaves, how we recognize music and weird ways music can mess with our minds.

Check it out.

BBC News reports on a new breakthrough from South Korea. A biotech firm named RNL Bio is cloning a pit bull named Booger:

RNL Bio is charging the woman, from California, $150,000 (£76,000) to clone the pitbull using tissue extracted from its ear before it died.

The work will be carried out by a team from Seoul National University, where the [...]

How I resisted calling this “Eye in the Sky” I don’t know. But yeah, Universe Today is all excited about SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), the new flying telescope, getting one step closer to the heavens:

SOFIA is a converted 747SP airliner that used to carry passengers for United Airlines and Pan Am, but now only has one voyager: [...]