Memory is peculiar. And peculiar is memorable.
Science Daily investigates what makes “the peculiar” so peculiarly easy to remember: It’s this notion of ‘peculiarity’ that can help us understand what makes lasting […]
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Very old oak; pretty young genes.
Nature examines a tree that was alive in the time of Napoleon, yet has DNA that’s remarkably free of the usual damage of aging: Each […]
Science Art: Top view of ribbon diagram of ribonuclease inhibitor (PDB accession code 2BNH).
Click to embiggen Ooo! Everyone loves a party! This is a protein, though, not a party decoration. The full title of this image (or, really, […]
Here’s your sub-space radio: China gets quantum entanglement to work from orbit.
Science magazine reports on the latest Chinese space breakthrough – one that could lead to instant communication with distant spaceships, or hack-proof communications here on […]
How to charge an electric car on the road.
Science Daily reports on a hurdle being cleared on the way to wirelessly charging a moving electric vehicle: If electric cars could recharge while driving […]
Birds’ songs are in their genes.
Popular Science is trying to figure out if you can teach a robin to sing like a swallow, or a warbler to tweet like a […]
Science Art: Medlar, Poppy Anenome, Pear by Hoefnagel and Bocskay, 1561-2.
Wildflower and fruit, from two 16th-century Europeans. More specifically: Medlar, Poppy Anenome, Pear ( 1561 – 1562 ). Watercolour, gold and silver paint, and ink […]
The oldest Homo sapiens are from Morocco. And pretty darn old.
Nature turns the origins of modern humans – not Neanderthals, not Denisovans, but Homo sapiens like you and me – back more than 100,000 years, […]
Your gut bacteria could neutralize your cancer medication.
Nature looks at another way personalized treatments could save lives – by taking into account how different people’s gut bacteria affect drugs differently: Bacteria living […]
Science Art: Cassini’s view of Jupiter’s southern hemisphere, 2014
Click embiggen So much depends on perspective. Image from the European Space Agency – taken by Cassini on its way to Saturn, and doing a […]
Soft exosuit boosts runners’ performance
Science Daily gets muscle augmentation away from the whole “real-life Iron Man” thing with news of what looks like a pair of robotic shorts… a […]
“Complexity and nuance required”: a conservative ecologist.
This isn’t really research, but does speak to what this site has been doing (or pointing at) for the past nine years… so I wanted […]
Air pollution may be four times worse than we thought. (In Europe, at least.)
Science Daily takes a deeper look at the problems with car and truck exhaust fumes: Environmental protection and health agencies base their air pollution management […]
New cancer drug fights tumors based on its genes, not its location.
Nature heralds a new, genetic weapon in our arsenal against cancer, be it pancreatic, lung, skin or liver. This is a cancer treatment based on […]
Science Art: Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery: Polished Red – p. 1-22
Click to embiggen Silhouettes of polished redware from the Ancient Egyptian (or, really, older than Ancient Egyptian) Naqada culture. That’s about 5,500 years old, a […]