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Month: August 2007

Star Trek medical scanner is GO!

31 August 2007 grant b 0

Experts at Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington are refining an ultrasound device that seals punctured lungs without invasive surgery, reports Science Daily. … Read the rest “Star Trek medical scanner is GO!”

When ORCHIDS ruled the Earth!

30 August 2007 grant b 0

New Scientist confirms the fever-dreams of many a fanatic gardener with the discovery that mammals didn’t take over right after the death of the dinosaurs – orchids did:

Santiago

… Read the rest “When ORCHIDS ruled the Earth!”

Psychedelic Paintball

28 August 2007 grant b 0

Wired‘s “Danger Room” reports on like, wow, man, that’s one *TRIPPY* gun:

Paintballs laced with mind-altering drugs and drug-spraying robots sound like something

… Read the rest “Psychedelic Paintball”

T. rex could have caught us.

27 August 2007 grant b 0

New Scientist strikes fear into the hearts of time travelers everywhere with a report that T. rex could have caught humans. Easily.

Which is kind of a “No, duh,” observation,… Read the rest “T. rex could have caught us.”

Science Art: Compact Muon Solenoid of the Large Hadron Collider

26 August 2007 grant b 1

CMS Detector, Geneva

This is how CERN is hoping to find the Higgs Boson.

At 40 feet long, it is the biggest superconducting solenoid ever made, costing $65 million, weighing about 485,000 pounds, and containing

… Read the rest “Science Art: Compact Muon Solenoid of the Large Hadron Collider”

You’ll put an eye out.

25 August 2007 grant b 0

Behold the science of engineering. LEGO engineering.

Forbidden Lego is a book by master builders Ulrik Pilegaard and Mike Dooley.

As a teaser, here’s a pdf of plans for building a … Read the rest “You’ll put an eye out.”

Giant “living fossil” fish on the brink

24 August 2007 grant b 0

National Geographic reports on another Chinese river-dweller struggling to survive – the giant sturgeon, also known as the “underwater panda”:

Adult sturgeons,

… Read the rest “Giant “living fossil” fish on the brink”

SONG: Beautiful (Have Another Plum)

23 August 2007 grant b 1

SONG: “Beautiful (Have Another Plum)” (To download: right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “Baboon Birth Control” entry, from… Read the rest “SONG: Beautiful (Have Another Plum)”

Mira, The Tail Star

21 August 2007 grant b 0

We’ve been watching this thing for four centuries, and we only now noticed it had a tail, as Nature reports. A really long tail:

Astronomers have found an unexpected treat on a star

… Read the rest “Mira, The Tail Star”

Baby powder soothes earthquakes

20 August 2007 grant b 0

Nature eases chafing on a tectonic level:

Researchers drilling deep into the San Andreas fault in California report in today’s Nature the presence of talc inside a relatively sedate

… Read the rest “Baby powder soothes earthquakes”

Science Art: William Herschel Telescope

19 August 2007 grant b 0

William Herschel Telescope, Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, La Palma
from Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, La Palma, Picture Archives, (via Barbelith).

Speed of Light: BROKEN (in a teeny-tiny way)

16 August 2007 grant b 0

Researchers Gunter Nimtz and Alfons Stahlhofen of the University of Koblenz have told New Scientist (and other sources) that they’ve broken the light barrier, sending photons … Read the rest “Speed of Light: BROKEN (in a teeny-tiny way)”

Smoke ’em while the voices tell you it’s OK.

14 August 2007 grant b 0

There’s been some press lately about studies that show a correlation between marijuana smoking and psychosis – as in, smoke dope, increase your risk of developing psychotic… Read the rest “Smoke ’em while the voices tell you it’s OK.”

The knee bone’s connected to the… pancreas bone?

13 August 2007 grant b 0

PhysOrg blows our minds with the discovery that our skeletons are actually endocrine glands:

Karsenty and his colleagues had previously shown that leptin, a hormone released by fat cells,

… Read the rest “The knee bone’s connected to the… pancreas bone?”

Science Art: Romanae archetypae tabulae anatomicae novis…

12 August 2007 grant b 0

Eustachi & de'Musi, 1552

Romanae archetypae tabulae anatomicae novis… is a 1783 edition of a book of anatomical poses written by Bartolomeo Eustachi and illustrated by Giulio de’Musi in 1552.

from the National… Read the rest “Science Art: Romanae archetypae tabulae anatomicae novis…”

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