Dying breeds.
We’re in the middle of massive extinction event, warns SciDevNet – not of species, but of breeds. As in livestock. And that can be bigger […]
Month: September 2007
Xenomorphs on the reef.
Oh, man. Nature gives us another reason to be terrified of moray eels. They’re just like the alien that stalked Sigourney Weaver: Like the fearsome […]
Creatures called “cybrids.”
Nature reveals that British researchers have been given the green light to create embryos from human DNA implanted in animal cells. Just don’t call them […]
Spaceport: Ready for takeoff soon, please.
New Scientist reveals the new design for Spaceport America, to be built in the New Mexico desert in 2008: The designers of Spaceport America opted […]
The Hygiene Hypothesis
We’re too clean, reports Science Daily. We need to get dirty to stay healthy: Families with three or more children – a more common family […]
Science Art: Planisphæri cœleste, by Frederik de Wit, 17th century
Click for larger version Frederik de Wit was a Dutch cartographer of the 1600s, a time when the Dutch were using maps like never before. […]
There’s a hole…
By now, you’ve probably heard about the gaping hole in the middle of everything, as covered by Scientific American (from Reuters): The team at the […]
Ice-9 saves lives!
Or, well, something like Ice-9. At least, so says New Scientist: Layers of ice of few nanometres thick can remain frozen at human body temperature […]
No more batteries.
Check out what Scientific American has to say about these gizmos called “ultracapacitors” that could soon fuel cars without gasoline… and without chemical batteries: Ultracapacitors […]
Cute: Apple ][ and the first computer viruses.
PhysOrg has a sweet little story about the jokey birth of what could be the earliest computer virus: He developed what is now known as […]
Science Art: Exterior View of a Double Cylinder Colony
From NASA’s collection of 1970s space colony art. There are much larger versions available in their archive. —- Bonus link: the Living Room of the […]
Stowaway Genes
Science Daily reports on some very strange behavior found in bacterial DNA – one parasite’s entire genome is replicated by the host’s body. And, the […]