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Month: July 2008

Levitate me.

31 July 2008 grant b 0

Step back, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Telegraph reports on a new a levitation machine:

Professor Ulf Leonhardt and Dr Thomas Philbin, from the University of St Andrews in Scotland, have

… Read the rest “Levitate me.”

Watch Facebook crumble….

30 July 2008 grant b 2

From the TECH MEANS WASTING TIME Desk: As you all probably know by now, Scrabulous is down. You probably also know it’s due to a lawsuit launched by Hasbro, the makers of Scrabble, and… Read the rest “Watch Facebook crumble….”

Turning off old age.

29 July 2008 grant b 0

Stanford researchers have discovered something strange about microscopic worms, ScientificBlogging reports. These nematodes have specific genes that regulate the aging process… Read the rest “Turning off old age.”

Zapping the blues.

28 July 2008 grant b 0

PhysOrg reports on a new treatment that aims at eliminating depression by directly stimulating the brain:

DBS [Deep Brain Stimulation] uses high-frequency electrical stimulation targeted

… Read the rest “Zapping the blues.”

Science Art: “Ericsson Taxen ritn,” Nordisk familjebok

27 July 2008 grant b 0


An early telephone schematic found in a very special category on Wikimedia Commons.

“Something big smacked into Mars…”

25 July 2008 grant b 0

“…and stripped half the crust off the planet.” That’s a new theory about the Red Planet reported in Science News and elsewhere.

The problem: The north half of … Read the rest ““Something big smacked into Mars…””

Snikt.

24 July 2008 grant b 2

Symmetry unveils the biological oddity of animals with organic metal parts:

The metals accumulate after molting, as the animals grow into adulthood. Researchers monitored the percentage

… Read the rest “Snikt.”

SONG: We Climb.

23 July 2008 grant b 0

SONG: “We Climb.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “Fossil fills out water-land leap”, BBC News, 25… Read the rest “SONG: We Climb.”

The Totality of the Universe (nutshell version).

22 July 2008 grant b 0

I’m quite impressed by “Cosmology in 10 Minutes” by Danielle Fong, her attempt to explain why scientists believe what they do about how this all came to be:

Guth said,

… Read the rest “The Totality of the Universe (nutshell version).”

Oh, why not?

21 July 2008 grant b 0

Vote if you will by clicking the image below:

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Twitch of a (bionic) whisker.

21 July 2008 grant b 0

New Scientist senses the tiniest air currents by a synthetic whisker:

The design consists of an artificial hair deposited on a silicon substrate and connected to it by a flexible hinge.

… Read the rest “Twitch of a (bionic) whisker.”

Science Art: Bâtonnets

20 July 2008 grant b 0


Wikipedia Commons user "Minutemen" took this polarization-microscope image of liquid crystal.

Robot chef!

18 July 2008 grant b 0

New Scientist is living in The Jetsons:

“If you want to interpret and understand everyday activities using vision data, it’s very complicated, error-prone, and resource

… Read the rest “Robot chef!”

What is it?

17 July 2008 grant b 1

CNN, not normally an outlet for science news, covers the mysterious story of a brand new bug at London’s Natural History Museum:

The museum has more than 28 million insect species

… Read the rest “What is it?”

Just don’t put their faces on bubblegum cards.

16 July 2008 grant b 0

Science News reveals the latest success story in political prediction – from a guy using tools from baseball picking:

He creates his baseball predictions by matching current players

… Read the rest “Just don’t put their faces on bubblegum cards.”

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