Levitate me.
Step back, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The Telegraph reports on a new a levitation machine:
… Read the rest “Levitate me.”Professor Ulf Leonhardt and Dr Thomas Philbin, from the University of St Andrews in Scotland, have
Month: July 2008
Watch Facebook crumble….
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.
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.
PhysOrg reports on a new treatment that aims at eliminating depression by directly stimulating the brain:
… Read the rest “Zapping the blues.”DBS [Deep Brain Stimulation] uses high-frequency electrical stimulation targeted
Science Art: “Ericsson Taxen ritn,” Nordisk familjebok
An early telephone schematic found in a very special category on Wikimedia Commons.
“Something big smacked into Mars…”
“…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.
Symmetry unveils the biological oddity of animals with organic metal parts:
… Read the rest “Snikt.”The metals accumulate after molting, as the animals grow into adulthood. Researchers monitored the percentage
SONG: We Climb.
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).
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:
… Read the rest “The Totality of the Universe (nutshell version).”Guth said,
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Twitch of a (bionic) whisker.
New Scientist senses the tiniest air currents by a synthetic whisker:
… Read the rest “Twitch of a (bionic) whisker.”The design consists of an artificial hair deposited on a silicon substrate and connected to it by a flexible hinge.
Science Art: Bâtonnets
Wikipedia Commons user "Minutemen" took this polarization-microscope image of liquid crystal.
Robot chef!
New Scientist is living in The Jetsons:
… Read the rest “Robot chef!”“If you want to interpret and understand everyday activities using vision data, it’s very complicated, error-prone, and resource
What is it?
CNN, not normally an outlet for science news, covers the mysterious story of a brand new bug at London’s Natural History Museum:
… Read the rest “What is it?”The museum has more than 28 million insect species
Just don’t put their faces on bubblegum cards.
Science News reveals the latest success story in political prediction – from a guy using tools from baseball picking:
… Read the rest “Just don’t put their faces on bubblegum cards.”He creates his baseball predictions by matching current players