It falls everywhere.
Well, as the world markets plunge, something else has started falling. It’s snowing on Mars:
… Read the rest “It falls everywhere.”iTwire reports:
Canada’s York University professor Jim Whiteway, who is the
Month: September 2008
Giving the cold shoulder? Just wash your hands of it.
SciAm warms my heart with a great interview about metaphor. Cognitive psychiatrist Chen-Bo Zhong of the University of Toronto is an expert in why certain feelings are actually processed… Read the rest “Giving the cold shoulder? Just wash your hands of it.”
Science Art: Allosaurus Size Comparison
T. rex gets all the credit, but Allosaurus – all the various species and sizes – was really the large fierce predator to look out for in the Mesozoic era. Some… Read the rest “Science Art: Allosaurus Size Comparison”
New Dawn Fades. (Science Art: Sunrise above the Martian Arctic.)
Look at this:
while listening to this.
In the lifeless, frigid Martian arctic, the sun only sets at the end of summer, then rises, weakly, after 75 minutes.
Like so.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University… Read the rest “New Dawn Fades. (Science Art: Sunrise above the Martian Arctic.)”
Clever Crows Make Chimps Chumps.
Scientists in New Zealand have distressing news for those of us who enjoy a drumstick now and again. As reported in New Scientist, they’ve found more evidence that birds are smarter… Read the rest “Clever Crows Make Chimps Chumps.”
Sorry, Charlie.
I suppose this has been all over the British press by now, but the Church of England recently apologized to Charles Darwin:
… Read the rest “Sorry, Charlie.”Scientific American:
“The Church of England owes you an
SONG: (We Can Blame Peter Higgs) At the Collider
SONG: “(We Can Blame Peter Higgs) At the Collider” (To download:double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: CERN progress updates throughout… Read the rest “SONG: (We Can Blame Peter Higgs) At the Collider”
The Mummies of Lima.
This summer, archaeologists discovered three bodies that had been ritually preserved 1,300 years ago in what is now the capital city of Peru. PhysOrg describes the central figure, who … Read the rest “The Mummies of Lima.”
Hello, neighbor. (Science Art: First Picture of Likely Planet around Sun-like Star)
For the first time, astronomers have snapped a photo of a planet orbiting a star like our own Sun. That’s it. Not a recreation or illustration. That’s what an alien planet looks… Read the rest “Hello, neighbor. (Science Art: First Picture of Likely Planet around Sun-like Star)”
You can have any music you like, as long as it’s one of these six forms.
Because, New Scientist tells us, there are only six forms of music to have:
… Read the rest “You can have any music you like, as long as it’s one of these six forms.”In his new book, The World in Six Songs, cognitive psychologist and former record producer Daniel Levitin argues
Glowing under the wires.
Here, this is science art you can try at home: Ordinary fluorescent lights + power lines = GLOW.
Really. You can do it yourself.
That work was inspired by Richard Box, who set up large installations… Read the rest “Glowing under the wires.”
Give junk DNA a hand.
Because, New Scientist reports, it may have given us ours:
… Read the rest “Give junk DNA a hand.”When genetically engineered into mice, the human DNA seems to activate genes in the budding wrist and thumb. Chimp and monkey versions,
Drive my car.
So. Wired tells us it’s true – the roar of the sportscar kinda turns us on:
… Read the rest “Drive my car.”To test the theory that high-performance cars get people hot, Moxon had 40 men and women listen to recordings
Space bears, more like.
New Scientist has joined the chorus of publications huddling around the cutest space invaders ever. Swedish researchers have just proved that tiny creatures called tardigrades, or “water… Read the rest “Space bears, more like.”
Science Art: “Phases of the Moon” The New Students Reference Work
From The New Students Reference Work (1914), edited by Chandler B. Beach, associate editor Frank Morton McMurry.
Scanned by Wikimedia Commons user LA2.