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Month: April 2009

The sound of a hundred shrugging epidemiologists.

30 April 2009 grant b 0

New Scientist is being reassuring – sort of – when it declares that this swine flu pandemic business isn’t any kind of surprise:

But in 1998, says Richard Webby of St Jude’s

… Read the rest “The sound of a hundred shrugging epidemiologists.”

For those on the right, sorry, he really is joking.

29 April 2009 grant b 0

The Colbert Report recently made science news over the space station naming controversy. Well, unbowed and unbloodied, the “right-wing” “pundit” once again… Read the rest “For those on the right, sorry, he really is joking.”

Memory and meditation.

28 April 2009 grant b 0

You’d expect that meditation would improve your ability to remember things, I suppose. But this study mentioned in New Scientist shows that it really depends on how recently you … Read the rest “Memory and meditation.”

Science Art: Aard-wolf, Webster’s New International

26 April 2009 grant b 0

Proteles cristata, the earth-wolf of southern Africaraman amplifier. He’s got a guilty look about him, doesn’t he? He knows what the other hyenas have been hiding. They’re… Read the rest “Science Art: Aard-wolf, Webster’s New International”

SONG: 64 Actuators

23 April 2009 grant b 0

SONG: “64 Actuators” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “Jacket Lets You Feel the Movies”, IEEE Spectrum… Read the rest “SONG: 64 Actuators”

Home-grown and then some.

22 April 2009 grant b 0

The FASEB Journal makes me uneasy with a new biochemical study. I’m beginning to worry that any minute now, government agents will be arresting my head:

Scientists made their discovery

… Read the rest “Home-grown and then some.”

Ammā Dnghu: A taste for PIE.

21 April 2009 grant b 0

Forget Hebrew, Latin and Old Norse – the Page F30 blog reports on folks out there working to bring back a really old language:

That’s the concept behind the reconstruction of

… Read the rest “Ammā Dnghu: A taste for PIE.”

Men need not apply.

20 April 2009 grant b 0

The Telegraph, among other news sources, revels in my obsolescence. I am biologically and genetically surplus to needs. I am a man, and they’ve found the first species that’s… Read the rest “Men need not apply.”

Science art: Cannabis sativa, Nordisk familjebok

19 April 2009 grant b 0

Happy 4/20, all you stoners.

This is where rope comes from. And paper, and oil, and birdseed, and cheese, and fabric, and…. duuuuude.

Image found in a very special category on Wikimedia… Read the rest “Science art: Cannabis sativa, Nordisk familjebok”

Sushi ain’t green.

17 April 2009 grant b 0

Scientific American raises the alarming prospect that, much quicker than anyone expected, bluefin tuna is going the way of the dodo:

As European fishing fleets prepare to begin the two-month

… Read the rest “Sushi ain’t green.”

Chimp tricks.

16 April 2009 grant b 0

LiveScience sullies our image of chimpanzees as noble, natural creatures with evidence that these apes practice prostitution:

The primates’ food-for-sex barter occurs indirectly,

… Read the rest “Chimp tricks.”

Beauty before flight?

15 April 2009 grant b 0

You might think flying is an impressive enough goal for any creature, but the Telegraph reveals new clues that dinosaurs may have evolved wings to attract mates:

Dr Robert Nudds, a biologist

… Read the rest “Beauty before flight?”

Touch the vision.

14 April 2009 grant b 1

ScienceNOW is watching perceptual experts sketch out the first map of a strange sensory hinterland – the perceptual space that lies between what you see what you feel:

Experiments

… Read the rest “Touch the vision.”

Science Art: Ammonit-internal-xx_hg, by Hannes Grobe.

12 April 2009 grant b 0



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A partially polished ammonite fossil.

At one point in history, these guys ruled the world. A few million years ago, there were bajillions of varieties of nearly … Read the rest “Science Art: Ammonit-internal-xx_hg, by Hannes Grobe.”

I Love Charts

10 April 2009 grant b 0

Oh, my.

I may have to cover this. You get the picture.

via Kung Fu Grippe.… Read the rest “I Love Charts”

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