Gay men remember faces.
e! Science finds something besides choosing mates that gay men’s brains do differently – recognize faces:
… Read the rest “Gay men remember faces.”“Our results suggest that both gay men and heterosexual
Month: June 2010
Chimp War.
Science Daily spoils the myth of the peaceful forest apes that live idyllic lives with no concept of ownership. Apparently, the brutes fight long wars over land rights:
… Read the rest “Chimp War.”During a decade of
Oysters in the spill.
The Tallahassee Democrat demonstrates how the Deepwater Horizon disaster is affecting what we can still learn about sea life:
… Read the rest “Oysters in the spill.”ST. TERESA — Thunder clattered and purple clouds gathered
Science Art: “Lemurs,” from The Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, 1844.
Lemurs. The monkey-like creatures found sporting with the chameleons on Madagascar, what?
Look at all of them. There are some marmosets and manikins in there as well. Like children. Little… Read the rest “Science Art: “Lemurs,” from The Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, 1844.”
MS drugs from Chinese herbs.
The Wall Street Journal dishes the dirt on the humble origins of a new pill for treating multiple sclerosis:
… Read the rest “MS drugs from Chinese herbs.”Fingolimod comes from an idea hatched a quarter-century ago by Tetsuro Fujita,
Oil research stalled.
Nature gets a little rough with the sloppy White House response to the ongoing Gulf of Mexico mess:
… Read the rest “Oil research stalled.”On 15 June, BP announced that it would distribute US$25 million in fast-track funding across
SONG: Crocodile Surf
SONG: “Crocodile Surf”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: “Crocodiles go with the flow”, Nature, 7 … Read the rest “SONG: Crocodile Surf”
Dirtier. Happier. Smarter.
Science Daily makes me eager to get out in the woods and get dirty. Mostly, just to dig around in the fallen leaves, but also because I might infect myself with bacteria that fights depression… Read the rest “Dirtier. Happier. Smarter.”
Put your face in space.
Seriously. NASA wants to take you into orbit. Or at least a likeness of you. It’s their way of celebrating the final two shuttle missions.
It’s also free. And you get a certificate.… Read the rest “Put your face in space.”
Science Art: Ursa Major, Sidney Hall
This is the Great Bear, which has led our eyes to the North Star for centuries.
Sidney Hall was an engraver best remembered for maps and atlases of our world here. … Read the rest “Science Art: Ursa Major, Sidney Hall”
Our salts aren’t the same.
Science Daily has new research that shows people sense salt differently. Genes play a role in what healthy food tastes like to supertasters:
… Read the rest “Our salts aren’t the same.”The research involved 87 carefully screened
Better prostate exam? Good dog!
LiveScience examines the way dogs save human lives – by sniffing out prostate cancer:
… Read the rest “Better prostate exam? Good dog!”Doctors at Paris’s Hospital Tenon trained the [Belgian Malinois] dogs to distinguish
Take it ALL off.
The bloggers at ufunk.net have appealed to my prurient side with the Eizo Pin-up Calendar:
Miss June, 2010.
Yes, it’s a calendar that really shows it all. Eizo is a German medical imaging… Read the rest “Take it ALL off.”
Welcome home, Hayabusa.
BBC News reports on the long-awaited return of the first probe to make it out to an asteroid and back:
… Read the rest “Welcome home, Hayabusa.”The Hayabusa pod was picked up by a helicopter team and transferred to a control centre
Hang onto that four-leaf clover.
PhysOrg produces scientific proof that superstitions kinda do bring luck:
… Read the rest “Hang onto that four-leaf clover.”Damisch teamed with colleagues Barbara Stoberock and Thomas Mussweiler, also from the University of Cologne,