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Month: June 2010

Science Art: “When I heard the learn’d astronomer” by Walt Whitman.

13 June 2010 grant b 0

WHEN I heard the learn’d astronomer;
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me;
When I was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them;
When I,

… Read the rest “Science Art: “When I heard the learn’d astronomer” by Walt Whitman.”

Kids of same-sex parents: eerily well-adjusted.

11 June 2010 grant b 0

CNN throws some science at the ongoing ruckus over same-sex parenting:

A nearly 25-year study concluded that children raised in lesbian households were psychologically well-adjusted

… Read the rest “Kids of same-sex parents: eerily well-adjusted.”

Body power. That’s hot.

10 June 2010 grant b 0

Forbes traces the development of devices powered by body heat:

A resting male can put out between 100 and 120 watts of energy, in theory enough to power many of the electronics you use, such

… Read the rest “Body power. That’s hot.”

Crocodile surf

9 June 2010 grant b 1

Nature tracks crocodile migrations, showing how they get around by surfing:

Zoologists didn’t know how the reptiles travelled such long distances given the sustained level of

… Read the rest “Crocodile surf”

When the coconut crabs came for Earhart.

8 June 2010 grant b 0

I’ve been following this bit of research for years, and now Discovery News has an update. TIGHAR has shed a grim, haunting light on Amelia Earhart’s last days as a castaway:… Read the rest “When the coconut crabs came for Earhart.”

Once it hits the Gulf Stream….

7 June 2010 grant b 0

I didn’t really need a computer simulation to show me this because I know how the Gulf Stream works, but here. Wired provides a look at what happens when the Gulf oil spill reaches the… Read the rest “Once it hits the Gulf Stream….”

Science Art: Catharte de la Californie, Encyclopédie d’histoire naturelle – oiseaux vol. 1, 1860.

6 June 2010 grant b 0



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The California Condor, as pictured in the Paris-published The Natural History Encyclopedia – Birds, Vol. 1. By comparison, this was printed at around the same … Read the rest “Science Art: Catharte de la Californie, Encyclopédie d’histoire naturelle – oiseaux vol. 1, 1860.”

DARPA wants Prophecy.

4 June 2010 grant b 0

Wired’s Danger Room sees all, knows all, and reveals all – including the Pentagon’s plan to predict biological attacks by knowing all possible outcomes:

They’re hosting

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Bacteria from the dead….

3 June 2010 grant b 0

National Geographic goes beyond the veil for a close look at the life-bringing secrets of resurrection bacteria:

Using such clues, D. radiodurans can piece together all of its DNA in about

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Printing pills.

2 June 2010 grant b 0

PhysOrg reports on a new technique for making medication by printing drugs onto tablets:

A medicine droplet is 20 times larger than an ink droplet in a standard ink-jet system, so the challenges

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