A lesson in FEAR.
PhysOrg reveals the anatomy of terror… in zebrafish:
… Read the rest “A lesson in FEAR.”A new study on the behavior of the zebrafish by Japanese researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute has uncovered a key
Month: October 2010
SONG: Run Straight Down (penitential Warren Zevon cover)
SONG: “Run Straight Down” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant. Originally by Warren Zevon.
SOURCE: This is a penitential cover.… Read the rest “SONG: Run Straight Down (penitential Warren Zevon cover)”
Seal scientists.
Science News reports on an Antarctic project that’s been hiring a crew of oceanographers who *really* feel at home in the water:
… Read the rest “Seal scientists.”Seals, walruses, whales and other large marine creatures
Science Art: Ocean plate, large, Andy Lowry
Etsy crafter Andy Lowry, who sells under the “why girls go astray” shingle, created this delightful decoupage plate (that you eat from) using delightful Haeckel plates (that… Read the rest “Science Art: Ocean plate, large, Andy Lowry”
One step to better science writing.
BBC’s introducing a new standard: linking to journal articles they write about.
Jellyfish engines.
U.S. News & World Report gets deep, looking at ways to make submarines swim like jellyfish:
… Read the rest “Jellyfish engines.”Jellyfish create doughnut-shaped currents of rotating water when they swim…. these
Garage science.
Not like engineering better automatic doors. Like garage bands. Nature welcomes a generation of DIY researchers:
… Read the rest “Garage science.”Stories in the press are often peppered with sweeping claims of the monumental
Drinking for two now.
I’ve often suspected what Discovery News has confirmed: that it’s probably not so bad for an unborn baby to have a mother who enjoys a glass or two now and then:
… Read the rest “Drinking for two now.”Final results
Atomic cars.
Finally. The good folks at Discovery News give us some hope we’ll be able to drive around with uranium fuel:
… Read the rest “Atomic cars.”Scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory have created a long-sought
Nobel-winning goof-offs.
In case you missed it this morning, NPR had a story about graphene, the single-atom-thin form of carbon that won its inventors a Nobel prize… even though it all started as a lab joke … Read the rest “Nobel-winning goof-offs.”
Red Super-penguin
io9.com explores the prehistoric majesty of the man-sized super-penguin:
… Read the rest “Red Super-penguin”The fossil was discovered in Peru and has been classified as Inkayacu paracasensis, but its less formal name
Science Art: Geosaurus, by Samuel Wendell Williston.
This is Geosaurus, recently outed in the pages of Discovery News as “the T. Rex of the deep”:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Geosaurus, by Samuel Wendell Williston.”What’s more, metriorhynchids, the extinct relatives
Street View: Antarctica
Dude! I *know* that… uh… ice cliff…. Guardian takes a look at Google Street View’s mission to the southernmost continent:
… Read the rest “Street View: Antarctica”Brian McClendon, vice-president