Fast food on the brain.
“That junk food is gonna get right up in yer head and rot there, by gum!” spat the old timer from Culinate.com. “Jest you mark my words, kiddie. It’ll start takin’… Read the rest “Fast food on the brain.”
Month: December 2010
Who’s hottest – how?
The Economist gets downright dreamy with its rundown of who’s the biggest hunk – and why:
… Read the rest “Who’s hottest – how?”[M]en often find women’s taste fickle and unfathomable. But ladies may not be entirely
Give me LIFE, my scientists! LIFE!
So says Kazakhstan’s aging leader, in one of the strangest science stories to ever grace the Guardian’s pages. The fun part is that, crazy as it sounds, his life-extension … Read the rest “Give me LIFE, my scientists! LIFE!”
Arsenic, aliens and science writers
The Guardian takes a good look at what we can really learn from NASA’s arsenic-eating aliens this week:
… Read the rest “Arsenic, aliens and science writers”But to focus on the researchers would be to miss the point really. There may be
Heard the new drug?
First, The Chronicle of Higher Education turned up the special music and tuned into the science of brain-boosting binaural beats:
… Read the rest “Heard the new drug?”“There are hundreds of examples of students using binaural
In. Out. Ahhh…..
A better life can come down to the simplest thing in the world. Yesterday, NPR.org investigated the science behind one of the most potent therapies for stress relief – simply taking… Read the rest “In. Out. Ahhh…..”
New venomous critter in Yosemite
Just when you thought there were enough reasons to be nervous about camping, Mother Nature Network brings you, oh, a half-scorpion, half-spider that lives in the dark. Researchers have… Read the rest “New venomous critter in Yosemite”
Science Art: Resplendent Trogon, J.G. Wood’s Illustrated Natural History 1898
This is the resplendent trogon, a Mexican bird known formally, nowadays, as Pharomachrus mocinno, and once upon a time as Trogon resplendens. In other words, it’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Resplendent Trogon, J.G. Wood’s Illustrated Natural History 1898”
Lakes of Fire
The world’s lakes are coming to a boil, reports National Geographic. Only a minute difference in global climate is already causing some major changes in big bodies of water:
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David was packing heat.
Discovery takes a peek inside a famous statue’s hand to find Michelangelo’s lost weapon of war:
… Read the rest “David was packing heat.”“Bulging with veins, the right hand is holding what remains of a terrible weapon
Nemesis returns?
If you’re not up on astronomical conspiracy theory, “Nemesis” is the name for a hypothetical small star/very large planet that, one, we can’t see and, two, periodically… Read the rest “Nemesis returns?”