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Month: March 2011

Obama’s dead dolphin problem.

31 March 2011 grant b 0

The U.S. government would rather you not, according to Digital Journal, worry your caring little head about the dead dolphins washing up in the Gulf of Mexico. So let’s just not talk… Read the rest “Obama’s dead dolphin problem.”

Miniature Holy War (over huge holy library)

30 March 2011 grant b 1

The Jewish nation of Israel and the Muslim nation of Jordan are duking it out, BBC News reports, over the world’s oldest Christian library:

A group of 70 or so “books”,

… Read the rest “Miniature Holy War (over huge holy library)”

When life was more easily lost

29 March 2011 grant b 0

Science Daily takes us back to an age undreamed of, when shining cities gleamed like jewels beneath the stars. Hither came archaeologists, seeking what killed this Iron Age warrior…… Read the rest “When life was more easily lost”

Tomorrow is over THERE.

28 March 2011 grant b 0

SciAm looks this way and that at the way our minds work, trying to find out which way the future lies:

The Pompuraawan, a remote tribe in Australia, do not have terms for spatial relationships

… Read the rest “Tomorrow is over THERE.”

Science Art: Viperine Boa, James Francis Stephens, 1802.

27 March 2011 grant b 0

Boa viperina, as seen in George Shaw’s General zoology, or systematic natural history. You can browse through the book at archive.org… if you’ve got a few hours to spend.… Read the rest “Science Art: Viperine Boa, James Francis Stephens, 1802.”

SONG: Blood Sweat Horses (Hàn Xiě Mǎ)

23 March 2011 grant b 0

SONG: “Blood Sweat Horses (Hàn Xiě Mǎ)”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Mausoleum… Read the rest “SONG: Blood Sweat Horses (Hàn Xiě Mǎ)”

Sacred greenhouses.

22 March 2011 grant b 0

DiscoveryNews digs up evidence of American slaves holding religious rituals and conducting scientific research in the masters’ greenhouses:

As they dug below a north-facing

… Read the rest “Sacred greenhouses.”

To Mercury.

21 March 2011 grant b 0

The BBC warms up to NASA’s latest mission, which is about to get a close look at the planet Mercury:

Messenger has had to use six planetary flybys – one of Earth, two of Venus and

… Read the rest “To Mercury.”

Science Art: Saturn I Booster Test

20 March 2011 grant b 0



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Little version of a big rocket.

Photo from NasaImages.org:

A Saturn I booster model is set up for testing in NASA Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center’s 8’x6′

… Read the rest “Science Art: Saturn I Booster Test”

Mama’s got a big brain.

18 March 2011 grant b 0

Scientific American refutes the mommy-brain myth with new research that shows new moms’ brains actually get bigger:

Structural changes in animal brains, says National Institutes

… Read the rest “Mama’s got a big brain.”

Blood Falls.

17 March 2011 grant b 0

National Geographic Expeditions takes an ominous look at aliens in Antarctica:

A blood-red waterfall pouring out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys is actually

… Read the rest “Blood Falls.”

Inside Fukushima

16 March 2011 grant b 0

Nature has a great look at what’s going on inside the Japanese nuclear reactor damaged by the tsunami:

So, without emergency cooling, the temperature at the core of both reactors

… Read the rest “Inside Fukushima”

Healthy germs.

15 March 2011 grant b 0

Nature takes a second look at the best kind of respiratory infections – the bacteria that fight off the flu:

A research team led by Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University

… Read the rest “Healthy germs.”

Bill Gates takes on the autism vaccine army.

14 March 2011 grant b 0

I’ve never inspired 50,000 people to protest anything. I’ve never really missed it… until Wired mentioned just how many people Bill Gates pissed off by getting something… Read the rest “Bill Gates takes on the autism vaccine army.”

Science Art: The Kincaid Site in Massac County, Illinois, by Herbert Roe, 2004

13 March 2011 grant b 1

At one point in history, one of the world’s largest cities was in America – and it wasn’t New York or Los Angeles. It was the heart of an area on the banks of the Ohio River … Read the rest “Science Art: The Kincaid Site in Massac County, Illinois, by Herbert Roe, 2004”

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