They’re squid. No, really. Science 2.0 has blown the whistle on the final Space Shuttle mission – the one that finally brings squid back to the stars where they belong:
… Read the rest “I, for one, welcome our new astronauts.”So, okay,
It shouldn’t be surprising that The Optical Society likes getting a little flashy… but their beetle test subjects take things a little too far:
… Read the rest “Precious beetles.”Costa Rica was once regarded
Discovery News unveils the religious life of Neanderthals:
… Read the rest “Neanderthal Heaven.”The Neanderthals were found covered together with rocks burying their remains. The researchers believe it’s likely
From the description at the New York Public Library Digital Gallery page:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Total Eclipse of the Sun, by E.L. Trouvelot, 1881-1882”Total eclipse of the sun. Observed July 29, 1878, at Creston, Wyoming Territory. (1881-1882)
SONG: “Grains of Aragonite.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on Primitive sea creature sports eyes made of… Read the rest “SONG: Grains of Aragonite”
I doubt I could skip out of my non-scientific day job for a month, but man, I sure want to now:
… Read the rest “NIMBioS: Science Songwriter Residency”NIMBioS is sponsoring the program to encourage the creation and production of songs involving
University of Michigan engineers are taking a bright new approach to solar power:
… Read the rest “Light batteries”The researchers found a way to make an “optical battery,” said Stephen Rand, a professor
At least not when it comes to dates. Evolutionary Psychology finds that pretty people expect free rides:
… Read the rest ““Cute” don’t pay.”[St. Andrews psychologists] set up hypothetical blind dates and asked participants
NPR’s reporting sounds almost too good to be true as it extols the virtues of an all-natural, edible grapefruit extract that repels mosquitoes, ticks and bedbugs:
… Read the rest “Grapefruit vs. bugs.”Marc Dolan of the
LiveScience takes a hard look at the stony gaze of the chiton:
… Read the rest “Eyes of stone.”While scientists had discovered the hundreds of eye-like structures on the surface of this armored mollusk, called a chiton,
A pair of chitons, playing catch. Or sleeping. Or enjoying a good meal. Or singing a chiton opera.
With chitons, it’s very hard to tell the difference.
The image is… Read the rest “Science Art: Chiton from Brehm’s Tierleben, 1860s”
Yeah, National Geographic is really helping paleontologists rehabilitate the popular image of dinosaurs as mindless killers with the latest… well… actually, I guess the… Read the rest “Buck-toothed demon.”
This video was shot out of the window of a night flight from San Francisco to Paris, one frame every two miles:
Researchers have finally found an empirical answer, PhysOrg reports, to a centuries-old conceptual puzzler known as Molyneux’s question. If a person who’s been blind since… Read the rest “Do you see it once you feel it?”
DVice.com fulfills that long-held suspicion (in some circles) about videogames and military recruiting with a report on new games actually produced by the Pentagon:
… Read the rest “War games.”ACTUV Tactics is
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