PhysOrg reveals a one-sided increase in sexual imagery. Men are as manly now as in years past, but women are getting more “pornified” than ever:
… Read the rest “Women are getting sexier… on the page.”Erin Hatton, PhD, and Mary Nell
PhysOrg rolls out the red carpet for researchers with an invitation from screenwriters to scientists:
… Read the rest “Science in Hollywood”Producers and writers for some of television’s most popular medical, crime, science
We’ve got until August 2013. All of us. Technology Review is teaching us how we can count down to the food riots:
… Read the rest “Food riots in five…four…three…”… Marco Lagi and buddies at the New England Complex Systems Institute
As far as I can tell, the name of the volume from which this illustration came means “The Joy of Insects.”
I’m not making that up.
A.J. Rösel von Rosenhof… Read the rest “Science Art: Locusta Indica (from Insecten-Belustigang by A.J. Rösel von Rosenhof)”
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If you’ve noticed me referring obliquely to a “special project” lately, or to “having… Read the rest ““Watasenia Scintillans Addresses the New Graduates” by Squid Pro Crow.”
SONG: “One In Ten.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping… Read the rest “SONG: One In Ten”
BBC covers the latest cure to come from recreational drugs:
… Read the rest “X leads to cancer cure.”Ecstasy is known to kill some cancer cells, but scientists have increased its effectiveness 100-fold, they said in Investigational
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A bouquet of flowers, and one of the deadliest poisons known to humankind.
From the image’s Wikimedia Commons page:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Misc Pollen, by Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility.”Pollen from a variety of common plants: sunflower
Science reveals the cause of the shoreline-threatening epidemic of coral decline. It’s simple – the reefs are sick to death of our crap:
… Read the rest “Coral killer: It’s sewage.”Nine years ago, a research team led
It’s a terrible disease, but it doesn’t have to be as terrible as it is. Science Daily recently ran some research on simple ways to keep Alzheimer’s at bay:
… Read the rest “Preventing Alzheimer’s”Analyzing
They’re temporary, sure, but these tattoos in Ars Technica are still powerful. Literally. They’re monitors made from tattooed circuits on your skin:
… Read the rest “Tattoo circuits”All of the necessary
SONG: “Evert 1 Pipkin”.
ARTIST: grant. Originally by Man or Astro-Man?
SOURCE: This is a penitential cover. It’s not from any specific scientific study… although… Read the rest “SONG: Evert 1 Pipkin (penitential Man or Astro-Man? cover)”
A portrait of a tattoo of an anatomical engraving, each of which is beautiful enough on its own….
From D.E. Eastman, via Scientific Illustration.
The latest Bottom Line Health newsletter had the skinny on this amazing study on how our bodies react to “low-calorie” packaging. That label leaves you less satisfied –… Read the rest “Mind over Milkshakes”
If you know anyone who’s battling cancer, Johns Hopkins would like to see if psilocybin will help:
… Read the rest “Research opportunity: Magic mushrooms, cancer patients.”We are seeking volunteers with a diagnosis of cancer to participate in a scientific
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