Parrot names.
Wired brings us another step closer to talking with the animals, thanks to research showing that mama parrots give their babies names:
… Read the rest “Parrot names.”Before a green-rumped parrotlet is even able to chirp
Month: August 2011
Long-distance loves have tall kids.
Live Science discusses a strange bit of statistics – showing that the farther apart you and your mate are from, the taller your offspring will be:
… Read the rest “Long-distance loves have tall kids.”The researchers think the reason
SONG: The Shape of Your Words
SONG: “The Shape of Your Words.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Kiki or bouba? In search of language’s… Read the rest “SONG: The Shape of Your Words”
Science Art: Walross (Brochus)… (detail), by St. Schillinger, 1833-1841
A walrus! A walrus! Seen inside and out in Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände, written by Lorenz Oken.
I can’t find anything out about the artist, lithographer St. Schillinger,… Read the rest “Science Art: Walross (Brochus)… (detail), by St. Schillinger, 1833-1841”
Flowing water on Mars.
Not ice. Science Magazine shares some images of what they’re calling “the salty tears of Mars”:
… Read the rest “Flowing water on Mars.”Using the most powerful camera ever to orbit Mars, McEwen and his colleagues
The birds and, uhhh….
Scientific American reveals the emotional life of bees. Yes, insects do have emotional lives:
… Read the rest “The birds and, uhhh….”Recently, studies by Geraldine Wright and her colleagues at Newcastle University in the
The Twitter trenches
Time reveals more of the Pentagon’s social media warfare research:
… Read the rest “The Twitter trenches”The new Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) program was submitted under the Defense Advanced Research
Cleaning the world’s plate.
A new U.N. report (over at Scientific American) shows we’re actually wasting 300 million Hummer H2s’ weight of food every year:
… Read the rest “Cleaning the world’s plate.”What is more interesting is how the food is wasted
Goblin holes!
Der Spiegel probes the long-buried secrets of the Erdstalls – Bavaria’s ancient underground mazes:
… Read the rest “Goblin holes!”At least 700 of these chambers have been found in Bavaria alone, along