Photon machines
Science Daily points the way for the next information revolution. Not using electrons, but light itself:
… Read the rest “Photon machines”The merging of two technologies under development — plasmonics and nanophotonics
Month: October 2011
Science Art: Examining Plankton Haul, Plankton Hydrographic Cruise, Research Vessel Atlantis by O.E. Sette, 1935
Marine biology from the Diesel Age. Crowded organisms, barely visible through the equipment. (And I’m talking about the researchers.)
Photo from NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries… Read the rest “Science Art: Examining Plankton Haul, Plankton Hydrographic Cruise, Research Vessel Atlantis by O.E. Sette, 1935”
Living shoggoths.
MSNBC (among other sources) reports on the amorphous, multiform, shuddering things that live and ooze in a crawling chaos across the deepest ocean floor:
… Read the rest “Living shoggoths.”Gigantic amoebas have been found
Dinosaur migration
Must’ve been something to see. The Telegraph gives a new picture of what it was like when hundreds of dinosaurs went a-walking:
… Read the rest “Dinosaur migration”The journey would have taken place on a seasonal basis
Air miner.
Lando. Lando Calrissian. Cloud miner. Sounds like a great space opera profession, doesn’t it? But National Geographic is talking about exploiting the atmosphere for fuel:
… Read the rest “Air miner.”…[S]cience
Garage biology. (Like garage rock.)
The Daily is reporting on a revolution. DIY researchers are leaving the academy to take a punk rock approach to science:
… Read the rest “Garage biology. (Like garage rock.)”Three years ago, [Mackensie] Cowell and his counterpart Jason Bobe,
SONG: Move It Close to You.
SONG: “Move It Close to You.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Mind-guided robotic arm lets paralyzed… Read the rest “SONG: Move It Close to You.”
Science Art: Wattles of Cock Tragopans, by William Beebe, from A Monograph on Pheasants, 1918-1922.
The artist and writer William Beebe is better known for his deep sea explorations than his wattle portraiture. He studied at Columbia, but spent too much time exploring and collecting specimens… Read the rest “Science Art: Wattles of Cock Tragopans, by William Beebe, from A Monograph on Pheasants, 1918-1922.”
The 147 corporations that run everything.
New Scientist looks at where and how business happens – and reveals that out of 37 million global companies, it’s only a very few who call the shots:
… Read the rest “The 147 corporations that run everything.”the study, by a trio of complex
A Viking burial.
From around 900 CE, in a boat on Scotland’s west coast, comes a dead Viking warrior. BBC reports on the most complete Norse grave site found in the UK:
… Read the rest “A Viking burial.”Archaeologist Dr Hannah Cobb said
Spies turn to Twitomancy
That’s the use of Twitter for divination purposes. And, Nature says, is now an official field of government intelligence research:
… Read the rest “Spies turn to Twitomancy”The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects
Polio spreads.
BBC says the disease, once thought practically eradicated, is now moving out into China from Pakistan:
… Read the rest “Polio spreads.”Polio has been found in China for the first time since 1999 after spreading from Pakistan,
Herring AND good genes can keep you young.
So reports LiveScience’s “Bad Medicine” columnist Christopher Wanjek, writing about the woman who was the world’s oldest:
… Read the rest “Herring AND good genes can keep you young.”The 115-year-old Hendrikje van
Science Art: “Good News for Bad Writers” (The Typewriter, Punch, September1867)
In 1867, the typewriter was a ridiculous leap in technology.
The editor of Punch anticipated the next step:
… Read the rest “Science Art: “Good News for Bad Writers” (The Typewriter, Punch, September1867)”“Writing Superseded. — Mr. Pratt, of Alabama, is the
T-rex hungrier, bigger than thought.
So time travelers, don’t say we didn’t warn you. Reuters reports that the king of carnivores was even fiercer than we imagined:
… Read the rest “T-rex hungrier, bigger than thought.”Using three-dimensional laser scans and computer