Behind the wall of sleep.
New Scientist tries to rouse the secrets of anesthesia – and what being put under can teach us about consciousness itself: A team led by […]
Month: November 2011
Pet wolves of prehistoric China.
Past Horizons may have revealed the secret origins of man’s best friend – among the domesticated wolves of Southeast Asia: Data on genetics, morphology and […]
Teeth started outside.
Then, Australia’s ABC Science tells us, they gradually moved inside our mouths: The study, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, supports what is known […]
Science Art: Manatees Swimming by Henry W. Elliott
Click to embiggen From the NOAA Photo Library, Historic Fisheries Collection, in the somewhat questionably titled ” Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals” section. Are […]
Thanksgiving Theremin: Jimmy Page makes some noise.
When he’s not playing electric guitar with a bow, the Led Zeppelin virtuoso makes stranger noises:
Thanksgiving Theremin: Leon Theremin plays his instrument.
The one that bears his name: That’s where electronic music began.
SONG: Shining Stone (Calcite Double Refraction)
SONG: “Shining Stone (Calcite Double Refraction).” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Magical Viking stone may be real”, The […]
The doorway of forgetting.
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have found a strange link between forgetting things and walking through doorways: New research from University of Notre […]
Great Lake Europa (where the aliens may swim)
PhysOrg sets our sights on a big, wet, lively looking lake on Jupiter’s moon Europa: The water could represent a potential habitat for life, and […]
Science Art: Ophidia I. Tropidonotus natrix Tab 18, by Paul Pfurtscheller
Click to embiggen From a series of zoological wall hangings (you remember these from classrooms, don’t you?) found on Scientific Illustrations. Viennese teacher Dr. Paul […]
Plasma balls kill cholera, E. coli and Mad Cow.
Yeah, those funky electronic gizmos that sit on your desk and look oh sparkly! and not much else? Science Daily reports that they can turn […]
Ever wanted to be an astronaut?
NASA’s hiring: Job Title:Astronaut Candidate Department:National Aeronautics & Space Administration Agency:Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Job Announcement Number:JS12A0001 SALARY RANGE: $64,724.00 to $141,715.00 / Per […]
The autism puzzle.
Scientific American looks over the mystery surrounding autism – and why, less than 75 years after it was first identified, the syndrome seems to be […]
Yes, precious snowflake, you do deserve to be bored.
Discover magazine’s Discoblog brings to light a study linking the feeling of being bored with the feeling of entitlement: “All people have to complete dull […]
Scientists and Manchester band create world’s most relaxing song.
That’s how The Telegraph puts it. “Boffins” (a lovely word) helped the band Marconi Union design a song so relaxing, you shouldn’t put it on […]