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Month: January 2012

A house mouse serenade.

31 January 2012 grant 0

Vienna’s University of Veterinary Medicine has been listening to the mice as the tiny Casanovas sing to impress the babes:

It has been known for some time that house mice (Mus musculus

… Read the rest “A house mouse serenade.”

“Special K” for depression.

30 January 2012 grant 0

Into the K-hole and out of altogether darker hole… NPR looks at the new use for an old club drug (and veterinary anesthetic):

[O]ne of the challenges in treating these severely depressed

… Read the rest ““Special K” for depression.”

Science Art: Leavitt Pumping Engine, from Appletons’ cyclopaedia of applied mechanic, 1880.

29 January 2012 grant 0


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E.D. Leavitt, Massachusetts mechanical engineer, designed many huge machines in the 1870s.They moved things, macerated and mangled them, mined and melted them.… Read the rest “Science Art: Leavitt Pumping Engine, from Appletons’ cyclopaedia of applied mechanic, 1880.”

The Walking Dead anatomy lesson.

27 January 2012 grant 0

Popular Mechanics recently investigated the forensics of the zombie head shot:

Dr. Steven Schlozman, has written extensively about the brain function of undead zombies (as opposed to

… Read the rest “The Walking Dead anatomy lesson.”

Building cells from the outside in.

26 January 2012 grant 0

Scientists have come one step closer to creating artificial life by building a cell membrane from scratch:

“We don’t understand this really fundamental step in our existence, which is

… Read the rest “Building cells from the outside in.”

The new U: Take the red pill

25 January 2012 grant 0

The Chronicle of Higher Education is watching closely as a tenured Stanford professor leaves his secure job to teach at an online startup:

Sebastian Thrun, a professor of computer science

… Read the rest “The new U: Take the red pill”

Drones of Titan

24 January 2012 grant 0

I never thought that within my lifetime, we’d be planning – as PopSci reports – to send flying robots to find aliens on Saturn’s moons:

Physicist Jason Barnes

… Read the rest “Drones of Titan”

SONG: Bioluminescence at the Dragon Vent

22 January 2012 grant 0

SONG: “Bioluminescence at the Dragon Vent.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: Squid Pro Crow.

SOURCE: Based on “Exotic creatures… Read the rest “SONG: Bioluminescence at the Dragon Vent”

Science Art: From United States Steel International, a porfolio of probabilities, by Syd Mead

22 January 2012 grant 0


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This early ’60s vision of the future (in all likelihood, right now) was painted by visual futurist Syd Mead, who worked in industrial design as well as making films… Read the rest “Science Art: From United States Steel International, a porfolio of probabilities, by Syd Mead”

Sharks eat whatever they want. Even songbirds.

20 January 2012 grant 0

National Geographic ruins the illusion that maybe larks and mockingbirds might be safe from shark attacks. Nope. Songbirds are being found in tiger sharks’ stomachs:

Marcus Drymon,

… Read the rest “Sharks eat whatever they want. Even songbirds.”

The Great Apes of Europe.

19 January 2012 grant 0

Science Daily tries to figure out what the Greek gorilla or Austrian orangutan were really like:

To date scientists have assumed that great apes went extinct in Europe at least 9 million

… Read the rest “The Great Apes of Europe.”

SOPA and PIPA and TEMPORARY BLACKOUT

18 January 2012 grant 0

SOPA and PIPA probably seem like good ideas at first glance, but they aren’t.

They really aren’t.

Rock star buried in the Valley of the Kings

17 January 2012 grant 0

The Independent goes way back, digging up the history of the diva of the pharaohs:

It is the only tomb of a woman not related to the ancient Egyptian royal families ever found there, said Mansour

… Read the rest “Rock star buried in the Valley of the Kings”

Visionary Mayan tobacco.

16 January 2012 grant 0

Discovery savors the very faint aroma of a 1,300-year-old Mayan tobacco flask – the first physical evidence that Mayans used super-strong tobacco:

None of the nicotine by-products

… Read the rest “Visionary Mayan tobacco.”

Science Art: Pfd-symbols, from the free open source program, Dia.

15 January 2012 grant 0

Image from Wikimedia Commons.

These symbols show steps in various chemical processes – the things you can do to change substances. Well, the things chemical engineers can do, one… Read the rest “Science Art: Pfd-symbols, from the free open source program, Dia.”

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