WaPo covers the war between a newly discovered frog and an itsy bitsy fish over which one is the smallest vertebrate:
… Read the rest “Fight to be tiniest.”An article Wednesday in the journal PLoS One named Paedophryne amauensis
MIT Tech Review is finally announcing part of that unimaginable future we’ve all been waiting for – fat-burning exercise in capsule form:
… Read the rest “Workout in a pill. No, really.”Researchers have discovered a natural
Not a fever dream. Not a Discovery photoshop. No, it’s a newly discovered snake named Matilda:
… Read the rest “A yellow viper with horns over its eyes.”Matilda, technically known as Atheris matildae, was named after the daughter of Tim
The fun thing, New Scientist seems to be saying, about dark matter right now is that it’s really dark. Like, really, really not a glimmer of light at all:
… Read the rest “Really dark matter.”Yet any hopes that the nature
A medieval hunt for the “brownfish, or baleen.” Centuries before we got our light and energy by burning petroleum, we got it from whales.
This illustration comes from a series… Read the rest “Science Art: Braunfische oder Balenen (Plate 98), Johann Saur (after Lakas Schan), Fischbuch, das ist, aussführliche Beschreibung und lebendige…, 1598”
The Swedes *really* like their torrents. They revere them. It’s not just entertainment any more – file-sharing is a religion. Literally.
… Read the rest “The first church of file-sharing: Kopimism.”The Church of Kopimism
That’s what designers will be doing to make stores and furniture and *everything else* comfortable for aging Baby Boomer consumers. Discover looks at the way MIT is putting young… Read the rest “Wearing the senior citizen suit.”
File this Washington Post story under “unintended consequences,” maybe. Researchers in Yellowstone Park are noting that as wolf populations are rebounding, the number… Read the rest “More wolves, more trees.”
Medical Xpress seems quite excited over the prospect of using “deep brain stimulation” to cure depression:
… Read the rest “Electricity vs. depression.”The study was led by Helen S. Mayberg, MD, professor in the Departments
Oh, tetrapod. How Science Daily says you’ve changed. The first walkers, they’re saying, may have had more to do with floods than droughts:
… Read the rest “A closer look at fish feet.”University of Oregon scientist
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