ABC (the American network) asks why send a toolbox into orbit when you can send one tool that makes all the other ones?:
… Read the rest “NASA launching 3D printer into space.”In NASA labs, engineers are 3-D printing small satellites that could
A plate from the American Journal of Archaeology, Volume 19, “French Figure Sculpture on Some Early Spanish Churches.”
Photographed from below a deep basement. That’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Sangüesa, S. Maria La Real, Portal, Queens on West Side, by Georgiana Goddard King, 1915.”
Space.com has more on the Wet Red Planet:
… Read the rest “Curiosity found water on Mars. Like, a lot.”NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has found that surface soil on the Red Planet contains about 2 percent water by weight. That means astronaut pioneers
ABC (the Australian one) reveals a whale of a prehistoric puzzle piece – or at least a missing link that paleontologists have finally reeled in:
… Read the rest “Jaws. (As in what you eat with.) This fish had ’em first.”A team of scientists, including an
Washington Post rousingly reports on a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and, um, aromatic approach to deep-seated anxiety – with a psychological trick to beat fear with smells while … Read the rest “Catch a snooze, take a whiff and conquer fear.”
SONG: “Better Man” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Just thinking about science triggers moral behavior,”… Read the rest “SONG: “Better Man””
The Beetle (ASIC) is a chip designed for the Large Hadron Collider, the giant particle accelerator designed to recreate the Big Bang.
It’s part of the quark-detection equipment … Read the rest “Science Art: Beetle (ASIC) by Sven Loechner”
Outside has an enticing offer for the world’s fittest couch potatoes and La-Z-Boy astronauts. A new NASA project wants YOU to lie in bed for 70 days:
… Read the rest “Stay in bed for 70 days, get paid $18,000, help the cause of space exploration. Hat trick!”According to NASA news chief Kelly
Laboratory Equipment investigates the connection between musical training and quick brain responses:
… Read the rest “Music sharpens your brain responses.”Scientists have long known that moving to a steady beat requires synchronization
PBS is holding a conversation with Reddit about anthropomorphism and what happens when soldiers start treating their machines like comrades – tools with personalities:
… Read the rest “When robots get 21-gun salutes.”“They
Laboratory Equipment reports on byproduct of the sugar industry that happens to make a more effective, environmentally friendly cement:
… Read the rest “Green cement is strong cement. Sweet, strong cement.”New research from the Niels Bohr Institute shows
You want to learn about the hidden history of the ocean? Look within, Nature says… within the earwax of a mighty blue whale:
… Read the rest “The scientific secrets of whale earwax.”The team, led by Sascha Usenko, a environmental scientist
We’re getting closer to having hologram projectors in our pockets, as befits people living in the future. PhysOrg reports on the latest step – a system that converts mobile-device… Read the rest “3D smartphone display, no glasses required.”
This is the second stage of the Saturn V rocket – where liquid hydrogen and smoked salmon liquid oxygen were combined to make fuel and deliver 1,000,000 pounds-force of thrust to the… Read the rest “Science Art: Saturn V S-II (Stage Two), NASA illustration.”
This was all over Reddit and ScienceDaily today, because it’s cool. Biologists have found the first example of machine-like gears in a living organism, a critter called an adolescent… Read the rest “Living gears found in little bug’s legs.”
Copyright © 2025 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes
