Laboratory Equipment has some bad news for butterflies:
… Read the rest “Monarch migration may be over. Forever.”After steep and steady declines in the previous three years, the black-and-orange butterflies now cover only 1.65 acres (0.67
Energy Post calls it “the BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH EVER!” That seems a bit much, but it is interesting that a Boeing-sponsored group in Abu Dhabi has figured out how to make super-clean,… Read the rest “Boeing announces (with much hype) new way to turn deserts into biofuel farms.”
Nature reveals that one of the planet’s top physicists has lost his faith in one of the heaviest things in astrophysics:
… Read the rest “There’s no such thing as a black hole. (Says Stephen Hawking.)”In a paper posted online, the physicist, based at the University
Seems kinda obvious to anyone who’s been picked on, but Outside is taking a long-term look at how bullying affects kids’ will to work out:
… Read the rest “Bullied kids don’t exercise.”The study, spearheaded by BYU psychology
And now, Discovery News says, we know what he looked like – the early human ancestor who lived with the dinosaurs:
… Read the rest “Grandpa shrew lived with the dinosaurs.”This ancestor, the first placental mammal, lived between 88.3 to
This is the EROS image of the week, because the U.S. Geological Survey believes in science-as-art, too.
SONG: “The Impossible One” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
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SOURCE: Based on “Earth-mass exoplanet is no Earth twin,”… Read the rest “SONG: “The Impossible One””
Nature is predigesting our gasoline… or something like that. Researchers have found that you can get fuel out of some tough material by treating it with a chemical mixture that breaks… Read the rest “Biofuel done cheaper (thanks to sulfuric acid).”
She’s European. And she’s making all kinds of friends on the Twitter:
… Read the rest “Say hi to Rosetta, the tweeting comet probe.”ESA Rosetta Mission @ESA_Rosetta 4h
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Laboratory Equipment explains why moving the morning bell a little later makes education more effective:
… Read the rest “Later school starting times make for better students.”Julie Boergers, a psychologist and sleep expert from the Bradley Hasbro Children’s
From the US Naval Research Laboratory manual Mechanical Practice.
There’s also a *great* diagram of Phillips-head screws.
Nature examines he implications of a planet that *should* be a twin to Earth, but isn’t – because it’s a gassy Earth-sized planet:
… Read the rest “Earth-like planets might not be so Earth-like… as gassy Earth shows.”Not only is the planet too warm for liquid
BBC describes the first drone that can hover by flapping its wings:
… Read the rest “This robot flies like jellyfish swim.”The work by Leif Ristroph and Stephen Childress from New York University (NYU) is published in the UK Royal Society journal
And your mood, of course, but Laboratory Equipment doesn’t get into that. No, all they focus on is the boost caffeine gives your long-term memory:
… Read the rest “Caffeine improves your memory.”Michael Yassa, assistant professor
Washington Post has more on how a bit of literature can alter the structure of your brain:
… Read the rest “Stories change your brain.”“Stories shape our lives and in some cases help define a person,” says neuroscientist Gregory Berns,
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