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Month: March 2014

Out of the Cattle Crescent.

31 March 2014 grant 0

Science Daily twists the archaeological order of things around a little. Humans came out of Africa, humans in Africa have domesticated cattle for thousands of years, the easy assumption… Read the rest “Out of the Cattle Crescent.”

Science Art: Portrait of John Kepler, 1854

30 March 2014 grant 0

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This is the face of the man who was ROBBED by the third episode of Cosmos. Planetary motion? Elliptical orbits? Not Newton’s ideas – this guy’s.

And the story of how he … Read the rest “Science Art: Portrait of John Kepler, 1854”

Slime logic. Who needs silicon chips?

28 March 2014 grant 0

Science Daily has a lively take on computing, with new circuits made of living slime molds:

Andrew Adamatzky (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK) and Theresa Schubert (Bauhaus-University

… Read the rest “Slime logic. Who needs silicon chips?”

Fossil bones rejoined after 163 years apart

27 March 2014 grant 0

BBC has the full story on a 75 million-year-old giant sea turtle fossil that took a century and a half to put together:

Atlantochelys mortoni was originally described from a broken arm bone,

… Read the rest “Fossil bones rejoined after 163 years apart”

Faster computers will find aliens.

26 March 2014 grant 0

If you never thought cosmic loneliness was a computing problem, think again. In Popular Mechanics, SETI leader Seth Shostak says Moore’s Law means we’ll find aliens in the… Read the rest “Faster computers will find aliens.”

SONG: “Starter Home”

24 March 2014 grant 0

SONG: “Starter Home.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Home Tweet Home: High-Tech Solutions for … Read the rest “SONG: “Starter Home””

Science Art: Nebulae in the Pleiades, by the Yerkes Observatory

23 March 2014 grant 0


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This is an old photograph taken through the largest refracting telescope (no mirrors, just a really big lens) in the world, the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin.

Edwin … Read the rest “Science Art: Nebulae in the Pleiades, by the Yerkes Observatory”

Take a walk to charge your phone.

21 March 2014 grant 0

Science Daily is rubbing their hands (and stomping their feet) over new breakthroughs in harnessing your everyday movements to power up your batteries:

…[Georgia Institute of

… Read the rest “Take a walk to charge your phone.”

Elephants really never forget… their enemies’ words.

20 March 2014 grant 0

Nature reveals proof that elephants recognize individual humans – including the languages used who did them wrong:

Biologists Karen McComb and Graeme Shannon at the University

… Read the rest “Elephants really never forget… their enemies’ words.”

Chat with the folks who are building our future in space….

19 March 2014 grant 0

National Geographic is hosting a live chat tomorrow with some of the folks on the forefront of space exploration:

On March 20 at 2:30 p.m. ET, join us for a live video conversation with space

… Read the rest “Chat with the folks who are building our future in space….”

Darker than Nemesis: Was it dark matter that killed the dinosaurs?

18 March 2014 grant 0

Nature tries to see what was behind the comet that killed the dinosaurs – and other mass extinctions that seem to happen every 35 million years. One guess: Our solar system passes through… Read the rest “Darker than Nemesis: Was it dark matter that killed the dinosaurs?”

LSD is back in the lab… helping people face death.

17 March 2014 grant 0

The New York Times looks at the first new research into LSD therapy in four decades:

“I’d never taken the drug before, so I was feeling — well, I think the proper word for it, in English, is dread,”

… Read the rest “LSD is back in the lab… helping people face death.”

Science Art:Bacterial morphology diagram, by Mariana Ruiz

16 March 2014 grant 0

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It could be the new collection of shower curtains and matching towels at Target. But no – pleasant though they may be to look at, these shapes make us feel bad.

Found on Wikimedia Commons.

Gonorrhea is coming back.

14 March 2014 grant 0

The Verge is rolling out the red carpet to welcome back the clap:

…[P]enicillin and various tetracyclines have all stopped working against the most prevalent strains. This means

… Read the rest “Gonorrhea is coming back.”

New class of antibiotics may kill MRSA.

13 March 2014 grant 0

Science Daily has promising research from Notre Dame in the fight against antibiotic-resistant germs – a new class of chemicals that should kill bacteria like MRSA, the “super… Read the rest “New class of antibiotics may kill MRSA.”

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