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Month: April 2014

Broken Bells – indie band, interplanetary heroes.

11 April 2014 grant 0

The Verge explains how a Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer have joined forces to make some pretty good music… and to save us all from an epic, planet-destroying cataclysm… Read the rest “Broken Bells – indie band, interplanetary heroes.”

Kids these days… so *sober*.

10 April 2014 grant 0

ABC (the Australian network) muses on the next generation… wondering why the kids are avoiding alcohol nowadays:

The findings of a survey of more than 2,500 young people published

… Read the rest “Kids these days… so *sober*.”

Tree batteries. No, capacitors. No, *super* capacitors.

9 April 2014 grant 0

Laboratory Equipment on a low-tech material that solves a high-tech problem, as chemical engineers figure out ways to make supercapacitors out of wood:

OSU chemists have found that cellulose

… Read the rest “Tree batteries. No, capacitors. No, *super* capacitors.”

Procrastination and impulsivity are linked… in your genes.

8 April 2014 grant 0

Science Daily tries to find the evolutionary roots of …oooh, shiny! I’ll finish this tomorrow:

From an evolutionary standpoint, impulsivity makes sense: Our ancestors

… Read the rest “Procrastination and impulsivity are linked… in your genes.”

Enough garbage to hide a jumbo jet.

7 April 2014 grant 0

That, National Geographic has come out and said, is the sorry state of our oceans, as the ongoing search for Malaysian Airlines 370 has tragically demonstrated:

“This is the first

… Read the rest “Enough garbage to hide a jumbo jet.”

Science Art: Hubble Views Stellar Genesis in the Southern Pinwheel

6 April 2014 grant 0

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This is a galaxy named M83, which is usually a faint smudge in the constellation Hydra. Up close, however, Hubble Space Telescope was able to see that it’s “ablaze… Read the rest “Science Art: Hubble Views Stellar Genesis in the Southern Pinwheel”

Russian/American space tensions rise. (Rockets, not so much.)

3 April 2014 grant 0

Laboratory Equipment (and a bunch of other folks online) is following the story of NASA severing ties with Russia… except for the Space Station:

NASA employees can’t travel

… Read the rest “Russian/American space tensions rise. (Rockets, not so much.)”

Anti-lightning lasers zap storms.

2 April 2014 grant 0

Laboratory Equipment wards off bad weather with a new finding… that lasers can be used to divert lightning strikes:

Currently, high-intensity lasers, produced with modern technology

… Read the rest “Anti-lightning lasers zap storms.”

Aging-reversing remedy ready for human trials. It already works on mice.

1 April 2014 grant 0

The Las Vegas Guardian Liberty Voice is turning back the hands of time with the latest study that promises to reverse aging:

The study was published in the peer reviewed science journal Cell

… Read the rest “Aging-reversing remedy ready for human trials. It already works on mice.”

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