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Month: May 2014

Science Art: Le Monde Primitif, by Adolphe-Franois Pannemaker, 1857.

11 May 2014 grant 0

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This eerie vision of an alien, ancient world greeted those who opened the front cover of W.F.A. Zimmerman’s Le monde avant la creation de l’homme, “the… Read the rest “Science Art: Le Monde Primitif, by Adolphe-Franois Pannemaker, 1857.”

Civilization has vegetarian roots.

9 May 2014 grant 0

At least, Laboratory Equipment says, in ancient Egypt. A new study of carbon-levels in mummies has found that until recently, when people settled down to build cities, they stopped eating… Read the rest “Civilization has vegetarian roots.”

A $50 home-printed hand beats a $42,000 prosthetic.

8 May 2014 grant 1

Washington Post explores the friendship between Jeremy Simon, a 3D-printer “tinkerer” and Jose Delgado, a 53-year-old man who was born without a hand… and who prefers… Read the rest “A $50 home-printed hand beats a $42,000 prosthetic.”

I really don’t know what I’m saying.

7 May 2014 grant 0

Nature reveals that sometimes our mouths really do move faster than our brains:

But some researchers think that speech is not entirely planned, and that people know what they are saying

… Read the rest “I really don’t know what I’m saying.”

The walled city of New York… after the oceans rise.

6 May 2014 grant 0

Scientific American paints a peculiar picture of the Big Apple’s future, with the hustle and bustle taking place behind a series of levees, walls and other barriers to keep the ocean… Read the rest “The walled city of New York… after the oceans rise.”

A viral aphrodisiac. Like, literally – a virus that makes sexytime happen. Then it kills you….

5 May 2014 grant 0

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), as NPR reports, it only affects crickets. They get infected, then want to have more sex, spreading the virus to more hosts:

Shelley Adamo and her team

… Read the rest “A viral aphrodisiac. Like, literally – a virus that makes sexytime happen. Then it kills you….”

Young blood renews old brains.

5 May 2014 grant 0

PhysOrg reveals a new discovery in vampire science – that infusion of blood from young mice makes old mice brains youthful again:

…[T]hey also conducted a critical experiment

… Read the rest “Young blood renews old brains.”

Types of Trusses, from FM 5-10 Engineer Field Manual, 1940.

4 May 2014 grant 0

TypesOfTrusses
Ways to get that bridge finished, as described in FM 5-10 Engineer Field Manual, Communications, Construction, and Utilities (September 9, 1940)

Fancy car for the U.S. Army to be building… Read the rest “Types of Trusses, from FM 5-10 Engineer Field Manual, 1940.”

Sex with death (is how bacteria do it).

2 May 2014 grant 0

Birds do it and bees do it as celebration of life. Science Daily explains how bacteria can do it – and make themselves antibiotic-resistant – by using dead cells to reproduce… Read the rest “Sex with death (is how bacteria do it).”

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