Ain’t that modern life all over? Real Clear Science exposes the (potentially) stinky way antiperspirants alter your armpit bacteria:
… Read the rest “Antiperspirant makes you stinkier. In the long run.”While most of us might only concern ourselves
Science 2.0 has more on the discovery of lots of phthalates in fine European wines:
… Read the rest “Fine wines – a plummy finish, a hint of earthiness, and some sex-bending pseudohormones.”It isn’t just the booze itself, a group of scholars contends it’s the packaging. Phthalate
This is from the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections in the Biodiversity Library.
I bet there’s all *kinds* of things in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.… Read the rest “Science Art: The Common Angler (Lophius piscatorus) (After W. Von Wright in Smitt), 1905.”
Science Daily has yet more research on the heritability of stress, with research that shows the effects of stress on one pregnant mom can last four generations:
… Read the rest “My great-grandmother was stressed when she was pregnant AND IT FREAKS ME OUT!”A first generation of rats
Scientific American reports on the technology that’ll help humans explore the Red Planet… first with fuel, then with air to breathe. The next machine to roll across Mars will… Read the rest “The next Mars Rover will make its own oxygen from CO2.”
Orbiting a planet is not that big a deal – moons do it all the time. And everyone you’ve ever known has orbited a sun. Feh. But a comet? The little snowballs have their own weird … Read the rest “Rosetta is orbiting a comet right now.”
Nature offers one of the least comforting explanations for a mysterious hole in Siberia. It wasn’t from an asteroid or a rogue telephone-pole-installing crew. The 30-meter-wide… Read the rest “Mysterious crater explained. Not that it helps….”
Science World Report takes a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed look at the mutation that makes some people chipper, functional early risers:
… Read the rest “The sleepless gene.”The researchers turned to 100 pairs of twins for this
From The Principles and Practice and Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines in Operation, found on archive.org.
The book seems to be part of an 1850 re-printing… Read the rest “Science Art: Stephenson’s Patent, 1850.”
VCU researchers have found a cool way to boost your body’s supply of (metabolism-raising) brown fat cells – by turning down your air conditioning:
… Read the rest “The cool bedroom weight-loss plan.”Researchers found that
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