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Month: September 2014

Worried? Trouble sleeping? Congrats, you might have a higher risk of Alzheimer’s.

10 September 2014 grant 0

BBC reports the in no way worrisome news that researchers have discovered a correlation benzodiazepines (pills for anxiety and sleep) and a hugely increased risk of dementia:

A study of

… Read the rest “Worried? Trouble sleeping? Congrats, you might have a higher risk of Alzheimer’s.”

Blue whales have recovered, just about.

9 September 2014 grant 0

It’s taken quite a while, but AP can finally report that blue whales off the coast of California have finally reached pre-whaling-industry levels:

Researchers previously assumed

… Read the rest “Blue whales have recovered, just about.”

Kid finds 3,000-year-old sword… while washing his hands.

8 September 2014 grant 0

It helps, as the BBC points out, if you’re washing your hands in a river running through one of the world’s oldest civilizations. But for an 11-year-old boy in China’s… Read the rest “Kid finds 3,000-year-old sword… while washing his hands.”

Science Art: Echinodermata, Plate V detail, by James A. Grieg, 1921

7 September 2014 grant 0

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This is the heart (and brain and pretty much anything that’s not an arm) of a brittle star, as sketched for Echinodermata, a study of the sea urchins, sand dollars, sea stars and close… Read the rest “Science Art: Echinodermata, Plate V detail, by James A. Grieg, 1921”

What do you call a dinosaur that isn’t afraid of anything? Dreadnoughtus.

5 September 2014 grant 0

Popular Mechanics celebrates a new *double* record-breaker, a dinosaur bigger than anything that walked the Earth:

Today an international team of paleontologists unveiled the newest

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Brain-to-brain communication via EEG over the internet.

4 September 2014 grant 0

Science Daily breaks the news that telepathy – brain communication through machines – is not only possible, but scientists have already done it across 5,000 miles:

“We

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Neanderthals made art. Like we do.

3 September 2014 grant 0

The Associated Press (through the Wall Street Journal and other outlets) has been sharing the discovery of the artwork that changes the way we think about Neanderthals… and the way… Read the rest “Neanderthals made art. Like we do.”

Best headline contender: “Russia confirms death of five geckos on space sex mission”

2 September 2014 grant 0

The Guardian brings a small tragedy happening a long, long way away vividly home with 10 well-chosen words: Russia confirms death of five geckos on space sex mission:

The federal space agency

… Read the rest “Best headline contender: “Russia confirms death of five geckos on space sex mission””

Magnets zap memories into brains.

1 September 2014 grant 0

ScienceDaily has more on a Northwestern University experiment using transcranial magnetic stimulation to improve memory:

The discovery opens a new field of possibilities for treating

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