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Month: April 2015

Scientists: The moon was formed when Earth smacked her twin sister.

8 April 2015 grant 0

Nature reports on a new way of looking at lunar formation that almost reads like a myth. The moon came to be when Earth collided with a near-identical sister planet:

The ‘giant impact’ hypothesis,

… Read the rest “Scientists: The moon was formed when Earth smacked her twin sister.”

The ethics of altering your children’s brains.

7 April 2015 grant 0

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience is asking the tough questions about what… and when… we should be doing to kids’ brains with electromagnetism:

As the intervention

… Read the rest “The ethics of altering your children’s brains.”

Drones for archaeology

6 April 2015 grant 0

PhysOrg has more on using drones… not just to find priceless historical sites, but to protect them from looters:

With aerial photographs taken by a homemade drone, researchers are

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Science Art: Detail from Plate LXVIII from British oology, c. 1835

5 April 2015 grant 0

BritishOologyAnthusAquaticusAnthusPratensis

That’s Anthus aquaticus and Anthus pratensis… the rock lark up top, and the tit lark at the bottom. Stop laughing, you in the back.

There are more lark eggs where these came from… Read the rest “Science Art: Detail from Plate LXVIII from British oology, c. 1835”

Robot feet that don’t need batteries.

2 April 2015 grant 0

Nature studies the beauty of mechanical advantage… in exoskeleton boots that do what feet do just a little bit better, faster, stronger:

People walking in the boots expend 7% less

… Read the rest “Robot feet that don’t need batteries.”

Go, little Mars drone! Fly! FLY!

1 April 2015 grant 0

The Atlantic has a heartwarming story about the little flying robot that could (if only we’d let it)… a plucky little space-drone named Morpheus:

While it may never fly in space

… Read the rest “Go, little Mars drone! Fly! FLY!”

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