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Month: July 2015

Live sharks discovered inside a live volcano.

10 July 2015 grant 0

National Geographic reveals an ecosystem my 10-year-old son might have dreamed up. It’s all lava, acid and sharks. Inside the cauldron of Kavachi is a “sharkcano”… Read the rest “Live sharks discovered inside a live volcano.”

There’s an all-electric big rig out on the road today….

10 July 2015 grant 0

Manufacturing.net explains how BMW put a pollution-free semi to work on the autobahn:

The BMW Group began using an all-electric semi-truck to transport vehicle components from the SCHERM

… Read the rest “There’s an all-electric big rig out on the road today….”

Genetically modified mosquitoes swarm Brazilian city.

8 July 2015 grant 0

And, New Scientist points out, they’re here to help… because they breed fast and their young die too quickly to spread dengue fever:

Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes

… Read the rest “Genetically modified mosquitoes swarm Brazilian city.”

The Larkin Effect exposed: How parents pass anxiety on to their kids.

7 July 2015 grant 0

Science Daily peers deep into our brains to reveal how exactly our parents messed us all up:

The study is being published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

… Read the rest “The Larkin Effect exposed: How parents pass anxiety on to their kids.”

Sorry, arachnophobes. Spiders can go *everywhere*.

6 July 2015 grant 0

Nature reveals how spiders can use webbing to sail through the air… and then land on water and keep on sailing:

Morito Hayashi, a spider researcher at the Natural History Museum in

… Read the rest “Sorry, arachnophobes. Spiders can go *everywhere*.”

Science Art: Scheutz mechanical calculator (Zeichnung der Difference Engine No.1 aus dem Jahr 1853), 1867.

6 July 2015 grant 0

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Now, after that brief, regrettable interruption in service, a tribute to the computer.

This illustration is from The Elements of Natural Philosophy; Or, An Introduction… Read the rest “Science Art: Scheutz mechanical calculator (Zeichnung der Difference Engine No.1 aus dem Jahr 1853), 1867.”

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