TheLocal.it looks at the petrified remains of Ancient Roman volcano victims:
… Read the rest ““They ate better than we did.” Scans reveal Pompeii victims’ health.”A recently launched project that is performing CAT scans on the remains of Pompeii victims contained within
According to Quartz, in the African country of Tanzania at least, it’s WhatsApp:
… Read the rest “What social media app has the biggest political influence right now? Not Facebook. Not Twitter.”Things are a bit different in Africa, where the mobile phone has changed not only the way people communicate
First Post shows how NASA’s not the only one with big space news today. India has just launched their own space observatory from Sriharikota spaceport:
… Read the rest “How do you say “Hubble” in Hindi? “Astrosat” – sort of.”PSLV-C30 is carrying Astrosat,
The one carries oxygen around, the other keeps the system clean. They’re teeny tiny.
Image from the Electron Microscopy Facility at The National Cancer Institute at Frederick (NCI-Frederick).… Read the rest “Science Art: Red White Blood Cells, by NCI-Frederick.”
Science Daily looks closely at an affordable, efficient, non-toxic battery that runs your home smoothly from intermittent power sources:
… Read the rest “We’ve got a battery for your home. Made from organic dye and food additives.”The mismatch between the availability of intermittent
New Scientist reveals how the first Americans made their way into Alaska and down… by eating salmon along the way:
… Read the rest “Salmon snacks sent Stone Age settlers south.”The bones were discovered in a hearth inside a house at the Upward
SONG: “One (Is The Loneliest Number)”.
ARTIST: grant, featuring Sebastian Balfour. (Originally by Harry Nilsson.)
SOURCE: It doesn’t have a research source. It’s… Read the rest “SONG: One (is the Loneliest Number) (penitential cover)”
To Scale: The Solar System from Wylie Overstreet on Vimeo.
I like the desert in Nevada already because of the sense of perspective – such wide, flat spaces (wider and flatter even than… Read the rest “Science Art: To Scale: The Solar System by Wylie Overstreet.”
The New York Times wouldn’t call it “soylent green buffalo,” but I would. Picture, if you would, vats of yeast engineered to give off THC, cannabidiol and other compounds… Read the rest “This yeast makes cannabinoids, no pot plants needed.”
PLOS Biology wants us to know that in a cost/benefit analysis, love comes out ahead:
… Read the rest “Love and Fitness”A new study published in PLOS Biology by Malika Ihle, Bart Kempenaers, and Wolfgang Forstmeier attempts
It’s tough being a bee for lots of reasons, but at least, as New Scientist reports, brain damage from chemical warfare won’t be as much of a problem any more – not in the … Read the rest “American bees get a (small) break.”
Popular Science reveals a new way to check if a little thing really is what it’s labeled as:
… Read the rest “3D barcodes ensure pills (or microchips) are genuine.”Researchers from the University of Bradford and Sofmat, an anti-fraud technology company,
This is a jellyfish drawn by Philip Henry Gosse, a naturalist and Creationist (!) who gave us the word “aquarium” as a place to see marine creatures. Before… Read the rest “Science Art: Aequorea Forbesiana by Philip Henry Gosse.”
Science Daily might not be as into the poetry of that phrase as I am. They’re more into what it means make a diamond that halfway isn’t there:
… Read the rest “A laser levitating glowing nanodiamonds in a vacuum.”The research team is led by Nick Vamivakas
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