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Month: March 2016

We probably drove hobbits to extinction.

31 March 2016 grant 0

Nature reveals new evidence that shows Homo floresiensis is way older than we thought – and may well have been driven to extinction by modern humans:

After researchers discovered

… Read the rest “We probably drove hobbits to extinction.”

Ancient human hanky-panky mapped out.

29 March 2016 grant 0

Science Daily tracks where (and when) the first modern humans made babies with Denisovans and Neanderthals:

Most non-Africans possess at least a little bit Neanderthal DNA. But a new map

… Read the rest “Ancient human hanky-panky mapped out.”

Science Art: The Male and Female of Caligus centrodonti.

27 March 2016 grant 0

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Double check all your eggs – just in case.

Happy Easter!

The handsome couple in the image came from North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae… Read the rest “Science Art: The Male and Female of Caligus centrodonti.”

Prozac is making fish… different.

26 March 2016 grant 0

Discover reports on unanticipated consequences of antidepressants getting into the water and changing animal behavior:

[Teresa] Dzieweczynski, a psychologist at the University of

… Read the rest “Prozac is making fish… different.”

SONG: “Not a Pony.”

23 March 2016 grant 0

SONG: “Not a Pony”.

ARTIST: grant, featuring Enok Webb.

SOURCE: “Horse-sized tyrannosaur may be long-sought missing link in T.rex evolution,” Washington… Read the rest “SONG: “Not a Pony.””

SONG: “Atomic Number” (a penitential cover)

22 March 2016 grant 0

SONG: “Atomic Number”.

ARTIST: grant. (Originally by case/lang/veirs.)

SOURCE: This doesn’t have a research source. It’s a penitential cover of a new song… Read the rest “SONG: “Atomic Number” (a penitential cover)”

Y’know who digs your smartphone? Medical researchers, that’s who.

21 March 2016 grant 0

Nature explores the impact of our little pocket computers on the way medical research is done:

Smartphone apps developed by academics, pharmaceutical companies and technology giants

… Read the rest “Y’know who digs your smartphone? Medical researchers, that’s who.”

Science Art: Plate XII foldout by Thomas Davidson, from The geologist : a popular monthly magazine of geology.

20 March 2016 grant 0

From Thomas Davidson's Palaeontological Notes on the Brachiopoda: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/176366#page/495/mode/1upThese are fossilized shells from Thomas Davidson’s “On Some Fossil Brachiopoda,” or “Palaeontological Notes on the Brachiopoda,” from this magazine… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate XII foldout by Thomas Davidson, from The geologist : a popular monthly magazine of geology.”

We might have gotten MRSA on the run.

18 March 2016 grant 0

Good news from New Scientist – the so-called superbug has met its germ-killing kryptonite:

These bacteria are resistant to the most widely used class of antibiotics, called beta-lactams,

… Read the rest “We might have gotten MRSA on the run.”

Tyrannosaur pregnant?

17 March 2016 grant 0

Washington Post has peeked as experts sexed a T. rex:

The team from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences published its findings Tuesday in the

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Can Alzheimer’s be transmitted?

16 March 2016 grant 0

Nature follows a researcher who noticed typical Alzheimer’s lesions in very untypical patients – young people who died after receiving contaminated growth hormone injections… Read the rest “Can Alzheimer’s be transmitted?”

Electric doping (drug-free!) boosts ski performance.

15 March 2016 grant 0

Nature reports on how tDCS – zapping the brain with low-voltage electricity – can help athletes boost their performance:

The USSA [(US Ski and Snowboard Association)] is

… Read the rest “Electric doping (drug-free!) boosts ski performance.”

Wee rex. Awwww.

14 March 2016 grant 0

I stole the name from Reuters, but it was Joel Achenbach at Washington Post that first pointed me toward the news that they’ve found a miniature “missing link” tyrannosaur… Read the rest “Wee rex. Awwww.”

Science Art: ISS016-E-032414 (Underside of Space Shuttle Endeavour), 2008

13 March 2016 grant 0

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NASA has some of the best perspectives on the planet (and some of the planet’s best perspectives).

Like so.
This is a for-real spaceship looking plenty space operatic,… Read the rest “Science Art: ISS016-E-032414 (Underside of Space Shuttle Endeavour), 2008”

Why *is* there a huge mountain on Ceres?

12 March 2016 grant 0

I’m sure if you’re reading this, you’re already regularly checking out Bad Astronomy, but just in case you missed it, Phil Plait is asking a pretty fruitful question… Read the rest “Why *is* there a huge mountain on Ceres?”

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