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Month: April 2016

How can slime mold learn? But it does….

29 April 2016 grant 0

Wired investigates an organism – not even an animal, doesn’t even have internal organs or nerves, much less a brain – that still somehow learns to avoid unpleasant things… Read the rest “How can slime mold learn? But it does….”

A new moon in the outer solar system.

28 April 2016 grant 0

So first, there’s a dwarf planet called Makemake. And now, says Space.com, Hubble found out that it has a moon:

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered

… Read the rest “A new moon in the outer solar system.”

Transcranial magnetic stimulation isn’t doing what we thought.

26 April 2016 grant 0

Science magazine has some interesting – and rather weird – findings about the new “brain-zapping” technology that uses magnets to affect brain states. Apparently,… Read the rest “Transcranial magnetic stimulation isn’t doing what we thought.”

Science Art: Restoration of Pliocene fauna of North America, Smithsonian Museum.

24 April 2016 grant 0

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This is a mural at the Smithsonian Museum, showing how the Great Plains would have looked about 3 million years ago.

The critters here include Amebelodon (the elephant-lookin’… Read the rest “Science Art: Restoration of Pliocene fauna of North America, Smithsonian Museum.”

SONG: “Meat Man”

24 April 2016 grant 0

SONG: “Meat Man”.

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SOURCE: “High-Protein Diet May Have Shaped Neanderthals,” Archaeology, 30 March 2016,
as used in the post Protein Diet Shaped… Read the rest “SONG: “Meat Man””

Well, *anyone* could misplace a 600-mile barrier reef! Right?

22 April 2016 grant 0

The Atlantic (the magazine, not the ocean) just located a giant reef no one knew existed near the mouth of the Amazon River:

A team of Brazilian and American scientists have discovered a new

… Read the rest “Well, *anyone* could misplace a 600-mile barrier reef! Right?”

We’re closing in on Planet Nine. (Or X. Whatever.)

21 April 2016 grant 0

Wired (with a little help from Cassini) narrows our search for the hidden, big planet orbiting the fringes of the solar system:

Matthew J. Holman and Matthew J. Payne of the Harvard-Smithsonian

… Read the rest “We’re closing in on Planet Nine. (Or X. Whatever.)”

New skin-cancer combo wipes out 20% of tumors.

19 April 2016 grant 0

Another BBC story, this one about a family of immune-boosting drugs that eat away melanoma in a fifth of patients:

The first survival data on using ipilimumab and nivolumab in combination

… Read the rest “New skin-cancer combo wipes out 20% of tumors.”

Monarch migration mystery – solved! (We think.)

18 April 2016 grant 0

BBC reports on the computer model that seems to explain how the monarch butterflies make their amazing Canada-to-Mexico trek:

Lead researcher Prof Eli Shlizerman, from the University

… Read the rest “Monarch migration mystery – solved! (We think.)”

Science Art: Artist’s impression of JWST, European Space Agency, 2013

17 April 2016 grant 0

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This is an artist’s conception of the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble. The European Space Agency is working on it, with NASA, Northrop Grumman… Read the rest “Science Art: Artist’s impression of JWST, European Space Agency, 2013”

New astronomy from old sources: Planetary system found in a photographic plate from 1917.

14 April 2016 grant 0

Science Daily reveals how a century-old spectrographic analysis is probably the first ever evidence of an alien planetary system:

bout a year ago, the review’s author, Jay Farihi

… Read the rest “New astronomy from old sources: Planetary system found in a photographic plate from 1917.”

These gloves translate sign language.

14 April 2016 grant 0

University of Washington undergrads have won $10,000 for designing gloves that translate sign language into text or speech:

The Lemelson-MIT Student Prize is a nationwide search for

… Read the rest “These gloves translate sign language.”

Inflatable space station could orbit by 2020.

12 April 2016 grant 0

New Scientist expands upon the company that just sent an inflatable room to the ISS… and what they’d like to do next:

Bigelow Aerospace, which just sent an inflatable room to

… Read the rest “Inflatable space station could orbit by 2020.”

Chinese researchers edit genes in human embryos – again.

11 April 2016 grant 0

Nature has more on the (non-viable) human embryos that were modified to resist HIV before being destroyed:

Researchers in China have reported editing the genes of human embryos to try to

… Read the rest “Chinese researchers edit genes in human embryos – again.”

Science Art: Nutmeg Tree, from 40 drawings of plants at Bencoolen, Sumatra, c.1824.

10 April 2016 grant 0

Nutmeg Tree, for Sir Stamford Raffles.
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Spice.

In watercolor.

It looks like it would smell delicious.

From 40 Drawings of Plants at Bencoolen, Sumatra, a collection of natural history paintings done by Chinese… Read the rest “Science Art: Nutmeg Tree, from 40 drawings of plants at Bencoolen, Sumatra, c.1824.”

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