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Month: April 2016

Prostate drug tested as pedophilia treatment… in crowd-funded experiment.

7 April 2016 grant 0

Science has the convoluted story of the prostate-cancer drug that lowers testosterone levels enough that people are willing to try it as a cure for pedophilic impulses, with the help of … Read the rest “Prostate drug tested as pedophilia treatment… in crowd-funded experiment.”

Solar cells that generate power from *rain*, too.

6 April 2016 grant 0

Science Daily has our bases covered with the invention of photoelectric cells that create power from sunlight, and the motion of falling rain:

For the conversion of solar energy to electricity,

… Read the rest “Solar cells that generate power from *rain*, too.”

Metal whip for self-flagellating monks during Black Death: Go ahead, beat yourself up over it.

6 April 2016 grant 0

Discovery News has the painful truth on the braided copper whip:

Found in 2014 at Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire, the braided-together length of copper wire, turned to be part of a whip

… Read the rest “Metal whip for self-flagellating monks during Black Death: Go ahead, beat yourself up over it.”

Protein Diet Shaped Neanderthals

4 April 2016 grant 0

Archaeology thinks a paleo-version of the Atkins Diet made Neanderthals squat and wide-bodied:

“During harsh Ice-Age winters, carbohydrates were scarce and fat was in limited supply.

… Read the rest “Protein Diet Shaped Neanderthals”

Science Art: HAPN-T 4800 Baud Modem, 1991.

3 April 2016 grant 0

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Readers of a certain age will remember these waveforms – not by looking at them, but by sound. This is what data looked like as transmitted by a 4800-baud modem.

It’s kind of funny… Read the rest “Science Art: HAPN-T 4800 Baud Modem, 1991.”

No foolin’: this pen “writes” in stem cells. It can draw new body parts.

1 April 2016 grant 0

Science Daily shows off a new medical device that grows new human parts in whatever shape you can draw them:

In a landmark proof-of-concept experiment, Australian researchers have used

… Read the rest “No foolin’: this pen “writes” in stem cells. It can draw new body parts.”

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