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Month: May 2016

FDA approves anti-addiction implant

31 May 2016 grant 0

PopSci reports on the upper-arm implant that oozes buprenorphine, a drug that suppresses withdrawal symptoms and cuts the craving for opioid addicts:

Called Probuphine, the implant

… Read the rest “FDA approves anti-addiction implant”

Science Art: Minecraft Colosseum replica (Amphitheatrum Flavium)

29 May 2016 grant 0

A screengrab from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSli7JpnSA8
Click to play

One of the more interesting trends in scientific illustration lately – and I do think that it’s exactly the same kind of thing that inspired amateur illustrators… Read the rest “Science Art: Minecraft Colosseum replica (Amphitheatrum Flavium)”

Puzzling out Neanderthal architecture.

26 May 2016 grant 0

Nature looks at some strange things Neanderthals built for… reasons… inside their cave homes:

Neanderthals built one of the world’s oldest constructions — 176,000-year-old

… Read the rest “Puzzling out Neanderthal architecture.”

Polar bears and grizzlies are making global-warming babies.

25 May 2016 grant 0

Washington Post has us – well, not exactly preparing for the end of the world, but definitely on our guard. When polar bears start mating with grizzlies, it’s definitely a sign… Read the rest “Polar bears and grizzlies are making global-warming babies.”

SONG: Everything Appears to be in Order

23 May 2016 grant 0

SONG: “Everything Appears to be in Order”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “AI Pioneer ROSS Intelligence Lands Its First Big Law Clients,” The American Lawyer, 6 May… Read the rest “SONG: Everything Appears to be in Order”

Science Art: Saturn F-1 Engine, 1964

22 May 2016 grant 0

SaturnF1Engine_1964_468569main_6404597_rs_full

Our first ticket off this rock.

Saturn F-1 Engine is tested at the Marshall Center in 1964.

Image credit: NASA/MSFC

You swallow this pork origami robot, see… no, really.

19 May 2016 grant 0

Washington Post reports on a swallowable, unfolding robot for retrieving the little batteries that little kids swallow:

Across the United States, a child swallows a battery once every

… Read the rest “You swallow this pork origami robot, see… no, really.”

Water on Mars? TSUNAMIS ON MARS!

19 May 2016 grant 0

Nature goes EXXXTREEEEME!!! in the search for evidence of water on Mars. And boy did they find evidence. Seems like a couple billion years ago, meteorite impacts unleashed cosmic-sized… Read the rest “Water on Mars? TSUNAMIS ON MARS!”

Magic mushrooms against chronic depression.

18 May 2016 grant 0

Nature reports on the first safety study, published in The Lancet, of psilocybin mushrooms as a potent therapy for drug-resistant long-term depression:

Researchers from Imperial College

… Read the rest “Magic mushrooms against chronic depression.”

Science Art: Buffon’s Natural History, Taf. 7,

15 May 2016 grant 0

Buffon's Natural History

Two rays and a shark… and an egg case… from Buffon’s Natural History of the globe, and of man; beasts, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects, a book with a long title compiled… Read the rest “Science Art: Buffon’s Natural History, Taf. 7,”

First firm to hire a virtual attorney. It’ll be handling bankruptcies….

12 May 2016 grant 0

The American Lawyer reports on Ross, the newest legal mind to join Baker & Hostetler – despite being an artificial intelligence programmed to analyze bankruptcy law and talk… Read the rest “First firm to hire a virtual attorney. It’ll be handling bankruptcies….”

…or maybe not.

10 May 2016 grant 0

From the Facebook desk of archaeologist Katie Rask (seconded by others) comes the following correction:

From the world renowned Maya specialist and Linda Schele Professor of Mesoamerican

… Read the rest “…or maybe not.”

So, a 15-year-old just discovered a Mayan city… without leaving home.

10 May 2016 grant 0

All kinds of news outlets have picked up this Le Journal de Montreal story on William Gadoury, a teenager who noticed that Mayan constellations lined up with their ancient cities…… Read the rest “So, a 15-year-old just discovered a Mayan city… without leaving home.”

Science Art: Diagram of Meteorology, James Reynolds and John Emslie.

8 May 2016 grant 0

From http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Click to embiggen vastly

Are we in for weather? Yes, always. Good or bad, there’s always some kind of weather. What kind? This diagram will show you.

I found it in the David Rumsey Historical… Read the rest “Science Art: Diagram of Meteorology, James Reynolds and John Emslie.”

David Attenborough… and Subby McSubface

6 May 2016 grant 0

BBC has the final outcome of the Boaty McBoatface saga – the research vessel will be named after documentarist Sir David Attenborough, but will have a very special remote submersible… Read the rest “David Attenborough… and Subby McSubface”

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