Apollo’s Hydromancer
Ha’aretz reports on the oldest oracle to Apollo found in Athens – a place where a sacred seer drew water from a well to divine the future:
… Read the rest “Apollo’s Hydromancer”The Athenians built wells along the course
Month: June 2016
Leaping Electric Eels!
Science Daily reports on a not-terrifying-at-all accidental discovery, that electric eels are perfectly capable of jumping out of the water to deliver a lethal dose of electricity when… Read the rest “Leaping Electric Eels!”
Science Art: Inside the Spacecraft During Gemini V Flight, by L. Gordon Cooper/NASA
Here’s astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. as snapped by mission commander L. Gordon Cooper Jr., the “Gordo” from The Right Stuff, if you remember him. This… Read the rest “Science Art: Inside the Spacecraft During Gemini V Flight, by L. Gordon Cooper/NASA”
Prisoners used in *data-harvesting* experiment.
Their tattoos, specifically, according to this piece in Motherboard. The FBI teamed up with the National Institute for Standards and Technology to create a database for software that… Read the rest “Prisoners used in *data-harvesting* experiment.”
Likes like chocolate. Likes like the jackpot. It’s true.
Science Daily reveals a neurological truth, found during a first-of-its-kind study of teens’ brains while engaging in social media – that getting Likes on Facebook or Instagram… Read the rest “Likes like chocolate. Likes like the jackpot. It’s true.”