Science Daily talks about our ancient brothers, the Neanderthals who were us, 100,000 years ago:
… Read the rest “Modern humans and Neanderthals go back further together than we thought.”Today in Nature the team publishes evidence of interbreeding that occurred an estimated
Washington Post unveils our first observations of the atmosphere on an Earth-like planet outside the solar system:
… Read the rest “Alien atmospheres”For the first time ever, scientists are sniffing out the secrets of a
Discovery News hypes the headline a little here (but forgivably) by declaring that a 45-million-year-old prehistoric coffee has been discovered preserved in amber:
… Read the rest “Coffee (and pepper) of the dinosaurs discovered.”Named Strychnos
BBC News covers the preventative medicines that act like statins for your brain:
… Read the rest “A new generation of anti-Alzheimer’s drugs”Statins are taken by people to reduce the risk of developing heart disease and the Cambridge research team
This is a chapter heading from the book Finland in the Nineteenth Century: by Finnish authors, illustrated by Finnish artists, published in 1894.
Reaching for the stars,… Read the rest “Science Art: VII. Scientific Literature, by Finnish artists.”
I’m reading a EurekAlert report on entomologists sitting ringside watching the fastest boxers in the world – trap-jaw ants:
… Read the rest “*Ants* have the speed… when it comes to boxing.”In a new study, entomologists at the University
Nature reports on the outgoing president’s attempt to boost research & development funding by a mandatory four percent:
… Read the rest “Obama tries to boost science funding on his way out.”With less than a year before he leaves office, US President
Wired reports on the successful ignition of a fire three times hotter than the sun:
… Read the rest “Chinese tokamak makes fusion happen – for more than a minute.”The march to sustainable nuclear fusion appears to have made serious progress, after a Chinese research
SONG: “Heavy In My Head.”
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Anxiety can impact people’s walking direction,” Science Daily, 19 Jan. 2016, as used in the… Read the rest “SONG: Heavy In My Head”
Science Daily introduces us to a new… or, well, very, very old beast – a prehistoric gnu that trumpeted like a duck-billed dinosaur:
… Read the rest “Great trumpeting wildebeests!”By poring over the fossilized skulls of
BBC has more on the Grand Duchy’s grand plans for exploiting the mineral wealth of outer space:
… Read the rest “Luxembourg prepping for asteroid miners.”Former European Space Agency boss Jean-Jacques Dordain… told reporters on
New York Times reports on strange correlations – especially a study that found high-altitude hometowns reduce your risk of lung cancer:
… Read the rest “Living at high-altitude reduces lung-cancer risk.”A paper published last year in the journal
A triumph of engineering. It moves earth! Using “the bucket principle”!
As found in The Linda Hall Library.
This is far funnier and more exciting than it has any right to be.
Stephen Hawking playing chess over a computer with Paul Rudd.
For the fate of the future.
… Read the rest “Science Art: Anyone Can Quantum, by IQIM Caltech”Caltech’s Institute for Quantum
The Japanese strategy game, Nature reports, is the latest battlefield on which artificial intelligence has defeated human experts:
… Read the rest “Google can beat a human at go.”The best human players of chess, draughts and backgammon
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