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Monkey King goes in search of dark matter.

17 December 2015 grant 0

Nature reports on China’s new research venture, sending the Monkey King rocket (they do have the best names in China) out to solve some scientific mysteries:

China’s first space-based

… Read the rest “Monkey King goes in search of dark matter.”

*Is* there something past Pluto?

16 December 2015 grant 0

Ars Technica looks at something funny out beyond the orbit of Pluto – a thing that’s practically invisible, but that maybe a really, really big planet 10:

Research groups from

… Read the rest “*Is* there something past Pluto?”

And about hyping the science headlines… here’s some research on THAT, too.

15 December 2015 grant 0

Nature finds that research papers have become more “novel” (and “amazing,” “phenomenal,” “encouraging,” and “unprecedented”)… Read the rest “And about hyping the science headlines… here’s some research on THAT, too.”

“Last-resort” antibiotic beaten by resistant bugs globally.

14 December 2015 grant 0

New Scientist doesn’t usually hype the headline too much, so one gets concerned when they say that germs can now resist another “last-resort” antibiotic:

Bacteria

… Read the rest ““Last-resort” antibiotic beaten by resistant bugs globally.”

Science Art: From Legal Chemistry: A Guide to the Detection of Poisons, Examination of Tea, Stains, Etc., 1884.

13 December 2015 grant 0

retorts and glassware

I found this elegant (if obscure) glassware at the public domain image repository at Reusable Art.

I’m guessing it was used to detect poisons more so than to examine tea, but I honestly… Read the rest “Science Art: From Legal Chemistry: A Guide to the Detection of Poisons, Examination of Tea, Stains, Etc., 1884.”

Chickens that lay medicine are here.

10 December 2015 grant 0

Nature reveals the existence of transgenic chickens, modified to produce drugs in their eggs:

The drug, Kanuma (sebelipase alfa), is a recombinant human enzyme marketed by Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

… Read the rest “Chickens that lay medicine are here.”

Bike helmets save lives. Bike helmet *laws* hurt people.

9 December 2015 grant 0

Outside has an interesting look at unintended consequences, examining a University of Colorado study into why bike-helmet laws increase injuries:

Studies show that the laws deter people

… Read the rest “Bike helmets save lives. Bike helmet *laws* hurt people.”

The less educated the mother, the shorter the newborn’s telomeres.

8 December 2015 grant 0

MedXpress details the chromosome damage that seems to be caused by economic inequality; in other words, the more educated you are, the more protected your baby is against chromosome damage… Read the rest “The less educated the mother, the shorter the newborn’s telomeres.”

Running a marathon on the International Space Station.

7 December 2015 grant 0

Sport Illustrated has some great science news today, reporting on the British astronaut who’s running the London Marathon in orbit (on a treadmill):

[Tim] Peake will be a part of

… Read the rest “Running a marathon on the International Space Station.”

Science Art: Space Launch System Takes Flight

6 December 2015 grant 0

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The Space Launch System (SLS) is the rocket that NASA plans to send to asteroids and, eventually, to Mars. It’s a big rocket. The most powerful ever built.

Well, once… Read the rest “Science Art: Space Launch System Takes Flight”

Be a better gift-giver – with psychological research.

5 December 2015 grant 0

Scientific American recently published a gift guide with no stuff it – just research showing how to be a better gift-giver:

A 2009 study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

… Read the rest “Be a better gift-giver – with psychological research.”

Long-distance runners’ brains shrink.

3 December 2015 grant 0

Not that New Scientist wants you to worry about what your exercise routine could be doing to your memory. Just that researchers have found ultra-marathoners’ brains are measurably… Read the rest “Long-distance runners’ brains shrink.”

Dinosaurs walked in Scotland

2 December 2015 grant 0

National Geographic marvels at a huge number of very large footprints on the Scottish coast:

The footprints form the largest dinosaur site ever found in Scotland. They also show that sauropods,

… Read the rest “Dinosaurs walked in Scotland”

Don’t worry about global warming flooding! Worry about suffocation.

1 December 2015 grant 0

Science Daily has more on the threat climate change poses to our oxygen supply:

A study led by Sergei Petrovskii, Professor in Applied Mathematics from the University of Leicester’s

… Read the rest “Don’t worry about global warming flooding! Worry about suffocation.”

Searching the brain for reasons for suicide – using ketamine.

30 November 2015 grant 0

Nature looks at a new ketamine study of the brains of people who attempted suicide:

Fewer than 10% of people with depression attempt suicide, and about 10% of those who kill themselves were

… Read the rest “Searching the brain for reasons for suicide – using ketamine.”

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