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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Click to embiggen The Space Launch System (SLS) is the rocket that NASA plans to send to asteroids and, eventually, to Mars. It’s a big […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Click to embiggen A shellfish that was around when megalodons swam and the first crows flew. It was drawn by J.C. McConnell, a doctor who […]
In which the virtuoso discusses the techniques, range and aesthetics of the instrument. And, you know, plays a little.
Straight into the hearts of space with this one. Hope your Thanksgiving weekend (if you’re celebrating) is, like, totally cosmic.
Australia’s ABC News has us watching the skies to see shark-tracking flying robots (and drum lines to catch-and-release sharks): Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair has […]
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