Ars Technica has an inspirational story of some folks who decided they could do a better job than their “professional” ISP:
… Read the rest “DIY Internet: How Orca Island, WA, became their own provider.”Around that time, CenturyLink service went out
Scientific American celebrates a bumper crop of super-healthy tomatoes, thanks to genetic modification:
… Read the rest “Super-healthy tomatoes showcase genetic meddling’s sunny side.”A single tomato of the new variety contains the same amount of resveratrol as
Nature reveals that low-fat diets don’t really help you lose weight:
… Read the rest “Everything you know about low-fat dieting is wrong.”An analysis of 53 weight-loss studies that included more than 68,000 people has concluded that, despite their
Three idols, from the Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile, published between 1892 and 1910.
I found them in the Biodiversity Heritage Library, which is usually full of … Read the rest “Science Art: Idolo de ignota localidad, Idolo de Arica, Idolo de ignota localidad.”
Scientific American reveals that the stuff you really weren’t expecting – the “unusual, the jarring, the culturally shocking” – can improve your cognitive… Read the rest “Weird stuff: Better for your brain and your waistline.”
New Scientist reveals that, worldwide, more people died from TB than from AIDS:
… Read the rest “Step aside HIV. Tuberculosis is now the deadliest infectious disease.”This year marks the deadline for the Millennium Development Goal of cutting the number of TB cases globally,
Medical XPress examines a link between major depression and immune-system cells in the brain called “microglia”:
… Read the rest “Depression could be an immune problem.”In a groundbreaking theoretical review paper published
The translation of “a Querschnitt durch die Wurzelspitze von Equisetum hiemale dicht unterhalb der Scheitelzelle nach Naegeli und Leitgeb,” according… Read the rest “Science Art: A Querschnitt durch die Wurzelspitze…, 1905.”
Dr. Jeff Masters at Weather Underground has a lot of superlatives for Hurricane Patricia, the Category 5 storm that leapt up out of nowhere to devastate Puerto Vallarta:
… Read the rest “The meanest, most-quickly-intensifying hurricane in the Western Hemisphere.”Stunning, historic,
Laryngitis is a heck of thing, especially when combined with an antibiotic allergy.
Music to resume shortly.
Science Daily reports that where scientists had thought there was only one kind of giant tortoise, there were actually two. Two kinds of giant tortoise living side by side:
… Read the rest “There’s a new giant tortoise species in the Galapagos.”The discovery
Nature points out one pleasant side effect of the growing diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba – we’re doing better than ever at protecting endangered species like… Read the rest “Cuba & U.S. team up to save sharks.”
Scientific American explores a strange anatomical detail for a very large dinosaur indeed – a whip-like tail that could actually have cracked like a whip:
… Read the rest “Apatosaurus could have cracked its tail like a giant whip.”The idea that Apatosaurus
Behold the West.
This is the frontispiece to a scientific report, the Report on the geology of the eastern portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto – … Read the rest “Science Art: Gate of Lodore, from the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories.”
It sure doesn’t feel like it, but Scientific American has some research to suggest that all these screens and electric lights really aren’t ruining our primal, natural-born… Read the rest “Maybe… just maybe… we’re getting as much sleep as we always did.”
Copyright © 2026 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes
