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New Stonehenge discovery = “Archaeology on steroids.”

8 September 2015 grant 0

The Guardian bulks up over scientific enthusiasm for a long-buried stone structure:

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a massive stone monument buried under a thick, grassy

… Read the rest “New Stonehenge discovery = “Archaeology on steroids.””

Science Art: A tightly wrapped trefoil knot, identified as the second member of the glueball spectrum, 2003.

6 September 2015 grant 0

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From John P. Ralston’s “The Bohr Atom of Glueballs,” an article describing how to model an atom using rope and glue. Sort of.

Ralston does say it’s… Read the rest “Science Art: A tightly wrapped trefoil knot, identified as the second member of the glueball spectrum, 2003.”

Wormhole blueprints

4 September 2015 grant 0

Not a hole that worms live in, but the kind that spaceships use to bounce around the galaxy. Science Daily explains how Spanish scientists have created a wormhole in the lab:

Scientists in

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The good news: There are lots more trees than we thought. The bad news: Well….

3 September 2015 grant 0

Washington Post spells out the bad news. There are more trees than we thought, but that means there are a *whole lot* less than there used to be:

In a blockbuster study released Wednesday in

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Gene therapy rescues brain cells from Alzheimer’s

2 September 2015 grant 0

The Guardian reports on a new therapy – nerve growth factor – that effectively saves dying brain cells:

The new results are preliminary findings from the very first human trials

… Read the rest “Gene therapy rescues brain cells from Alzheimer’s”

Flesh Velcro fixes hearts.

31 August 2015 grant 0

Irish Examiner looks into the “biological Velcro” that could soon help repair damaged hearts:

Velcro uses two sheets of material, one covered by hooks and the other loops,

… Read the rest “Flesh Velcro fixes hearts.”

Science Art: Giant Animals: Modern and Extinct (detail), by Mary McLain

30 August 2015 grant 0

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These are prehistoric animals compared to their modern relatives and, for scale, a human. A human who’s interested in what they’re like… except when…… Read the rest “Science Art: Giant Animals: Modern and Extinct (detail), by Mary McLain”

Self-driving trucks – no humans *at all* – on Florida’s roads this year.

28 August 2015 grant 0

Popular Science warns us to slow down by construction sites and watch for self-driving trucks on Florida roads by year’s end:

The rigs, which are part of a Department of Transportation

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“Secretive company” unveils better way to do fusion. (It’s legit.)

27 August 2015 grant 0

Science magazine has an exclusive report on a fusion group that could change everything. They’ve got a reactor that works better than any power source we’ve seen yet:

A privately

… Read the rest ““Secretive company” unveils better way to do fusion. (It’s legit.)”

What makes tick-borne diseases so tough?

26 August 2015 grant 0

Nature tries to figure out why we’re not making the headway we should against Lyme, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and the rest of the tick-borne nasties:

[Scott] Williams is testing

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A flu vaccine that really works. All the time.

25 August 2015 grant 0

Wired brings up the potential of a universal flu vaccine – and the problems getting one together:

Today, independent teams reported in Science and Nature Medicine how they’ve tinkered

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Science Art: Jupiter’s Rings by LORRI, 2007.

24 August 2015 grant 0

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The New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) snapped this photo of Jupiter’s ring system on February 24, 2007, from a distance of 7.1 million kilometers

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SONG: Thirty-Five Minutes (from Earth)

24 August 2015 grant 0

SONG: “Thirty-Five Minutes (from Earth)”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE:Based on “NASA Windbots Could Explore Gas Giant Jupiter”, Sky News, 24 July 2015, as used … Read the rest “SONG: Thirty-Five Minutes (from Earth)”

Hope. Hope from frogs. They might just survive.

21 August 2015 grant 0

Nature reports that, in the face of extinction, frogs have a way to adapt to pesticides – a little:

Several species of frogs can quickly switch on genetic resistance to a group of commonly

… Read the rest “Hope. Hope from frogs. They might just survive.”

Sea monster found off Sweden – and archaeologists are thrilled.

20 August 2015 grant 0

Denmark’s The Local shares the excitement of discovering a 400-year-old dragon – a figurehead from a Danish ship – that has been hidden in the sea since the 1500s:

The

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