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Science Art: A space-ship might look like this, John W. Wood, 1968.

5 October 2014 grant 0

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An image from Rockets and Satellites Work Like This, as found on the marvelous Dreams of Space blog. It’s a children’s book about the then-current Space Race… Read the rest “Science Art: A space-ship might look like this, John W. Wood, 1968.”

New flying car has landed.

3 October 2014 grant 0

You probably know about the Moller SkyCar and you might have heard of the Terrafugia “roadable plane.” Well, now, The Guardian is reporting on a new, European car that flies… Read the rest “New flying car has landed.”

Teenager’s bright idea: flashlight fueled by body heat.

1 October 2014 grant 0

The Gajitz blog has the scoop on the kid who invented a battery-free flashlight that runs on body heat:

Ann Makosinski, a 15 year old student from Canada, made a flashlight for her science

… Read the rest “Teenager’s bright idea: flashlight fueled by body heat.”

Is a hard rain gonna fall… on scientists who’re slipping Dylan lyrics into their articles?

30 September 2014 grant 0

Washington Post reveals a secret scientific conspiracy to sneak as many Bob Dylan lyrics into publications as possible:

While writing an article about intestinal gasses 17 years ago,

… Read the rest “Is a hard rain gonna fall… on scientists who’re slipping Dylan lyrics into their articles?”

Clean suit filters pollution out of the air. (And hooks you up to the internet.)

29 September 2014 grant 0

Dezeen, the design magazine, gives the specs on a high-tech suit that cleans the air around the wearer:

Designers Borre Akkersdijk and Eva de Laat collaborated with Martijn ten Bhomer from

… Read the rest “Clean suit filters pollution out of the air. (And hooks you up to the internet.)”

Science Art: Fig. 2 from “Drawings, views and engine of the Levasseur transatlantic plane” in NACA Aircraft Circular #50, Levasseur 8 Transatlantic Airplane, 1927.

28 September 2014 grant 0

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This is from a government report – from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, a precursor to NASA – on L’Oiseau Blanc, an aircraft used … Read the rest “Science Art: Fig. 2 from “Drawings, views and engine of the Levasseur transatlantic plane” in NACA Aircraft Circular #50, Levasseur 8 Transatlantic Airplane, 1927.”

New poison dart frog discovered. Tiny. Cute. Poisonous. But tiny. And cute.

27 September 2014 grant 0

National Geographic reveals the newest Panamanian sensation to enter the world of science:

A new species of poison dart frog so teeny it can fit on a fingernail has been discovered in a rain

… Read the rest “New poison dart frog discovered. Tiny. Cute. Poisonous. But tiny. And cute.”

How all the Stone Age people learned the same tricks at the same time.

26 September 2014 grant 0

Nature examines – and possibly answers – a long-standing archaeological puzzle. How did a bunch of unrelated paleolithic people in different parts of the world develop the… Read the rest “How all the Stone Age people learned the same tricks at the same time.”

SONG: Could you tell me your name?

23 September 2014 grant 0

SONG: “Could You Tell Me Your Name?”

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on“Anxiety and sleeping pills ‘linked to dementia'”, BBC News, 9 September 2014, as… Read the rest “SONG: Could you tell me your name?”

MAVEN’s at Mars.

22 September 2014 grant 0

The skies over the Red Planet, as The New York Times and others are reporting, are getting downright crowded with satellites from Earth. The latest to set up shop – just ahead of the … Read the rest “MAVEN’s at Mars.”

Science Art: Sarcoptes scabiei, from Brockhaus’ Konversations-Lexikon, 1892.

21 September 2014 grant 0

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They itch. They dig in and they itch.

These are the mites that cause scabies, the tiny tunnelers, burrowing into the skin and digesting as they go. If your German’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Sarcoptes scabiei, from Brockhaus’ Konversations-Lexikon, 1892.”

India’s Mars probe ready to orbit

19 September 2014 grant 0

Nature reports on India’s preparations for their first interplanetary exploration:

Mangalyaan, known formally as the Mars Orbiter Mission, or MOM, was launched by the Indian

… Read the rest “India’s Mars probe ready to orbit”

Thanks for the rides, former Soviets – Boeing and SpaceX are taking it from here.

17 September 2014 grant 0

NASA has formally announced that two private companies will be taking our astronauts to the International Space Station:

The CST-100 and Dragon version 2 have been tapped by NASA to carry

… Read the rest “Thanks for the rides, former Soviets – Boeing and SpaceX are taking it from here.”

Schizophrenia: many diseases in one

16 September 2014 grant 0

Daily Beast looks over Washington University research that’s found that the singular diagnosis of schizophrenia is actually a compound disease, caused by eight different genetic… Read the rest “Schizophrenia: many diseases in one”

Robot cheetah runs free!

16 September 2014 grant 0

Science Daily blows the whistle on the MIT robotics engineers who let the robot cheetah off its tether to run and jump like a wild beast:

The team recently took the robot for a test run on MIT’s

… Read the rest “Robot cheetah runs free!”

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