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We can un-remember for you, wholesale. (With light.)

20 October 2014 grant 0

Science Daily discusses UC Davis researchers who are using light to edit out specific memories:

Optogenetics, pioneered by Karl Diesseroth at Stanford University, is a new technique

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Science Art: Leonid Meteor Storm, as seen over North America on the night of November 12-13, 1833

19 October 2014 grant 0

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This is a celestial event recorded beautifully in E. Weiß’s Bilderatlas der Sternenwelt, the “Picture-Atlas of the Star-World”. I’m not sure, but I think that’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Leonid Meteor Storm, as seen over North America on the night of November 12-13, 1833 ”

Little swimming bowling balls, ever-faithful guardians….

17 October 2014 grant 0

Laboratory Equipment sings the praises of the latest soldiers keeping our harbors safe from attack – a
secret army of (cheap) robot bowling balls:

Originally designed to look for

… Read the rest “Little swimming bowling balls, ever-faithful guardians….”

Consciousness after death – as long as you’re not on sedatives.

16 October 2014 grant 0

Science Daily reveals some interesting (and counter-intuitive) findings following the world’s largest medical study of human consciousness at time of death:

The results of a

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When icebergs floated off Key West…

14 October 2014 grant 0

Nature paints a more vivid picture of climate change – and the related changes in ocean currents – by retracing the paths of prehistoric icebergs in the years when the oceans… Read the rest “When icebergs floated off Key West…”

Secret U.S. shuttle set to land tomorrow, after two years in space.

13 October 2014 grant 0

Sound like conspiracy theory, doesn’t it? But Space.com is reporting on the easily-forgotten OTHER space shuttle program – the Air Force’s top-secret unmanned shuttle,… Read the rest “Secret U.S. shuttle set to land tomorrow, after two years in space.”

Science Art: Phramgocone of Belemnitella, In Flint, 1851

12 October 2014 grant 0

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A “phragmocone” is a fancy word for a shell of a nautilus or ammonoid, and “Belemnitella” is a genus of belemnite, which is to say, a … Read the rest “Science Art: Phramgocone of Belemnitella, In Flint, 1851”

Fish researchers: “Our mirrors have become USELESS!”

10 October 2014 grant 0

Nature breaks the news to behaviorists – and this is more important than it might seem – that fish don’t really think mirrors are uninvited strangers:

“There’s

… Read the rest “Fish researchers: “Our mirrors have become USELESS!””

Asian cave paintings reveal universal art.

9 October 2014 grant 0

National Geographic explains why cave paintings in Sulawesi are winding back the origin of “art” as a concept to our African origins:

“Overwhelmingly depicted in

… Read the rest “Asian cave paintings reveal universal art.”

Manure fertilizer boosts antibiotic resistance… somehow.

8 October 2014 grant 0

Even, Nature explains, from cows that have never been around antibiotics. Something about cow manure runoff helps resistant bacteria grow in the soil:

Because manure itself is known to

… Read the rest “Manure fertilizer boosts antibiotic resistance… somehow.”

Clear solar panels could turn windows (and smart phones) into power plants.

7 October 2014 grant 0

International Business Times reveals the bright future (from an economic standpoint, at least) of the nascent companies making clear solar panels:

The “transparent luminescent solar

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Antarctica has melted so much, it’s changing Earth’s gravitational profile.

6 October 2014 grant 0

Daily Beast has more on how 204 billion tons of melting glaciers have changed the way our planet’s gravity works:

Between 2009 and 2012, the years for which GOCE was taking data, the

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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

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