Salk Institute scientists have discovered an injectable protein that reverses diabetes for two days:
… Read the rest “An injection reverses type-2 diabetes (temporarily). No insulin required.”In mice with diet-induced diabetes — the equivalent of type 2 diabetes in humans
Science Daily has more on the prehistoric plaque that’s teaching us about our ancestors’ diets:
… Read the rest “Unbrushed teeth left a message for the future”The research was carried out at Al Khiday, a pre-historic site on the White
Q (from Nature): What’s 100 cm long, has long feathers and flew with four wings?
… Read the rest “A: Prehistory’s largest micro-raptor. (Four wings!)”Here we describe a new ‘four-winged’ microraptorine, Changyuraptor yangi, from the Early Cretaceous
Nature reports that the Centers for Disease Control have ceased all shipments of infectious disease pathogens until they can get them shipped right:
… Read the rest “CDC: Stop shipping that flu around!”Workers at the US Centers for Disease
New Scientist locates the specific place where knowledge and self-awareness sits – in a brain region called the claustrum:
… Read the rest “Scientists find where consciousness happens.”In a study published last week, Mohamad Koubeissi at the
Tennis, a different perspective. From All About the Human Body, 1958, found in the reference library of Newhouse Design.
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The Guardian opens the classicists’ bathroom door to reveal a Greek discovery – world’s oldest erotic graffiti:
… Read the rest “This is the world’s oldest smutty graffiti.”Certainly, Dr Andreas Vlachopoulos, a specialist
It isn’t easy being alone with our thoughts. Nature makes monks seem manlier than ever with research that shows most people prefer physical pain to just sitting and thinking:
… Read the rest “Anything but solitary contemplation, man. NOT THAT!!”“We
The Guardian has more on the power-station throwdown in which solar power is winning the race:
… Read the rest “Solar power beats coal, in (Australian) dollars and cents.”Last week, for the first time in memory, the wholesale price of electricity in Queensland fell
Nature has more on the suitably self-recursive premiere of a uniquely mathematical piece of music:
… Read the rest “Gödel music composition to debut at Gödel Prize celebration.”The piece, “The Hilbert Heartbreak Hotel” by Danish composer Niels Marthinsen, was
Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece on how old smart phones are being used to listen for disrupted sleep patterns, illegal loggers, gunshots, breeding cicadas and a host of other… Read the rest “Old phones are listening.”
This is a bat from Tajikstan. According to the 2002 State of the Environment Report, it’s a rare bat. The European free-tailed bat.
No, he doesn’t look very free in that image.… Read the rest “Science Art: Tadarida teniotis Rafinesque.”
Irish Central has more on the pristine site in a little village in County Louth that used to be a Viking winter base:
… Read the rest ““Mind-blowing” Viking discovery made in Ireland.”Geophysical tests funded by Dundalk’s County Museum have allowed scientists
Science Daily has us imagining that message being broadcast to an an interstellar ship full of would-be colonists, thanks to new research that’s found some so-called “Goldilocks… Read the rest ““Sorry, but your new home is a cosmic burp.””
Not just fresher, says PopSci, but better for transplants:
… Read the rest “Supercooled livers stay alive longer”The procedure was part of an experimental new method for treating donated organs. The method is still in its early stages of development,
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