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We’ve sent these germs to Mars.

20 May 2014 grant 0

And now, Nature says, we know the names of the interplanetary stowaways:

Swabs of Curiosity’s surfaces before it was launched, including its heat shield and flight system, revealed 65

… Read the rest “We’ve sent these germs to Mars.”

E-cigarettes not really that much better than the non-e variety.

19 May 2014 grant 0

Science Daily pokes a hole in the optimism around electronic cigarettes with findings that they’re really not that different from the kind you light and burn:

The devices, which

… Read the rest “E-cigarettes not really that much better than the non-e variety.”

Science Art: Inside a Bernal Sphere Colony, by Rick Guidice/NASA Ames Research Center

18 May 2014 grant 0

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In the 1970s, NASA hired some artists to visualize life in three kinds of space colonies. Here, we’ve got a Bernal Sphere, a “point design with a sphere living area,” … Read the rest “Science Art: Inside a Bernal Sphere Colony, by Rick Guidice/NASA Ames Research Center”

Want to make strong fibers? Use knots!

16 May 2014 grant 0

Laboratory Equipment points out that simple solutions can have bigger effects than you’d imagine, when it comes to the raw material we’re making things out of:

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… Read the rest “Want to make strong fibers? Use knots!”

A robot that can catch.

15 May 2014 grant 0

Robots are still, on the whole, kind of slow responders. The big breakthrough a couple of years ago with Big Dog was that it could run without tipping over – it could respond to changes… Read the rest “A robot that can catch.”

What’s that a fossil of? Oh, just giant sperm.

14 May 2014 grant 0

PbysOrg looks back into the distant past, when tiny shrimp left behind sperm longer than their bodies:

The giant sperm are thought to have been longer than the male’s entire body,

… Read the rest “What’s that a fossil of? Oh, just giant sperm.”

One of our submarines is missing.

13 May 2014 grant 0

Actually, gone. Imploded. BBC has more on the tragic end of the deep-sea submersible Nereus:

The robotic vehicle Nereus went missing while exploring one of the ocean’s deepest spots:

… Read the rest “One of our submarines is missing.”

It really is the nicotine-based pesticide that’s killing all the bees.

12 May 2014 grant 0

The Guardian (with a little help from Harvard) confirms what folks have suspected for a while – that Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is largely due to neonicotinoid pesticides:

In

… Read the rest “It really is the nicotine-based pesticide that’s killing all the bees.”

Science Art: Le Monde Primitif, by Adolphe-Franois Pannemaker, 1857.

11 May 2014 grant 0

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This eerie vision of an alien, ancient world greeted those who opened the front cover of W.F.A. Zimmerman’s Le monde avant la creation de l’homme, “the… Read the rest “Science Art: Le Monde Primitif, by Adolphe-Franois Pannemaker, 1857.”

Civilization has vegetarian roots.

9 May 2014 grant 0

At least, Laboratory Equipment says, in ancient Egypt. A new study of carbon-levels in mummies has found that until recently, when people settled down to build cities, they stopped eating… Read the rest “Civilization has vegetarian roots.”

A $50 home-printed hand beats a $42,000 prosthetic.

8 May 2014 grant 1

Washington Post explores the friendship between Jeremy Simon, a 3D-printer “tinkerer” and Jose Delgado, a 53-year-old man who was born without a hand… and who prefers… Read the rest “A $50 home-printed hand beats a $42,000 prosthetic.”

I really don’t know what I’m saying.

7 May 2014 grant 0

Nature reveals that sometimes our mouths really do move faster than our brains:

But some researchers think that speech is not entirely planned, and that people know what they are saying

… Read the rest “I really don’t know what I’m saying.”

The walled city of New York… after the oceans rise.

6 May 2014 grant 0

Scientific American paints a peculiar picture of the Big Apple’s future, with the hustle and bustle taking place behind a series of levees, walls and other barriers to keep the ocean… Read the rest “The walled city of New York… after the oceans rise.”

A viral aphrodisiac. Like, literally – a virus that makes sexytime happen. Then it kills you….

5 May 2014 grant 0

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately), as NPR reports, it only affects crickets. They get infected, then want to have more sex, spreading the virus to more hosts:

Shelley Adamo and her team

… Read the rest “A viral aphrodisiac. Like, literally – a virus that makes sexytime happen. Then it kills you….”

Young blood renews old brains.

5 May 2014 grant 0

PhysOrg reveals a new discovery in vampire science – that infusion of blood from young mice makes old mice brains youthful again:

…[T]hey also conducted a critical experiment

… Read the rest “Young blood renews old brains.”

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