Tobacco will save us all.
Science Daily has the skinny on how we might wind up using fast-growing, high-density tobacco to save the planet from global warming – by creating bioethanol:
… Read the rest “Tobacco will save us all.”In the course of the
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Broken Bells – indie band, interplanetary heroes.
The Verge explains how a Danger Mouse and The Shins’ James Mercer have joined forces to make some pretty good music… and to save us all from an epic, planet-destroying cataclysm… Read the rest “Broken Bells – indie band, interplanetary heroes.”
Kids these days… so *sober*.
ABC (the Australian network) muses on the next generation… wondering why the kids are avoiding alcohol nowadays:
… Read the rest “Kids these days… so *sober*.”The findings of a survey of more than 2,500 young people published
Tree batteries. No, capacitors. No, *super* capacitors.
Laboratory Equipment on a low-tech material that solves a high-tech problem, as chemical engineers figure out ways to make supercapacitors out of wood:
… Read the rest “Tree batteries. No, capacitors. No, *super* capacitors.”OSU chemists have found that cellulose
Procrastination and impulsivity are linked… in your genes.
Science Daily tries to find the evolutionary roots of …oooh, shiny! I’ll finish this tomorrow:
… Read the rest “Procrastination and impulsivity are linked… in your genes.”From an evolutionary standpoint, impulsivity makes sense: Our ancestors
Enough garbage to hide a jumbo jet.
That, National Geographic has come out and said, is the sorry state of our oceans, as the ongoing search for Malaysian Airlines 370 has tragically demonstrated:
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Science Art: Hubble Views Stellar Genesis in the Southern Pinwheel
This is a galaxy named M83, which is usually a faint smudge in the constellation Hydra. Up close, however, Hubble Space Telescope was able to see that it’s “ablaze… Read the rest “Science Art: Hubble Views Stellar Genesis in the Southern Pinwheel”
Russian/American space tensions rise. (Rockets, not so much.)
Laboratory Equipment (and a bunch of other folks online) is following the story of NASA severing ties with Russia… except for the Space Station:
… Read the rest “Russian/American space tensions rise. (Rockets, not so much.)”NASA employees can’t travel
Anti-lightning lasers zap storms.
Laboratory Equipment wards off bad weather with a new finding… that lasers can be used to divert lightning strikes:
… Read the rest “Anti-lightning lasers zap storms.”Currently, high-intensity lasers, produced with modern technology
Aging-reversing remedy ready for human trials. It already works on mice.
The Las Vegas Guardian Liberty Voice is turning back the hands of time with the latest study that promises to reverse aging:
… Read the rest “Aging-reversing remedy ready for human trials. It already works on mice.”The study was published in the peer reviewed science journal Cell
Out of the Cattle Crescent.
Science Daily twists the archaeological order of things around a little. Humans came out of Africa, humans in Africa have domesticated cattle for thousands of years, the easy assumption… Read the rest “Out of the Cattle Crescent.”
Science Art: Portrait of John Kepler, 1854
This is the face of the man who was ROBBED by the third episode of Cosmos. Planetary motion? Elliptical orbits? Not Newton’s ideas – this guy’s.
And the story of how he … Read the rest “Science Art: Portrait of John Kepler, 1854”
Slime logic. Who needs silicon chips?
Science Daily has a lively take on computing, with new circuits made of living slime molds:
… Read the rest “Slime logic. Who needs silicon chips?”Andrew Adamatzky (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK) and Theresa Schubert (Bauhaus-University
Fossil bones rejoined after 163 years apart
BBC has the full story on a 75 million-year-old giant sea turtle fossil that took a century and a half to put together:
… Read the rest “Fossil bones rejoined after 163 years apart”Atlantochelys mortoni was originally described from a broken arm bone,