Nature explains the unusual effects that chloride ions can have on our developing brains, and what that means for a drug that seems to help autistic kids socialize:
… Read the rest “Diuretic drug appears to help autism.”The findings, reported
Or: “Weird substance gets weirder.” Nature has more on how the latest tests have thrown models of how carbon circuits are supposed to work into disarray:
… Read the rest “Latest graphene surprise: a better conductor than expected.”In graphene, electrons
OK, that’s a little hyperbolic, but only a little. The Guardian has more on the last chimp “mega-culture” just found in the central African jungle:
… Read the rest “Chimp civilization found in Congo.”Harboured by the
This is a very old skull from a Stone Age mammal called Ovibos moschatus, as pictured in A monograph of the British pleistocene mammalia, a publication by W. Boyd Dawkins… Read the rest “Science Art: Occipital View of Skull of Ovibos Moschatus, by W. West & Co., 1866”
Miami Herald gets the low-down on the underground 305 – hidden under Miami streets and condos and neon-lit skyscrapers, there’s a prehistoric village (and a priceless piece… Read the rest “2,000-year-old village uncovered… in downtown Miami.”
Science Daily reveals the tricks that the present plays on our memories:
… Read the rest “Neuroscientists: Your memory is a fiction.”This the first study to show specifically how memory is faulty, and how it can insert things from the present into
The Independent covers the poignant final hours of China’s Jade Rabbit lunar rover as the rolling robot bids a sad farewell to the folks back home:
… Read the rest “Little lost Chinese rover: “Good night, planet Earth. Good night, humanity.””…Jade Rabbit – named
Nature‘s sharing a recipe to make your own stem cells from scratch – by reprogramming ordinary cells in an acid bath:
… Read the rest “Let’s bake up some stem cells!”In 2006, Japanese researchers reported1 a technique for
An illustration illustrating illustration. This is how standardized maps are made. These are the standards.
From The preparation of illustrations for reports of the… Read the rest “Science Art: Water Features and Relief Features, from The preparation of illustrations for reports of the United States Geological survey, with brief descriptions of processes of reproduction, 1920”
Laboratory Equipment has some bad news for butterflies:
… Read the rest “Monarch migration may be over. Forever.”After steep and steady declines in the previous three years, the black-and-orange butterflies now cover only 1.65 acres (0.67
Energy Post calls it “the BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH EVER!” That seems a bit much, but it is interesting that a Boeing-sponsored group in Abu Dhabi has figured out how to make super-clean,… Read the rest “Boeing announces (with much hype) new way to turn deserts into biofuel farms.”
Nature reveals that one of the planet’s top physicists has lost his faith in one of the heaviest things in astrophysics:
… Read the rest “There’s no such thing as a black hole. (Says Stephen Hawking.)”In a paper posted online, the physicist, based at the University
Seems kinda obvious to anyone who’s been picked on, but Outside is taking a long-term look at how bullying affects kids’ will to work out:
… Read the rest “Bullied kids don’t exercise.”The study, spearheaded by BYU psychology
And now, Discovery News says, we know what he looked like – the early human ancestor who lived with the dinosaurs:
… Read the rest “Grandpa shrew lived with the dinosaurs.”This ancestor, the first placental mammal, lived between 88.3 to
This is the EROS image of the week, because the U.S. Geological Survey believes in science-as-art, too.
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