A regenerated heartbeat
Science Daily reports on a rebuilt heart – a mouse heart remade with human stem cells – that they’ve gotten to start beating:
… Read the rest “A regenerated heartbeat”For the first time, a mouse heart was able
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Electricity is sapping our sleep.
Science Magazine examines our internal clock, and the power that sunlight has in saving us from being so tired of waking up tired:
… Read the rest “Electricity is sapping our sleep.”Turning lights on at night can delay melatonin release and
The worst learners are stressed-out men.
If everyone is stressed out, Scientific American seems to be saying, then women will have a mental advantage. That’s because stressed men are worse at learning:
… Read the rest “The worst learners are stressed-out men.”Male and female participants
Science Art: Tabula XXIII: De humeri fracti compositioni & luxationem cubiti, humeri, ac femoris restitutioni, from Armamentum chirurgicum, by D. Joannis Sculteti, 1656
A 17th-century guide to leg surgery. Unfortunately, my Latin’s not what it could be, so I can’t tell exactly what Dr. Joannis Sculteti is recommending we do here. I can tell,… Read the rest “Science Art: Tabula XXIII: De humeri fracti compositioni & luxationem cubiti, humeri, ac femoris restitutioni, from Armamentum chirurgicum, by D. Joannis Sculteti, 1656”
Some critters are so small, they can’t make a species.
That’s the argument Laboratory Equipment describes some mathematical taxonomists (there’s a discipline for you) are making – claiming that some kinds of plankton… Read the rest “Some critters are so small, they can’t make a species.”
Mosquitos *taste* heat.
Science Daily has more on the strange, previously unknown sensory organ in insects:
… Read the rest “Mosquitos *taste* heat.”Notice how mosquitoes always seem to bite where there is the most blood? That is because those areas are
Red light beats blue mood.
Medical Xpress reports on the colorful work of Ohio State U neuroscientists who have studied the effects of nightlights on depression:
… Read the rest “Red light beats blue mood.”In a study involving hamsters, researchers found
(Can’t beat this headline) “How to regrow your head.”
Nature has the details on what it takes to come back from a decapitation:
… Read the rest “(Can’t beat this headline) “How to regrow your head.””Knocking out a single gene can switch on a worm’s ability to regenerate parts of its body, even enabling it to
Lab-grown meat: first taste “feels like a conventional hamburger”
AP (via Yahoo!) has the first reactions to meat grown in a petri dish rather than on a farm:
… Read the rest “Lab-grown meat: first taste “feels like a conventional hamburger””Two volunteers who participated in the first public frying of hamburger grown in a lab said Monday
Science Art: Sketch of a Decompression Chamber in Use from Caisson Sickness, and the Physiology of Work in Compressed Air, by Leonard Hill, M.B., 1912.
People seem to like caissons (pressurized chambers used to build foundations underwater), or so my search referrals tell me.
Well, here’s what working in a caisson can do to you –… Read the rest “Science Art: Sketch of a Decompression Chamber in Use from Caisson Sickness, and the Physiology of Work in Compressed Air, by Leonard Hill, M.B., 1912.”
Zookeepers baffled by spooked baboons.
BBC says that’s what’s going on in the Netherlands. The baboons were terrified, but no one knows why;
… Read the rest “Zookeepers baffled by spooked baboons.”The behaviour started on Monday evening, and only now are the 112 baboons
Watch your dog’s left eyebrow. That’s how they say they’re glad to see you.
Doctor Dolittle… well, not exactly. But The Telegraph reads dogs’ faces to see if they’re happy to see you:
… Read the rest “Watch your dog’s left eyebrow. That’s how they say they’re glad to see you.”Animal behaviour experts have found the animals’ emotions
A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease – almost here.
BBC reports on the struggle to develop an early blood test for Alzheimer’s:
… Read the rest “A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease – almost here.”A technique published in the journal Genome Biology showed differences in the tiny fragments of genetic
Controlling rats with OUR BRAINS.
ExtremeTech introduces the technology of the supervillain – the brain-to-brain interface (BBI), a new device that lets humans control animals with their thoughts:
… Read the rest “Controlling rats with OUR BRAINS.”Simply by thinking
Grace makes the meal taste better (and singing improves the birthday cake).
The Telegraph celebrates the effect rituals have on our appetites, with research that shows saying grace makes the meal taste better:
… Read the rest “Grace makes the meal taste better (and singing improves the birthday cake).”The study, by researchers from Minnesota University,