Nature calls them, poetically enough, the skeletons of “wandering ice giants”:
… Read the rest “Super-dense… *things*… are a new kind of planet”Among the most puzzling finds of NASA’s Kepler space mission to find exoplanets, which launched
Smithsonian might terrify the Australian homeowner with their coverage of the the latest giant snail invasion:
… Read the rest “Australia faces their own house-eating snail invasion.”The giant African snail is a true nightmare. These snails grow to the size
NBC News is wondering what’s behind the massive blooms of marine microorganisms that are killing so many manatees:
… Read the rest “So why is red tide killing our manatees?”Florida wildlife officials report that 149 of the gentle giants
Great idea, if it works. Laboratory Equipment looks at the possibility of slicing up plastic trash to use as “ink” for 3D printers:
… Read the rest “Turn your milk jugs into… whatever. At home. With 3D printing.”Using free software downloaded from sites
This is an illustration of a model of a paradox – they hydrostatic paradox, as demonstrated by Blaise Pascal. The paradox is that the pressure at the bottom of a column… Read the rest “Science Art: Bodendruckapparat nach Pascal by Max Kohl”
PhysOrg announces the discovery of eerie, ancient lifeforms in an Antarctic lake:
… Read the rest “Novel bacteria live in Lake Vostok. THEY LIVE!”The samples obtained from the underground lake in May 2012 contained a bacteria which bore no resemblance
Marine biologist Edith Widder reveals the secrets to a successful squid hunt:
OUCH. Nature pulls no punches with OUCH. The ways they’re moving forward with stem cell therapies are pretty ingenious:
… Read the rest “Stem cell headline winner: “Bendable needle increases reach of a single injection to the brain.””Several laboratories are investigating ways to treat neurological
Frida Polli, one of the financial folks at Forbes, is offering us a look at the sausage-factory of neuroscience funding:
… Read the rest “Forbes follows how science gets started up.”In 2007, after 6 years of PhD work, I arrived at the McGovern Institute
A sub-continental crocodilian, found on that good ol’ Scientific Illustration tumblog.
It was painted by Wilhelm Eigener, one of Germany’s most sought-after… Read the rest “Science Art: Indian Gharial by Wilhelm Eigener, 1958”
PLOSone is going to lead to videogame suites being installed in major training hospitals, I just know it, thanks to research showing that playing Nintendo Wii improves surgeons’… Read the rest “Wii builds better surgeons.”
Or at least, Astrobiology says, save the species’ descendants. The secret of survival, on an evolutionary scale, isn’t a single lucky mutant, but a whole “relay team”… Read the rest “Slow and steady mutations save the species.”
Reddit’s just had a Q&A with the CEO of a company dedicated to 3D printing edible meat:
… Read the rest ““Human meat is not on the menu. Sorry.””At Modern Meadow we’re developing technology to 3D-bioprint meat and leather. In fact,
Space Daily enthuses over a strange formation snapped by Hubble – a deep-space V made by two galaxies, overlapping like enormous wings in space:
… Read the rest “Hubble snaps galactic vee.”This large “flying V”
A Devonian fish with a bony head.
That means it was swimming around hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs.
Found on the Scientific Illustration tumblog.
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