SONG: Spirit of the Words
SONG: “Spirit of the Words” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
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“Once time runs backwards, we’ll….” Now wait a minute. What?
PhysOrg gets non-linear with their look at “time reversal” and how we might soon use it:
… Read the rest ““Once time runs backwards, we’ll….” Now wait a minute. What?”Imagine a cell phone charger that recharges your phone remotely without even knowing
We’ll all be staring at quantum dots.
The Economist is gazing into the pretty colors…not of quantum computers, but quantum television screens:
… Read the rest “We’ll all be staring at quantum dots.”An LCD screen works with a backlight shining through red, blue or green
Finding the influential few. In medicine, in politics, and in social networks….
Nature looks at the star power of “network theory,” curious statistics that control all kinds of complicated systems. They’ve found that even really complex networks… Read the rest “Finding the influential few. In medicine, in politics, and in social networks….”
Road workers discover four whales. (One very scary one.)
Not individual whales, but whole new species. Science has the details on the big, big discovery in California’s highway system:
… Read the rest “Road workers discover four whales. (One very scary one.)”“In California, you need a paleontologist and an
Science Art: Plate IV: Chilabothrus Inornatus and Dactyloa Edwardsii, by M&N Hanhart,1851.
Originally published in A naturalist’s sojourn in Jamaica, by Philip Gosse, who had awesome sideburns. And a relationship with M&N Hanhart, prolific publishers… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate IV: Chilabothrus Inornatus and Dactyloa Edwardsii, by M&N Hanhart,1851.”
Meteor explodes over Urals. I’m not making that up.
You may have heard about this by now, but a 10-ton chunk of space rock slammed into the atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia, and exploded, RT and dozens of other outlets have reported. The… Read the rest “Meteor explodes over Urals. I’m not making that up.”
“Breathe, supernova! Now PUSH!” (Watching a black hole being born.)
CNet reports on NASA researchers who may have snapped the first pictures of a new black hole being born:
… Read the rest ““Breathe, supernova! Now PUSH!” (Watching a black hole being born.)”Caught on film by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the “remnant,”
This is how you scare the fearless. Neurologically.
Nature examines the biology of fear – and how researchers have succeeded in creating fear in the fearless:
… Read the rest “This is how you scare the fearless. Neurologically.”Many studies on animals over the years have shown that the amygdala, a small,
“Bituqen” is Proto-Polynesian for “star.” A computer figured that out.
Nature reports on the algorithm researchers have devised to find (or recreate) the ancestors of modern languages:
… Read the rest ““Bituqen” is Proto-Polynesian for “star.” A computer figured that out.”Statistician Alexandre Bouchard-Côté of the University of British
Not just an asteroid. What *else* killed the dinosaurs?
Slate examines the mysteries of the mass extinction that killed all the dinosaurs… except the birds:
… Read the rest “Not just an asteroid. What *else* killed the dinosaurs?”“Dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid 65 million years ago” is now an indicator
Science Art: Exploring the Universe, from Looking Into Science supplements, 1965
This came from a series of supplements in California textbooks in the 1960s – the peak of the Space Race.
This is an image of promise. There is a better tomorrow out there in the void. … Read the rest “Science Art: Exploring the Universe, from Looking Into Science supplements, 1965”
“I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing?)” by Cmdr. Chris Hadfield, Ed Robertson, Barenaked Ladies & The Wexford Gleeks
Does this sound schmaltzy? Usually things with a full choir and a key change after the bridge sound schmaltzy. I honestly can’t tell – judgement just flew right out the window.… Read the rest ““I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing?)” by Cmdr. Chris Hadfield, Ed Robertson, Barenaked Ladies & The Wexford Gleeks”
Commander Hadfield gets together with Barenaked Lady.
No, he’s not doing *that* on the ISS. The commander is, like The Postal Service, making music via a long-distance collaboration… only his is with the earthbound Ed Robertson… Read the rest “Commander Hadfield gets together with Barenaked Lady.”
Real fake medicine isn’t really fake. It’s real. But how real?
Harvard researcher Ted Kaptchuk is mastering the medical secrets of sleight-of-mind by figuring out how to use placebos as real medicine:
… Read the rest “Real fake medicine isn’t really fake. It’s real. But how real?”Last year, he and colleagues from several Harvard-affiliated