Grampa Worm!
PhysOrg greets our oldest known ancestor – a very special worm:
… Read the rest “Grampa Worm!”Researchers from the University of Cambridge, University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have confirmed
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Farewell, Great White North.
Climate scientists, as quoted in New Scientist, have said goodbye to summer ice in the Arctic. For good:
… Read the rest “Farewell, Great White North.”Despite fears of runaway sea-ice loss after summer cover hit an all-time low in 2007
A blood test for autism.
MedicalXpress reports that Swedish and Iranian researchers might have identified a way to diagnose autism physically, by checking biomarkers in blood plasma:
… Read the rest “A blood test for autism.”In the current study disruptions
Science Art: FAGOCITOSI BY RAFF by Raffmara.
Look, this isn’t funny, OK? This isn’t funny at all.
If this wasn’t going on inside your body all the time, you would be SO sick. So TOTALLY sick. EVERY SINGLE DAY. But you’re… Read the rest “Science Art: FAGOCITOSI BY RAFF by Raffmara.”
Language is the music of emotion.
PLoS ONE presents research on music and words, showing that, no matter what language you use, speaking an emotion uses the same sounds as playing an emotion:
… Read the rest “Language is the music of emotion.”In Western music, the major mode
Cheer up, science fiction!
It’s probably just coincidence that the week after pulp hero John Carter, Warlord of Mars finally made it to the big screen, Neal Stephenson appeared in the pages of Smithsonian with… Read the rest “Cheer up, science fiction!”
The simple elegance of the Flame Challenge.
Alan Alda asks exactly the right question in exactly the right way:
… Read the rest “The simple elegance of the Flame Challenge.”As a curious 11-year-old, Alan Alda asked his teacher, “What is a flame?” She replied: “It’s oxidation.” Alda went on to
SONG: “Back into flow”
SONG: “Back into flow.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
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SOURCE: Based on “What it’s like to wear a brain-stimulating… Read the rest “SONG: “Back into flow””
Science Art: 5257: Life cycle of Diphyllobothrium latum.
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This is Diphyllobothrium latum, a tapeworm that might make itself at home inside you if you eat undercooked fish. The picture comes from the 80s but it must’ve been… Read the rest “Science Art: 5257: Life cycle of Diphyllobothrium latum.”
What’s made from blue cheese and cleans itself?
If Inhabitat.com’s on the money with this one, the answer could soon be “just about anything,” thanks to Swiss scientists who’ve used blue cheese fungus to make… Read the rest “What’s made from blue cheese and cleans itself?”
Happy birthday, zeppelin!
Wired celebrates the anniversary of that very special day, March 14, 1899, when Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin got the U.S. patent for his design for a hard-bodied balloon with engines and… Read the rest “Happy birthday, zeppelin!”
The Guild reviewed.
Check this out:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/03/songs-torn-from-science-headlines.html
Forget your Variety and your Rolling Stone. The Guild of Scientific… Read the rest “The Guild reviewed.”
Facebook more efficient than IQ tests at determining employability. (Yeah, HR will be reading your updates.)
Forbes takes us one step closer to the Facebook-dominated society with a Northern Illinois University study that finds a quick social media review works better than standard employment… Read the rest “Facebook more efficient than IQ tests at determining employability. (Yeah, HR will be reading your updates.)”
100% efficiency? Bah. Here’s an LED that’s MORE than 100% efficient.
Wired reveals how MIT made this cool magic trick happen – by using a little bit electricity to convert heat into light:
… Read the rest “100% efficiency? Bah. Here’s an LED that’s MORE than 100% efficient.”The LED produces 69 picowatts of light using 30 picowatts of power,
Science Art: Manière de pêcher la Tortüe; le Lamantin from Histoire des aventuriers flibustiers, Volume I (1744)
This engraving shows a bunch of humans spearing a sea turtle. But wait! A manatee looks on in terror, clutching her child! And thinks back to all the different kinds of harpoons she has seen…… Read the rest “Science Art: Manière de pêcher la Tortüe; le Lamantin from Histoire des aventuriers flibustiers, Volume I (1744)”