Light batteries
University of Michigan engineers are taking a bright new approach to solar power:
… Read the rest “Light batteries”The researchers found a way to make an “optical battery,” said Stephen Rand, a professor
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“Cute” don’t pay.
At least not when it comes to dates. Evolutionary Psychology finds that pretty people expect free rides:
… Read the rest ““Cute” don’t pay.”[St. Andrews psychologists] set up hypothetical blind dates and asked participants
Grapefruit vs. bugs.
NPR’s reporting sounds almost too good to be true as it extols the virtues of an all-natural, edible grapefruit extract that repels mosquitoes, ticks and bedbugs:
… Read the rest “Grapefruit vs. bugs.”Marc Dolan of the
Eyes of stone.
LiveScience takes a hard look at the stony gaze of the chiton:
… Read the rest “Eyes of stone.”While scientists had discovered the hundreds of eye-like structures on the surface of this armored mollusk, called a chiton,
Science Art: Chiton from Brehm’s Tierleben, 1860s
A pair of chitons, playing catch. Or sleeping. Or enjoying a good meal. Or singing a chiton opera.
With chitons, it’s very hard to tell the difference.
The image is… Read the rest “Science Art: Chiton from Brehm’s Tierleben, 1860s”
Buck-toothed demon.
Yeah, National Geographic is really helping paleontologists rehabilitate the popular image of dinosaurs as mindless killers with the latest… well… actually, I guess the… Read the rest “Buck-toothed demon.”
Northern Lights… from above.
This video was shot out of the window of a night flight from San Francisco to Paris, one frame every two miles:
Do you see it once you feel it?
Researchers have finally found an empirical answer, PhysOrg reports, to a centuries-old conceptual puzzler known as Molyneux’s question. If a person who’s been blind since… Read the rest “Do you see it once you feel it?”
War games.
DVice.com fulfills that long-held suspicion (in some circles) about videogames and military recruiting with a report on new games actually produced by the Pentagon:
… Read the rest “War games.”ACTUV Tactics is
Science Art: Imagining Mars, NASA-JPL, 1975
This is what an artist in 1975 (or perhaps three artists) thought the future of Mars looked like.
From the NASA-JPL description:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Imagining Mars, NASA-JPL, 1975”“Life on Mars” was envisioned
Davy Jones’ shipping containers.
You might have heard the phrase “acceptable losses” being tossed around in corporate contexts, but Singularity Hub’s taken a closer look at a shipping phenomenon … Read the rest “Davy Jones’ shipping containers.”
Go find Genghis Khan. Yes, YOU.
Washington Post extends an invitation to you – and to everyone else – to search for the tomb of the Mongol emperor:
… Read the rest “Go find Genghis Khan. Yes, YOU.”Through a Web site called Field Expedition Mongolia, which
Mangroves save us. (If we save them.)
Nature reports on a hidden side of wetlands conservation, with the discovery that those snorkel-rooted mangrove trees – which are getting pretty scarce most places – are … Read the rest “Mangroves save us. (If we save them.)”
First-person dream shooters.
Live Science reports on the nightmare-killing dreams of the hardcore gamer:
… Read the rest “First-person dream shooters.”By contrast, soldiers who did not play video games much suffered from more emotional distress and a frozen sense
The jug or the loaf?
“Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” is a question for paleontologists. Anthropologists ask a much more vexing question about bread and beer – it’s all… Read the rest “The jug or the loaf?”