The stars are louder
The song of the spheres – or, as BBC puts it, the music of the stars – is getting easier for astronomers to hear:
… Read the rest “The stars are louder”Bill Chaplin of the University of Birmingham told the annual meeting
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SONG: Answering the Call
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SOURCE: Based on Koalas bellow to attract a mate, BBC News, 18… Read the rest “SONG: Answering the Call”
Go out and play.
Researchers are rallying – literally – in defense of goofing off. Too much structure is hurting our children, say scientists in The Chronicle of Higher Education, who have… Read the rest “Go out and play.”
Full-throated koala love bellow.
BBC broadcasts the remarkable, newly discovered courtship holler of the koala:
… Read the rest “Full-throated koala love bellow.”Dr [William] Ellis and his colleagues [from the University of Queensland], who report their findings in
Science Art: Japanese Red-Bellied Newt (Cynopus pyrrhogaster), from NASA’s IML-2
This Japanese Red-Bellied Newt was part of the payload aboard the Space Shuttle’s STS-65 mission, which carried a few odd creatures into orbit for the International Microgravity… Read the rest “Science Art: Japanese Red-Bellied Newt (Cynopus pyrrhogaster), from NASA’s IML-2”
SEA quiz: Who did what?
Ganked shamelessly from the Scientists and Engineers for America newsletter:
… Read the rest “SEA quiz: Who did what?”To celebration Black History Month, SEA staff has chosen five brilliant scientists and engineers for this
Deadlier than the animal.
…is the plant. This plant, Discovery says. It’s broken the speed record for sucking animals to their deaths:
… Read the rest “Deadlier than the animal.”Their traps suck in prey in less than a millisecond, making this
Our atomic noses.
Normally, when we think of the way we smell things, we think of the molecules of a smelly substance – like a rose or a garlic roll – wafting into the air and then landing on our olfactory… Read the rest “Our atomic noses.”
Psychology of awkwardness.
RSA Animate presents Steven Pinker’s frank lecture on euphemism, called “Language as a window to human nature”:
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Learning magnets.
PhysOrg makes me fight an overwhelming urge to start raving about “thinking caps” and “memory machines” with their look at how transcranial magnetic stimulation… Read the rest “Learning magnets.”
Science Art: Western Equine Encephalitis Virus Taken With Cryo-Electron Microscope
This is the infectious microbe (alive? not alive? who knows?) that causes Western equine encephalitis. It’s a deadly virus.
I can remember when they said taking pictures of viruses… Read the rest “Science Art: Western Equine Encephalitis Virus Taken With Cryo-Electron Microscope”
Sleeping beneath the ice.
Reuters reports on a Russian mission to reach an oxygen-rich lake that’s been untouched for 15 million years:
… Read the rest “Sleeping beneath the ice.”“It’s minus 40 (Celsius) outside,” [Alex] Turkeyev
Violin and quanta.
New Scientist listens to the art of subatomic particles:
… Read the rest “Violin and quanta.”The performance is the brainchild of composer and computer scientist Alexis Kirke from the University of Plymouth, UK, who has
Sleep reminders.
Discovery makes me want to take a nap. Not because this research is boring, but because it suggests you can sleep your way to better recall:
… Read the rest “Sleep reminders.”After about 20 minutes, while the sleeping group’s
Better solar.
Alternative energy got a big boost from TechEye.net, which reports that a new generation of solar panels could double in efficiency:
… Read the rest “Better solar.”A team made of researchers from both UC Davis and UC Santa