Leaping cockroaches!
Because sometimes scuttling just isn’t enough. Wired gets up close and personal with the cockroach that, like its cricket cousins, jumps where it needs to go – and then some… Read the rest “Leaping cockroaches!”
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DARPA’s open factory.
Ars Technica looks at the defense industry of tomorrow, when secure factories are replaced by crowds of tinkerers:
… Read the rest “DARPA’s open factory.”[T]he agency’s Adaptive Vehicle Make project may reinvent manufacturing
Closer to a cloned mammoth.
Physorg hearkens to the growing thunder of massive, woolly feet as Japanese and Russian researchers declare they’re one step closer to bringing mammoths back:
… Read the rest “Closer to a cloned mammoth.”Teams from the Sakha
Crab grows garden on its claws
Nature reveals why the yeti crab will never go hungry. It grows methane-based bacterial gardens on its own claws:
… Read the rest “Crab grows garden on its claws”The yeti crab — so-called because of the hair-like bristles that cover its
Science Art: Testing Machine, from The New Students’ Reference Work, 1914.
This wasn’t a machine for giving new students tests. It was a machine for testing how strong materials were.
My understanding is that no new students were ever tested… Read the rest “Science Art: Testing Machine, from The New Students’ Reference Work, 1914.”
Laser zeppelins. You know, for spies.
No, really. PopSci has more info on the Air Force’s new flying intelligence hub – an airship that uses lasers as fiber-optic cables:
… Read the rest “Laser zeppelins. You know, for spies.”…DARPA will outfit the Blue Devil
Not your rocket!
New Scientist reports on one space-happy eBay seller who’s got some explaining to do:
… Read the rest “Not your rocket!”In a recent report, NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) described how in July, it
Behind the wall of sleep.
New Scientist tries to rouse the secrets of anesthesia – and what being put under can teach us about consciousness itself:
… Read the rest “Behind the wall of sleep.”A team led by Andreas Engel at the University Medical Center
Pet wolves of prehistoric China.
Past Horizons may have revealed the secret origins of man’s best friend – among the domesticated wolves of Southeast Asia:
… Read the rest “Pet wolves of prehistoric China.”Data on genetics, morphology and behaviour show
Teeth started outside.
Then, Australia’s ABC Science tells us, they gradually moved inside our mouths:
… Read the rest “Teeth started outside.”The study, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, supports what is known as the “outside-in”
Science Art: Manatees Swimming by Henry W. Elliott
From the NOAA Photo Library, Historic Fisheries Collection, in the somewhat questionably titled ” Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals” section.… Read the rest “Science Art: Manatees Swimming by Henry W. Elliott”
Thanksgiving Theremin: Jimmy Page makes some noise.
When he’s not playing electric guitar with a bow, the Led Zeppelin virtuoso makes stranger noises:
Thanksgiving Theremin: Leon Theremin plays his instrument.
The one that bears his name:
That’s where electronic music began.
SONG: Shining Stone (Calcite Double Refraction)
SONG: “Shining Stone (Calcite Double Refraction).” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Magical Viking… Read the rest “SONG: Shining Stone (Calcite Double Refraction)”
The doorway of forgetting.
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have found a strange link between forgetting things and walking through doorways:
… Read the rest “The doorway of forgetting.”New research from University of Notre Dame Psychology Professor