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Frogs might make it after all.

15 December 2010 grant b 0

New Scientist offers hope that our amphibian friends might not all die horribly after all:

“It’s happening across a number of species,” says Michael Mahony at the University

… Read the rest “Frogs might make it after all.”

Fast food on the brain.

14 December 2010 grant b 0

“That junk food is gonna get right up in yer head and rot there, by gum!” spat the old timer from Culinate.com. “Jest you mark my words, kiddie. It’ll start takin’… Read the rest “Fast food on the brain.”

Who’s hottest – how?

13 December 2010 grant b 0

The Economist gets downright dreamy with its rundown of who’s the biggest hunk – and why:

[M]en often find women’s taste fickle and unfathomable. But ladies may not be entirely

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Science Art: X-15 Pilots Clown Around, 1966

12 December 2010 grant b 1



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From NASA’s fashion pages on Flickr.

Give me LIFE, my scientists! LIFE!

10 December 2010 grant b 0

So says Kazakhstan’s aging leader, in one of the strangest science stories to ever grace the Guardian’s pages. The fun part is that, crazy as it sounds, his life-extension … Read the rest “Give me LIFE, my scientists! LIFE!”

Arsenic, aliens and science writers

9 December 2010 grant b 0

The Guardian takes a good look at what we can really learn from NASA’s arsenic-eating aliens this week:

But to focus on the researchers would be to miss the point really. There may be

… Read the rest “Arsenic, aliens and science writers”

Heard the new drug?

8 December 2010 grant b 0

First, The Chronicle of Higher Education turned up the special music and tuned into the science of brain-boosting binaural beats:

“There are hundreds of examples of students using binaural

… Read the rest “Heard the new drug?”

In. Out. Ahhh…..

7 December 2010 grant b 0

A better life can come down to the simplest thing in the world. Yesterday, NPR.org investigated the science behind one of the most potent therapies for stress relief – simply taking… Read the rest “In. Out. Ahhh…..”

New venomous critter in Yosemite

6 December 2010 grant b 0

Just when you thought there were enough reasons to be nervous about camping, Mother Nature Network brings you, oh, a half-scorpion, half-spider that lives in the dark. Researchers have… Read the rest “New venomous critter in Yosemite”

Science Art: Resplendent Trogon, J.G. Wood’s Illustrated Natural History 1898

5 December 2010 grant b 0



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This is the resplendent trogon, a Mexican bird known formally, nowadays, as Pharomachrus mocinno, and once upon a time as Trogon resplendens. In other words, it’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Resplendent Trogon, J.G. Wood’s Illustrated Natural History 1898”

Lakes of Fire

3 December 2010 grant b 0

The world’s lakes are coming to a boil, reports National Geographic. Only a minute difference in global climate is already causing some major changes in big bodies of water:

In the

… Read the rest “Lakes of Fire”

David was packing heat.

2 December 2010 grant b 0

Discovery takes a peek inside a famous statue’s hand to find Michelangelo’s lost weapon of war:

“Bulging with veins, the right hand is holding what remains of a terrible weapon

… Read the rest “David was packing heat.”

Nemesis returns?

1 December 2010 grant b 0

If you’re not up on astronomical conspiracy theory, “Nemesis” is the name for a hypothetical small star/very large planet that, one, we can’t see and, two, periodically… Read the rest “Nemesis returns?”

Too clean, too sensitive.

30 November 2010 grant b 0

Metro.co.uk brings us yet another report on the problems with cleanliness:

The modern trend for using antibacterial soaps is actually harming young people by making them more prone to

… Read the rest “Too clean, too sensitive.”

Saturn’s friendly moon.

29 November 2010 grant b 0

Pack up your things! Discover reports that the Cassini Saturn probe has found an oxygen atmosphere around Rhea:

Other atmospheres known to exist throughout the solar system, like that

… Read the rest “Saturn’s friendly moon.”

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