Worms, organize!
It’s not just ants and naked mole rats that organize into eerily intelligent colonies, Discovery News says. Worms are getting in on the action, too:
… Read the rest “Worms, organize!”The study, published in the latest
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Prescription pop.
Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University are using music (and audio engineering) to treat pain and depression – by mapping out emotional terrain in pop songs:
… Read the rest “Prescription pop.”Each volunteer
Duck penis competition.
This is so going to trigger spam filters, but I don’t care. Science News has reported breaking news… that male ducks grow bigger penises when they’re around other males… Read the rest “Duck penis competition.”
Hurricane from orbit.
Hurricane Igor, from the International Space Station.
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The Michigan extinction event.
It’s happening now, the CS Monitor writes. The entire Lake Michigan ecosystem is collapsing:
… Read the rest “The Michigan extinction event.”The quagga [mussel] is found in all of the Great Lakes; the invasive species was introduced
Humpbacked weirdosaur.
There’s a great piece up at ScienceBlogs demonstrating how paleontology (and, even better, paleontological art) really works. It’s Darren Naish enthusing about a particularly… Read the rest “Humpbacked weirdosaur.”
Conching dolphins.
New Scientist tells the story of dolphins using tools to hunt:
… Read the rest “Conching dolphins.”Simon Allen, a behavioural ecologist at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, was out on a routine survey when one of the
Medical diamonds.
Discovery News digs deep for a story on things diamonds can do that are more than skin deep:
… Read the rest “Medical diamonds.”Virtually any kind of protein or chemical can coat nanodiamonds. When placed into the body, those
Charles Darwin: Terraformer
The BBC exposes a secret experiment by the man who brought us evolution: an island that Darwin turned into an artificial ecosystem:
… Read the rest “Charles Darwin: Terraformer”Ascension was an arid island, buffeted by dry trade winds
Science Art: Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel
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NASA has a new collection on Flickr Commons.
It’s pretty awesome.
So is this wind tunnel, also known as the “ice tunnel” because it was studying that… Read the rest “Science Art: Two-Dimensional Low-Turbulence Tunnel”
Frog skin super-drugs…
…will beat those super-bugs. Science Daily reveals a brand new source for potent antibiotics:
… Read the rest “Frog skin super-drugs…”The scientists are currently screening skin secretions from more than 6,000 species
What do you have to say?
That’s the question posed by a fun linguistic think-piece in the New York Times. The article looks over the latest developments in linguistic determination – the idea that… Read the rest “What do you have to say?”
Lungless, projectile-tongued salamander discovered.
And it’s up to the Guardian to tell me about the latest critter found in Appalachia:
… Read the rest “Lungless, projectile-tongued salamander discovered.”Its jaw and tooth structure suggest that it uses a projectile tongue to capture small prey such as
Look who’s running the asylum.
And, in fact, the whole discipline of psychology. National Post exposes the sad truth that industrialized, post-Enlightenment Westerners are weird:
… Read the rest “Look who’s running the asylum.”The article, titled “The