Another Yangzi casualty.
The BBC depresses me again with a story about a unique Chinese fish that’s probably already extinct:
… Read the rest “Another Yangzi casualty.”A number of fish species vie for the position of the world’s largest freshwater
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Dead Fish Tell Tales, Alright.
If you’ve ever wondered what a dead fish is thinking, LiveScience has the data, thanks to a team that gave brain scans to a dead salmon:
… Read the rest “Dead Fish Tell Tales, Alright.”It began in 2005 when Bennett picked up a salmon
Raised to rule.
Your kids giving you lip?? Watch out, warns PhysOrg. Those are the ones who’re going to be in charge some day:
… Read the rest “Raised to rule.”Good parenting may better prepare children for future leadership roles
Science Art: $2 Silver Certificate, 1896 (Science Presents Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture.)
Lovely ladies, all of them. Science, the mother of Steam and Electricity, presents her children to their new, lugubriously lolling caretakers. This was, of course, in the years before … Read the rest “Science Art: $2 Silver Certificate, 1896 (Science Presents Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture.)”
SONG: Up, Up, Upsub 1
SONG: Up, Up, Upsub1.
ABSTRACT:
So, I wrote that song about New Zealand’s not-so-mythical giant eagle, (Harpagornis moorei), but I wasn’t really satisfied with the way the… Read the rest “SONG: Up, Up, Upsub 1”
Water on the Moon
SPACE.com says we’re ready to set up shop on Luna, now that we’ve found reserves of water up there:
… Read the rest “Water on the Moon”While scientists continued to suspect that water ice deposits could be found
We have ways of making you talk. OK, no, not really.
ScienceInsider dares to contradict thousands of Alias fans with “facts” and “experimental proof” from a neuroscientist who explains why torture doesn’t… Read the rest “We have ways of making you talk. OK, no, not really.”
SONG: Up, Up, Up
SONG: “Up, Up, Up.” (To download, double right click and “Save Target As…”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: “Maori legend of man-eating bird is true”… Read the rest “SONG: Up, Up, Up”
Land of the Rising Solar Panel
PhysOrg reveals why Japan is going to outlast us all – because instead of (or in addition to) prospecting for oil reserves, they’re going to put solar panels in orbit:
… Read the rest “Land of the Rising Solar Panel”The planned
Unclean! UNCLEAN!
New Scientist‘s microbiological reporting really makes you scared to ever go in the shower again:
… Read the rest “Unclean! UNCLEAN!”“Run your shower for a minute or so before you get in, otherwise you’ll
Science Art: Flying Lemur, Webster’s New International, 1911.
This is the flying lemur, or colugo, also known as the order Dermoptera – the “skin-wings.” They’re related to shrews and bats moreso than real lemurs, which … Read the rest “Science Art: Flying Lemur, Webster’s New International, 1911.”
We can see electrons.
Or, well, their valences, which is as good as it gets without Heisenberg getting in the way. Yeah, the Corante Pipeline has a post describing what it’s like to look inside atoms:
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One-way ticket to Mars.
That’s the trick. That’s how this guy in South Africa’s Mail & Guardian (and elsewhere) says we’ll do it. We’ll be able to send people to Mars as long… Read the rest “One-way ticket to Mars.”
Bats in daylight.
This may just be a behavioral curiosity, but I can’t help wonder if the devastation from white-nose fungus is playing more havoc than we realize. I don’t see a connection, but… Read the rest “Bats in daylight.”
Behold the roc!
Or at least a very, very big, mythical bird… that turned out to be real:
… Read the rest “Behold the roc!”“It was certainly capable of swooping down and taking a child,” said Paul Scofield, the curator