Art for health.
PhysOrg brightens up the future of health care with the healing power of art:
… Read the rest “Art for health.”Nanda, who has a doctorate in architecture with a specialization in health-care systems and design, says scientific
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Deadly plastic ocean.
Discovery brings up the grim possibility that we’re all doomed to die in an invisible toxic wave:
… Read the rest “Deadly plastic ocean.”Patterns in ocean currents create conglomerations of swirling trash that have received
Walk, don’t crawl.
Scientific American resets my priorities (or at least my metaphors) with anthropological research. You think in order to walk, you gotta crawl first? Not really:
… Read the rest “Walk, don’t crawl.”According to anthropologist
Song: Close Your Eyes
SONG: “Close Your Eyes” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: “Scary music is spookier with eyes shut “, … Read the rest “Song: Close Your Eyes”
Science Art: Pioneer F/G Jupiter Missions, 1970.
A gorgeous vintage diagram of NASA’s deep space probe’s trajectory.
The NASA image archive page says:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Pioneer F/G Jupiter Missions, 1970.”This image, drawn in 1970, is an artist’s rendering
By definition, a crush must hurt…
The Telegraph provides insight into the genuine pain of a broken heart:
… Read the rest “By definition, a crush must hurt…”Psychologists at the University of California, Los Angeles say the human body has a gene which connects physical
We found the seeds.
Reuters carries the story of the first seed of life to be discovered on a comet:
… Read the rest “We found the seeds.”The latest findings add credence to the notion that extraterrestrial objects such as meteorites and comets
DNA evidence, made to order.
New York Times brings up the unsettling possibility that future biochemically savvy crooks will be capable of fudging DNA evidence:
… Read the rest “DNA evidence, made to order.”The scientists fabricated blood and saliva samples
Smell of death.
Science Daily is hard boiled. As hard boiled as death. And death, they say, has a smell all its own:
… Read the rest “Smell of death.”Speaking at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), they said
Exposing the Seat of Wisdom.
The Times somewhat recently took a close look at our brains, particularly the parts that UC San Diego neurologists say are responsible for what we call “wisdom” rather than… Read the rest “Exposing the Seat of Wisdom.”
Science Art: Baender der Hand, Meyers Blitz-Lexikon, 1932
These are the volumes of the hand, Babelfish tells me… although “baender” also means “bands” (like the FM radio band), or ligaments.
Image found in Wikimedia… Read the rest “Science Art: Baender der Hand, Meyers Blitz-Lexikon, 1932”
Monkey music.
OK, not monkeys, but apes, New Scientist says, have been caught making musical instruments:
… Read the rest “Monkey music.”The orang-utan’s music, if you can call it that, is actually an alarm call known as a “kiss
Walking in the trees.
New Scientist goes out on a limb with a new study that hints that humans may have learned to walk up in the branches before marching on the ground:
… Read the rest “Walking in the trees.”Kivell thinks the wrist bones of chimpanzees
Wooden bones.
DiscoveryNews leaves me rooted to the spot with a sprouting fascination in the latest medical implant – bones made from wood:
… Read the rest “Wooden bones.”The researchers chose wood because it closely resemble
Fixing Prisons.
PhysOrg has some advice from the American Psychological Association on how to make prisons actually work – by punishing less and keeping convicts from coming back:
… Read the rest “Fixing Prisons.”“The current