Crunchasaurus?
PhysOrg ventures into the vast Gobi Desert to reveal a historical find – the fossilized remains of the first confirmed nut-eating dinosaur:
… Read the rest “Crunchasaurus?”Larger, more numerous gizzard stones
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Science Art: Sunrise Over Saturn and its Rings, W00018160.jpg, 2006
On September 15, 2006, the Cassini Space Probe had its historic rendezvous with Saturn, giving us – five days later – the first up-close look at the… Read the rest “Science Art: Sunrise Over Saturn and its Rings, W00018160.jpg, 2006”
Music boosts brains.
Scientific American casts a cold eye on music makers, and clinically reveals that yes, music really matters:
… Read the rest “Music boosts brains.”To record brain stem responses, the researchers placed electrodes on the heads
Love from the inside out.
Esquire sings with neurological romance, using brain scans to tell a husband’s stirring story of the brain in love:
… Read the rest “Love from the inside out.”Against all odds, I’m still hot for my wife. Chemically,
Alive in the ice.
LiveScience has interviewed some microbiologists who have woken up an alien(-ish) organism from the Greenland ice cap after a 120,000-year nap:
… Read the rest “Alive in the ice.”“Microbes have found ways to survive
That healing fizz.
So you get a cut – ouch! – and you put a band-aid on it, but first, you make sure you disinfect it with hydrogen peroxide. It gets all fizzy and then it’s cleaner, right? Ever… Read the rest “That healing fizz.”
What’s squeezing Betelgeuse?
National Geographic breaks the worrying news that Betelgeuse is shrinking:
… Read the rest “What’s squeezing Betelgeuse?”Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, first measured the star in 1993 with an infrared instrument
Science Art: Gustave Whitehead on the #21, by Dick Howell
Gustave Whitehead was a Bavarian immigrant to Connecticut who in all likelihood made a steam-powered machine fly for more than half a mile in 1899 – not only a longer distance than … Read the rest “Science Art: Gustave Whitehead on the #21, by Dick Howell”
A SONIC BLACK HOLE!
That sounds so totally metal, doesn’t it? Technology Review explains how to make a sound so heavy, no light can escape:
… Read the rest “A SONIC BLACK HOLE!”One of the many curious properties of Bose-Einstein Condensates
Monster Jellyfish RISE!
The Discovery Channel salutes the new owners of Planet Earth, now that we humans have eliminated the fish that were keeping them in check. Whales, dolphins, even giant squid are powerful… Read the rest “Monster Jellyfish RISE!”
I’ve been saying it all along.
This science comic tells the truth.
They do, you know.
The delinquent gene?
I’m not sure what to make of PhysOrg’s declaration that scientist have isolated the gene that leads people to join gangs and perform acts of violence:
… Read the rest “The delinquent gene?”Led by noted biosocial
The disgusted right.
Science Daily reveals a scientific correlation between being, like, grossed out, and being socially conservative – a link between the O’Reilly Factor and the ick factor… Read the rest “The disgusted right.”
Drinking air.
It’s practically like the moisture farms in Star Wars. Scientific Blogging has this thing about how we could be getting drinking water from *humidity* and solar power:
… Read the rest “Drinking air.”“The process
Science Art: Mort de Harris (1824), from the Tissandier Collection at the Library of Congress.
The Death of Harris, who jumped from a hydrogen balloon in 1824.
It was not a “perfectly good balloon,” as the sky divers put it – it was leaking, and … Read the rest “Science Art: Mort de Harris (1824), from the Tissandier Collection at the Library of Congress.”