None more deep.
New Scientist has a picture taken by the world’s deepest-diving robot:
… Read the rest “None more deep.”“Nereus is like no other deep submergence vehicle,” says oceanographer Tim Shank of WHOI.
“It
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Laughing apes.
The AP is laughing it up over sensitive research into what makes apes laugh:
… Read the rest “Laughing apes.”To investigate that, Marina Davila Ross of the University of Portsmouth in England and colleagues carried out
A mote in an Eye Ball.
I’ve just been interviewed in this new zine, Eye Ball.
It is a dictionary of joy and interesting things.
There are entries consisting of bhaji recipes, and of interviews with David… Read the rest “A mote in an Eye Ball.”
Oops. Uh, sorry, Martians.
“Oops,” of course, is a word that means science is going about its job correctly, because by discovering mistakes we learn what works and what doesn’t. So, um, it’s… Read the rest “Oops. Uh, sorry, Martians.”
Paul Calle’s Apollo sketches
In 1969, NASA artist Paul Calle followed the Apollo astronauts as they prepared to climb into a capsule and ride a rocket to the moon.
Luckily for us, he sketched what he saw.
Bisphenol-A: a Big Tobacco-style cover-up?
That seems to be what Science Blogs just published… an industry memo from the North American Metal Packaging Alliance, Inc. covering strategies for combating the growing scientific… Read the rest “Bisphenol-A: a Big Tobacco-style cover-up?”
Skin, hair… stem cells?
The Guardian is covering a new medical breakthrough involving miracle cures made from the patients’ own skin and hair:
… Read the rest “Skin, hair… stem cells?”People who are born with Fanconi anaemia are usually diagnosed
Science Art: Pelton Wheel, p. 1593, Webster’s New International.
Behold the Pelton wheel. This is a kind of water turbine designed to turn babbling brooks into industrious electrical generators.
Beautiful imagery from the Wikipedia entry: “There… Read the rest “Science Art: Pelton Wheel, p. 1593, Webster’s New International.”
Needed: Rosetta Stones, good condition, not yet used.
Just in case you thought we knew everything there was to know about the ancient world, New Scientist brings a little mystery back with their list of eight untranslated alphabets:
… Read the rest “Needed: Rosetta Stones, good condition, not yet used.”These fall
Gibraltar may crumble…
…but this new memory technology Neatorama’s talking about will be here to stay:
… Read the rest “Gibraltar may crumble…”Berkeley… researcher Alex Zettl and colleagues created a physical memory cell composed
Global warming real estate.
You’d expect the rising ocean levels to decimate coastlines, but the New York Times points out that melting glaciers are, rather surprisingly, raising land levels in some coastal… Read the rest “Global warming real estate.”
Science Art: S125-E-007900 (Canary Islands Vortices), STS-125 Shuttle Mission Imagery
June marks the official beginning of hurricane season. Here’s where they start from, whirling spirals off the coast of North Africa. Soon, I imagine, a couple… Read the rest “Science Art: S125-E-007900 (Canary Islands Vortices), STS-125 Shuttle Mission Imagery”
SONG: “If I Believe It”
SONG: “If I Believe It” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
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SOURCE: “The science of voodoo: When mind attacks body “… Read the rest “SONG: “If I Believe It””
Komodo dragons: venomous after all. And how.
I’ve always reveled in the way Komodo dragons killed their prey – by having dirty mouths, chomping on quicker-moving prey and letting septicemia slowly finish them off. Well,… Read the rest “Komodo dragons: venomous after all. And how.”
Clouds of germs (and germs of clouds).
PhysOrg.com has a new piece of the climate change puzzle, a discovery some call the “holy grail” of climate science:
… Read the rest “Clouds of germs (and germs of clouds).”The effects of tiny airborne particles called aerosols