Science Art: Nicotiana alata upper leaf surface, showing tricomes and stomates.
This Lovecraftian landscape is jasmine tobacco. Not waving, photosynthesizing.
From Louisa Howard at the Dartmouth Electron Microscope Facility.
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Electric Plonk.
New Scientist gives us a recipe for converting cheap wine to the good stuff:
… Read the rest “Electric Plonk.”It is backed by a decade of research, the results have been published in a peer-reviewed journal and the end product
Flying Lasers.
We’re one step closer to living in a Flash Gordon serial, New Scientist reports, as engineers prepare to unleash a brilliant barrage of airborne death with fleets of flying lasers… Read the rest “Flying Lasers.”
A 2,000-Year-Old Brain
Archaeologists found a surprise inside the severed skull of a man who lived in Britain before the Romans came. As PhysOrg reports, it had Britain’s oldest pickled brain inside:
… Read the rest “A 2,000-Year-Old Brain”The
Herpes and Alzheimer’s
Science Daily reveals the role the plucky, pesky herpes virus plays in the dreadful progress of Alzheimer’s disease – and how a cold sore cure might also beat back brain damage… Read the rest “Herpes and Alzheimer’s”
Mutant Amish Superhearts.
Yes, maybe these simple farm folk *do* have better hearts than the rest of us. That’s what the BBC seems to be saying about new research that finds the Amish are genetically protected… Read the rest “Mutant Amish Superhearts.”
Science Art: “Bacteria” The New Students Reference Work
Some organic geometry from The New Students Reference Work (1914), edited by Chandler B. Beach, associate editor Frank Morton McMurry.
Scanned by Wikimedia Commons user LA2.
Life On Ice.
Antarctica, LiveScience reveals, isn’t the wasteland it appears. In fact, it has more species than the Galapagos Islands:
… Read the rest “Life On Ice.”A team of 23 scientists from five research institutes,
Dolphin Tools.
Science News reports on new findings that our intelligent neighbors to the sea have finally been spotted using tools:
… Read the rest “Dolphin Tools.”These dolphins dive to the bottom of deep channels and poke their sponge-covered
I feel… different. Prettier.
RedOrbit.com has a comprehensive overview (and yes, this is a summary of an overview) of research proving male organisms around the world are becoming feminized:
… Read the rest “I feel… different. Prettier.”The research shows that
Weight-busting Worms.
No, they don’t literally suck the fat from your waistline, but Scienceblog.com does show how roundworms are beating the battle of the bulge:
… Read the rest “Weight-busting Worms.”A previously unknown mutation discovered
That’s a C-sharp, right?
Biology News Net had a study not so long ago into how our brains recognize music. Researchers at University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and Department of Brain and Cognitive… Read the rest “That’s a C-sharp, right?”
Science Art: Explorer VII
The Explorer VII satellite, carried into space aboard a Juno II rocket on October 13, 1959. It weighed 91.5 pounds, and analyzed Earth’s radiation while looking… Read the rest “Science Art: Explorer VII”
Einstein’s Fridge
Albert Einstein: atomic physicist, scientific genius, refrigerator maker? Back in the 1920s, he and his pupil Leo Szilard saw a need for a refrigerator (which is, if you think about it, … Read the rest “Einstein’s Fridge”
Island of 10,000 Creatures.
National Geographic has some great images of tiny crabs, shrimp and other colorful creatures among the 10,000 species just catalogued on Espiritu Santo, Republic of Vanuatu:
… Read the rest “Island of 10,000 Creatures.”During the