Paper Memory
Physorg.com writes it down to remember, using new techniques to create paper flash drives:
… Read the rest “Paper Memory”Martins, a scientist at the New University of Lisbon in Portugal, continues: “What we have shown
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Solar Sea Slug
New Scientist loves nudibranchs… especially when they can generate their own power from sunlight:
… Read the rest “Solar Sea Slug”Elysia chlorotica is a lurid green sea slug, with a gelatinous leaf-shaped body,
Ancient High.
Dude.
Cannabis researchers in China have found world’s oldest stash:
… Read the rest “Ancient High.”CBC reports:
Researchers say they have located the world’s oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote
Science Art: Gathering the Ripe Pods of the Cacao, or Chocolate, Tree
Scanned from The Encyclopedia of Food (The stories of foods by which we live, how and where they grow and are marketed, their comparative values and how best to use and enjoy… Read the rest “Science Art: Gathering the Ripe Pods of the Cacao, or Chocolate, Tree”
The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower….
Technology Review covers the breakthrough of MIT chemist Daniel Nocera, who has figured out how to make like a leaf… and turn sunlight into fuel:
… Read the rest “The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower….”Carried out with the help of a catalyst
Gift Guide: CHEMISTRY!
The glorious MAKE blog has the scientific gift guide of my dreams: chemistry sets and DIY books for garage explosives experts and drug manufacturers. No, wait. Scientists! I mean scientists.… Read the rest “Gift Guide: CHEMISTRY!”
Thanksgiving Theremin: Thomas Grillo.
Here, for your enjoyment, is a theremin concert by a master:
Thomas Grillo lives and teaches in Jackson, Mississippi, as well as educating the general public online.
Found [via].… Read the rest “Thanksgiving Theremin: Thomas Grillo.”
Science Art: Argonauta, Webster’s New International
From Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language, 1911, G & C Miriam Co. Springfield, MA, [found here.]
SONG: Build us a House (They Could See From Space)
SONG: “Build us a House (They Could See From Space).” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: “Ancient Peru pyramid… Read the rest “SONG: Build us a House (They Could See From Space)”
The Grave of the Priestess
LiveScience is calling her a “shaman,” but since the 12,000-year-old grave is in Israel, not Siberia, that’s probably not exactly the right term. But whatever you … Read the rest “The Grave of the Priestess”
Hollywood, Meet Science.
New Scientist thrills me with a new push to get the entertainment industry to understand science:
… Read the rest “Hollywood, Meet Science.”The new effort, called the Science and Entertainment Exchange, is a project of the US National
Neither Chinese Chickens Nor Uighur Eggs.
China is a complicated country, and the closer people look, the more complicated it gets. Take, for example, the latest findings on the mummies of Xinjiang. These well-preserved bodies… Read the rest “Neither Chinese Chickens Nor Uighur Eggs.”
The Egg. The Egg Came First.
Canadian paleontologists have answered the old conundrum by closely studying a fossilized dinosaur nest:
… Read the rest “The Egg. The Egg Came First.”LiveScience.com, via Yahoo! News:
…[I]nterpreted literally, the answer
Of Wind and Fish.
MSNBC recently reported on an unusual idea – that offshore wind farms would be not only good for creating clean energy, but they’d also boost fish populations:
… Read the rest “Of Wind and Fish.”Extracting
A Cure for Old Age. (And AIDS.) From Chinese Medicine…
It sure sounds too good to be true, but New Scientist is talking about new UCLA research on astralagus, a plant that’s almost as widely used as ginseng in Traditional Chinese Medicine.… Read the rest “A Cure for Old Age. (And AIDS.) From Chinese Medicine…”