Science Art: Red Giant V838 Monocerotis
Photo by NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).
You can read more about V838 Monocerotis exploding and swallowing nearby planets here.
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Big Brains? So What.
Discover reviews a new book that proves Devo was right – big brains aren’t an evolutionary advantage. The book, called Big Brains, looks at the Boskops, a kind of human who died… Read the rest “Big Brains? So What.”
Empathic Healing: Imaginary Massage for Phantom Limbs.
New Scientist reports on the discovery that amputees experiencing phantom limb pain – the unscratchable itch on a missing limb – can give themselves a virtual massage by looking… Read the rest “Empathic Healing: Imaginary Massage for Phantom Limbs.”
Algae Biodiesel in Production.
They’re squeezing oil from pond scum for real:
… Read the rest “Algae Biodiesel in Production.”The facility, located in Rio Hondo Texas, will produce an estimated 4.4 million gallons of algal oil and 110 million lbs. of biomass
Doomsday Seed Vault Cooked and Eaten.
So much for planet Earth’s future. The Norwegian scientists behind the Svalbard Global Seed Vault – a facility described as “Noah’s Ark for Earth’s Agriculture”… Read the rest “Doomsday Seed Vault Cooked and Eaten.”
Earliest recording predates Edison.
The International Herald Tribune says a Frenchman recorded “Au Clair de la Lune” 20 years before the phonograph was invented:
… Read the rest “Earliest recording predates Edison.”The 10-second recording of a singer crooning
Science Art: “Australisk fauna,” Nordisk Familjebok Encyclopedia
This is an image from an old Norwegian encyclopedia, the “Norwegian Familybook” published sometime from 1904 to 1926.
In Norwegian, the animals illustrated… Read the rest “Science Art: “Australisk fauna,” Nordisk Familjebok Encyclopedia”
A swarming army of cyborg bugs.
Wired reminds us that the U.S. military now has a functioning army of cyborg insects:
… Read the rest “A swarming army of cyborg bugs.”DARPA’s Hi-MEMS program aims to implant place micro-mechanical systems [MEMS] “inside
I’m on Rumblefish.
How very unexpected.
But pleasant nonetheless.
SkySails: Success!
The new age of sail can start now.
SONG: My Fingertips Are Weightless.
SONG: “My Fingertips Are Weightless” (To download: right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: “Origami spaceplane aims for space station… Read the rest “SONG: My Fingertips Are Weightless.”
Expelled from Expelled.
You’ve no doubt heard of the Ben Stein movie extolling the virtues of Intelligent Design and bemoaning the fact that it isn’t being allowed in science classrooms.
Well, I should… Read the rest “Expelled from Expelled.”
Space Boomerang: Conclusion.
They’re not sure why.
Music Brain.
Science News rhapsodizes over Johns Hopkins research into what happens in musicians’ brains that makes the music happen:
… Read the rest “Music Brain.”“What we think is happening is that when you’re