You might think that Wired is misguided when it publishes reports on our nation building tactical laser weapons and healing devices made from LEDs (the tiny lightbulbs in tiny flashlights… Read the rest “Obama’s laser guns and medi-beams.”
Arthur C. Clarke’s last message to the world:
So many of his wishes have already come true.
From the BBC:
… Read the rest “6e+13 picoseconds of silence for Arthur C. Clarke.”“Sir Arthur has left written instructions that his funeral be strictly
Washington Post reports on the one of the deepest mysteries of the animal world – the strange history of the domestic cat:
… Read the rest “The Naming of Cats is a Serious Matter.”In one of the most comprehensive explorations of cats’
Yeah, it’s feature news from ABC, but still – betcha didn’t know what astronauts have to put up with:
… Read the rest “No pizza, no laundry, no one can hear you scream.”You can’t freeze-dry pizza or dehydrate it very successfully
New Scientist reports on geneticists who might have isolated the specific genes for longevity:
… Read the rest “Long life. Little women.”[T]he [Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University] team… identified
This is a visible-light image of M-104, the Sombrero Galaxy, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
If our eyes were sharp enough, we could see this ourselves just by … Read the rest “Science Art: The Magnificent Sombrero Galaxy”
Medicinenet has a real downer of a report, dude. Stoners are more likely to contract severe gum disease:
… Read the rest “Is it the munchies?”After controlling for other risk factors for gum disease, including tobacco use,
Endgadget is freaking out over a joint University of Cincinnati/Air Force breakthrough creating an environmentally friendly light source, called BioLEDs, out of salmon sperm:
… Read the rest “Light from Salmon what???”The so-called
The Guardian is featuring an incredible slideshow of the Wellcome Image Awards 2008.
Go, look, be awed.
More poetry from New Scientist, reporting on Georgetown University research into the memory of butterflies:
… Read the rest “Catepillars Remember.”Seventy-eight percent of the caterpillars that were shocked directly after
Discover reports on a new bicycle frame that’s stronger than titanium, steel, carbon composites or aluminum. It’s lighter, too – because it’s full of holes… Read the rest “It’s Full of Holes.”
A leaf, with something on it, as seen at nearly 2,000 times normal size through a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
There are more SEM images here, at the Cosmic Light galleries.
The Reuters Environment Desk had a doozy of a story recently on how Norwegian lobbyists want us to eat whale to save the planet:
… Read the rest “Eat Whale?”The survey, focused on whale boats’ fuel use, showed
M.I.T. researchers, cited in the Boston Globe, have used brain scanners and simple tasks to map out neurological differences between Westerners and East Asians:
… Read the rest “East/West Brain Differences.”In one, subjects eyeballed
Ha’aretz reports on a rather unusual theory coming out of Hebrew University – that Moses was tripping his way down Mt. Sinai:
… Read the rest “Stoned Moses.”“And all the people perceived the thunderings,
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