Nature surveys the growing body of evidence of *something* very big orbiting at the fringes of the solar system:
… Read the rest “Not exactly Nibiru, but… Planet Nine?”“If I read this paper out of the blue, my first reaction would be that it was
The Guardian gives my inner paranoid schizophrenic ever more powerful wings to soar with news of a brain-monitoring implant that tracks your nerve impulses for a while and then dissolves… Read the rest “Wireless brain implants that melt away.”
New Scientist delves into the advanced mapping of pizza slicing for *everyone’s* preferences:
… Read the rest “Beyond “We can all agree on cheese”: Higher pizza-cutting mathematics.”Most of us divide a pizza using straight cuts that all meet in the middle. But what if
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This is a detail of a page from Geology for Beginners, comprising a familiar explanation of geology, and its associate sciences, an 1842 introduction to stones and mountains… Read the rest “Science Art: Rhombic Dodecahedron, Figs. 44 and 45 from “Crystalline Forms,” G.F. Richardson, 1842”
Science Daily reports that Japanese observers have just found the second-largest black hole in the Milky Way – by looking at clouds of gas:
… Read the rest “A really, really big black hole.”Astronomers using the Nobeyama 45-m Radio
Wired reveals a pair of smart glasses that don’t look any different than any other pair of prescription frames – wearable computers just the way Zeiss (and maybe the rest of … Read the rest “Like Google Glass, but invisible.”
Science Direct has a copy of the study recommending a soundproofed sanctuary for dolphins and other sonar-using marine life:
… Read the rest “Needed: a silent sea sanctuary.”Many marine organisms, from invertebrates to fish to marine
Science Daily reports on the discovery of the brain circuit that recognizes danger:
… Read the rest “Is this safe? We know how how to turn off our sense of danger now.”Researchers at Columbia University’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
Yeah, this was just rebroadcast on Prairie Home Companion this weekend. But why not?
A pretty good country song that does everything you’d want a science song to do.
Popular Science reminds us that NASA’s first “A” is for “Aeronautics” – which is why they’re trying to make ultra-efficient hybrid jet … Read the rest “NASA’s making low-pollution hybrid jets.”
The Open Source Gendercodes project is planning to take sex hormones out of the pharmaceutical factory and into the kitchens (and gardens) of any transgendered person who wants to grow … Read the rest “Hormone hacking: home-grown gender control.”
As Nature notes, we’ve almost eradicated guinea worm – a terribly infectious parasite – but the worm seems to be striking back in the form of a mysterious dog disease… Read the rest “Dogs stymie the battle to wipe out guinea worm.”
Science Daily reveals how one species of ant takes on their own brains and programs their social roles – doing the job we thought DNA did:
… Read the rest “Florida carpenter ants program themselves.”In Florida carpenter ant colonies, distinct
First found on dthorne books.
I’m guessing this came from a very old Scientific American (maybe 1930s?), but can’t really say for sure.
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