A bit of a jawbone (and a bit of computer modeling) has given us a long-awaited glimpse of our new oldest ancestor:
… Read the rest “A new dawn of humankind”On 29 January 2013, scientists combing a stretch of northeastern Ethiopia’s
Science Daily plunges into the fun, fun research into how toxoplasmosis pulls your strings:
… Read the rest “That brain-controlling cat parasite? We’ve figured out how it works….”The parasite is Toxoplasma gondii, which has infected an estimated one in four Americans and
BBC looks into our brains, watching scans that show how one memory can literally replace a different, but similar one:
… Read the rest “A new memory will replace a similar memory: the anatomy of forgetting”“People are used to thinking of forgetting as something passive,”
Sci-News.com showcases the gene that gave us (and our Neanderthal and Denisovan cousins) big brains:
… Read the rest “The Big-Brain Gene. So here’s where the trouble started….”A gene that is responsible for brain size in modern Homo sapiens and their ancient relatives,
Popular Mechanics takes the 3D printer to the next level – synthesizing not new shapes, but new chemicals from scratch:
… Read the rest “3D printing molecules to order.”In a new study published in the journal Science today, [University
Scientific American electrifies us with news of a cluster of satellites investigating the destructive power of the northern lights:
… Read the rest “Magnetic mystery satellites launching tonight”The Magnetsopheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, consists
Nature skips past the blue-and-black dress to ask: Have you seen the one about viral scholarship?:
… Read the rest “Viral science – things that spread fast.”In a paper due to appear in Management Science, Sharad Goel and his collaborators propose
RenewEconomy follows the money in alternative energy, and focuses on a Deutsche Bank report that finds ever-cheaper batteries will make existing solar power tech way more workable:
… Read the rest “Deutsche Bank says solar has already won.”But
The European Space Agency was watching the jets:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Artist’s Impression of the GX 339-4 Black-Hole Binary System, by ESA/ATG medialab”Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel space observatory have detected emission from the base of black-hole
Popular Science takes a wide-eyed look at gravitational lensing, the phenomenon responsible for splitting this supernova into four different images in the night sky:
… Read the rest “One supernova in four different places”But in between this
Nature reviews a broad survey of research – two studies that conclude psychedelic drug use can’t be linked to psychosis:
… Read the rest “Acid casualties aren’t (almost ever).”In the first study, clinical psychologists Pål-Ørjan
IFLScience smells more traces of life on Mars, by curiously sniffing spikes of Red Planet methane:
… Read the rest “Methane on Mars”Since it landed on the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring the Gale crater
Live Science grants us deep insight into the biochemistry of the bar pickup, revealing that prospective partners look a whole lot better after they’ve had one drink than they do after… Read the rest “One drink makes you cuter. (Not the people around you, but the person doing the drinking.)”
Science magazine is shaping up for a flexible future, with a whole new kind of 3D LCD screen:
… Read the rest “Programmable solids. Any shape you like.”The moving images we see on a display are created by controlling the net orientation of the molecules,
Copyright © 2026 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes
