No, really. PopSci has more info on the Air Force’s new flying intelligence hub – an airship that uses lasers as fiber-optic cables:
… Read the rest “Laser zeppelins. You know, for spies.”…DARPA will outfit the Blue Devil
New Scientist reports on one space-happy eBay seller who’s got some explaining to do:
… Read the rest “Not your rocket!”In a recent report, NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) described how in July, it
New Scientist tries to rouse the secrets of anesthesia – and what being put under can teach us about consciousness itself:
… Read the rest “Behind the wall of sleep.”A team led by Andreas Engel at the University Medical Center
Past Horizons may have revealed the secret origins of man’s best friend – among the domesticated wolves of Southeast Asia:
… Read the rest “Pet wolves of prehistoric China.”Data on genetics, morphology and behaviour show
Then, Australia’s ABC Science tells us, they gradually moved inside our mouths:
… Read the rest “Teeth started outside.”The study, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, supports what is known as the “outside-in”
From the NOAA Photo Library, Historic Fisheries Collection, in the somewhat questionably titled ” Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals” section.… Read the rest “Science Art: Manatees Swimming by Henry W. Elliott”
When he’s not playing electric guitar with a bow, the Led Zeppelin virtuoso makes stranger noises:
The one that bears his name:
That’s where electronic music began.
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have found a strange link between forgetting things and walking through doorways:
… Read the rest “The doorway of forgetting.”New research from University of Notre Dame Psychology Professor
PhysOrg sets our sights on a big, wet, lively looking lake on Jupiter’s moon Europa:
… Read the rest “Great Lake Europa (where the aliens may swim)”The water could represent a potential habitat for life, and many more such lakes might exist throughout
From a series of zoological wall hangings (you remember these from classrooms, don’t you?) found on Scientific Illustrations.
Viennese teacher Dr. Paul Pfurtscheller… Read the rest “Science Art: Ophidia I. Tropidonotus natrix Tab 18, by Paul Pfurtscheller”
Yeah, those funky electronic gizmos that sit on your desk and look oh sparkly! and not much else? Science Daily reports that they can turn water into an antibiotic:
… Read the rest “Plasma balls kill cholera, E. coli and Mad Cow.”University of California,
NASA’s hiring:
… Read the rest “Ever wanted to be an astronaut?”Job Title:Astronaut Candidate
Department:National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Agency:Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Job Announcement Number:JS12A0001
Scientific American looks over the mystery surrounding autism – and why, less than 75 years after it was first identified, the syndrome seems to be growing:
… Read the rest “The autism puzzle.”Studies attributed it
Discover magazine’s Discoblog brings to light a study linking the feeling of being bored with the feeling of entitlement:
… Read the rest “Yes, precious snowflake, you do deserve to be bored.”“All people have to complete dull tasks, but individuals
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