Lair of the kraken.
PhysOrg uncovers tantalizing traces of terrifying prehistoric predator – a giant squid that hunted ichthyosaurs:
… Read the rest “Lair of the kraken.”But the fossils at the [Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada]
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Liver brains.
MedicalXpress reveals a new source for nerve cells without stem cells – making neurons from liver cells:
… Read the rest “Liver brains.”Fully mature liver cells from laboratory mice have been transformed directly
It’s really invisible.
None of this “invisible to X-rays” or “invisible in the infrared” business for the University of Texas.
When they use carbon nanotubes to make something invisible,… Read the rest “It’s really invisible.”
Today’s science-crime police blotter…
Dateline: Washington state. 3news reports on a paleontological poacher pinched purloining a prehistoric proto-pig:
… Read the rest “Today’s science-crime police blotter…”A Longview, Washington, man accused of digging up the skull of a hog-like
Rhythm of memory.
MedicalXpress dances to the beat that makes memories in our brains:
… Read the rest “Rhythm of memory.”UCLA neuro-physicists have found there is an optimal brain “rhythm,” or frequency, for changing synaptic
Randy squid.
Not like the name. Like… you know. The squid the New York Times says are ready to get it on, however they can get it:
… Read the rest “Randy squid.”But for sheer amazement, the mating behavior of the squid, Octopoteuthis
Science Art: Tiangong 1, by China Manned Space Engineering, 2011
In case you hadn’t heard, China is building its own space station. Not planning to build. Not any more. Building.
The Tiangong 1 mission launched on Thursday from Jiuqian Satellite… Read the rest “Science Art: Tiangong 1, by China Manned Space Engineering, 2011”
Science moves overseas.
That’s the gist of this somewhat mournful piece in The Economist regarding America shuttering its largest particle accelerator:
… Read the rest “Science moves overseas.”It already looks likely that the successor to the
Psychedelic science spreads.
Salon covers the state of play in the burgeoning movement to use psychedelic drugs as medicine:
… Read the rest “Psychedelic science spreads.”“It was absolutely incredible,” remembers Kossut. “The first rush
DIY dinosaur. (A chicken comes first.)
Then, Wired tells us, comes a dinosaur egg. At least that’s one paleontological plan to flip the genetic switches separating “chicken” from “dinosaur”… Read the rest “DIY dinosaur. (A chicken comes first.)”
Angry fish.
Yeah, not birds. Discovery News writer Jennifer Viegas unveils the most bitter of best friends is likely to be the humble goldfish:
… Read the rest “Angry fish.”A new study has found that ornamental fish across the U.S.
Science Art: n238_w1150 (Plate XCV:Opisthoteuthis VERRILL) from The Cephalopoda, ed. by Carl Chun, c. 1915
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Octopus up-skirts. For science.
The provenance of this picture is a little hard to sum up easily:
* I found it on a blog…
* that reposted it from a Smithsonian Institute… Read the rest “Science Art: n238_w1150 (Plate XCV:Opisthoteuthis VERRILL) from The Cephalopoda, ed. by Carl Chun, c. 1915”
(Needs confirmation) Light-speed barrier broken?
AP is reporting that CERN has made a beam of sub-atomic particles travel faster than the speed of light:
… Read the rest “(Needs confirmation) Light-speed barrier broken?”University of Maryland physics department chairman Drew Baden called it “a
Whole Foods’ Mind Control
Fast Company reveals the tricks of the trade. Literally. Supermarket giants are using subliminal suggestion and misdirection just like master magicians:
… Read the rest “Whole Foods’ Mind Control”For example, sales records