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Research opportunity: Magic mushrooms, cancer patients.

11 August 2011 grant b 0

If you know anyone who’s battling cancer, Johns Hopkins would like to see if psilocybin will help:

We are seeking volunteers with a diagnosis of cancer to participate in a scientific

… Read the rest “Research opportunity: Magic mushrooms, cancer patients.”

Parrot names.

11 August 2011 grant b 0

Wired brings us another step closer to talking with the animals, thanks to research showing that mama parrots give their babies names:

Before a green-rumped parrotlet is even able to chirp

… Read the rest “Parrot names.”

Long-distance loves have tall kids.

9 August 2011 grant b 0

Live Science discusses a strange bit of statistics – showing that the farther apart you and your mate are from, the taller your offspring will be:

The researchers think the reason

… Read the rest “Long-distance loves have tall kids.”

Science Art: Walross (Brochus)… (detail), by St. Schillinger, 1833-1841

7 August 2011 grant b 0

A walrus! A walrus! Seen inside and out in Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände, written by Lorenz Oken.

I can’t find anything out about the artist, lithographer St. Schillinger,… Read the rest “Science Art: Walross (Brochus)… (detail), by St. Schillinger, 1833-1841”

Flowing water on Mars.

5 August 2011 grant b 0

Not ice. Science Magazine shares some images of what they’re calling “the salty tears of Mars”:

Using the most powerful camera ever to orbit Mars, McEwen and his colleagues

… Read the rest “Flowing water on Mars.”

The birds and, uhhh….

4 August 2011 grant b 0

Scientific American reveals the emotional life of bees. Yes, insects do have emotional lives:

Recently, studies by Geraldine Wright and her colleagues at Newcastle University in the

… Read the rest “The birds and, uhhh….”

The Twitter trenches

3 August 2011 grant b 0

Time reveals more of the Pentagon’s social media warfare research:

The new Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) program was submitted under the Defense Advanced Research

… Read the rest “The Twitter trenches”

Cleaning the world’s plate.

2 August 2011 grant b 0

A new U.N. report (over at Scientific American) shows we’re actually wasting 300 million Hummer H2s’ weight of food every year:

What is more interesting is how the food is wasted

… Read the rest “Cleaning the world’s plate.”

Goblin holes!

1 August 2011 grant b 0

Der Spiegel probes the long-buried secrets of the Erdstalls – Bavaria’s ancient underground mazes:

At least 700 of these chambers have been found in Bavaria alone, along

… Read the rest “Goblin holes!”

Science Art: Bulbi olfattorii, by Camillio Golgi, 1875

31 July 2011 grant b 0

From the mustachioed microscope-gazer who gave us the method (for staining specimens), the receptor (inside our tendons) and the bodies (inside our cells) comes a hypnotic look inside… Read the rest “Science Art: Bulbi olfattorii, by Camillio Golgi, 1875”

The math of the madness of crowds.

29 July 2011 grant b 1

Ten percent. That’s all it takes to start a mob or to sell a coup d’etat. ScienceBlog digs up the numbers we need to make a change. Once 10 percent accept a thing as a rock-solid … Read the rest “The math of the madness of crowds.”

“Trojan asteroid”? More like puppy dog….

28 July 2011 grant b 0

The IBT (and a bunch of other news outlets) are making this discovery – an asteroid that’s been orbiting Earth – are making it sound like a deadly trick. When really the… Read the rest ““Trojan asteroid”? More like puppy dog….”

The human problem: long life and shrinking brains.

27 July 2011 grant b 0

BBC News uncovers a strange complex of problems that humans have and chimps don’t. We get old. On the one hand, we live a long time. And on the other, our brains shrink:

Anthropologist

… Read the rest “The human problem: long life and shrinking brains.”

Doctor dolphin

26 July 2011 grant b 0

Georgetown University researchers want to know why – and how – dolphins are so good at healing themselves:

A dolphin’s ability to heal quickly from a shark bite with

… Read the rest “Doctor dolphin”

Fame more than kindness.

25 July 2011 grant b 0

A sad fact from Science Daily – kids’ TV shows are teaching them that it’s better to be famous than it is to be kind:

On a list of 16 values, fame jumped from the 15th spot,

… Read the rest “Fame more than kindness.”

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