The Ayapaneco language is about to die out, the Guardian reports, in part because the last two speakers aren’t talking to each other:
… Read the rest “A language-killing grudge.”Manuel Segovia, 75, and Isidro Velazquez, 69,
From a page of botanical babies drawn by Swedish botanist Olof Swartz just before the dawn of the 19th century. Swartz was a pupil of Linnaeus, the fellow who pretty much … Read the rest “Science Art: Xylophylla, by Olof Swartz, 1791 (detail)”
The (not exactly) god of silence and secrecy, Discovery reports, is at the heart of a new Egyptian antiquities mystery. Of four statues recovered by authorities following the January revolution… Read the rest “Found: God of silence. Slightly used. Won’t talk.”
Science Mag produces proof – actual, empirical proof – that nice guys really can finish first and that even killer robots can learn to care for each other:
… Read the rest “Robot buddies.”Laurent Keller of
That’s the gist of an AFP report on the messages ancient soldiers carved into their ammunition:
… Read the rest “Words on sling stones can SO hurt me.”Slingers, also known as sphendonetai, have been used in warfare through antiquity,
Scientific American has a great guest post about a driven entomologist who discovered a new order of life… one that had eluded discovery by hanging around at South African truck stops… Read the rest “Truck stop life.”
PhysOrg brings us a teeny tiny bit closer to going green with an MIT project that offers solar power that reproduces virally:
… Read the rest “Viral solar.”This dramatic improvement takes place even though the viruses
From Insecten-Belustigung (Insect Amusements), a three-volume encyclopedia by 18th century German illustrator AJ Rösel von Rosenhof.
[via Bibliodyssey, via Keep… Read the rest “Helicoma spp + rhinoceros beetle, from Insecten-Belustigung, by AJ Rösel von Rosenhof, 1700s.”
They’re squid. No, really. Science 2.0 has blown the whistle on the final Space Shuttle mission – the one that finally brings squid back to the stars where they belong:
… Read the rest “I, for one, welcome our new astronauts.”So, okay,
It shouldn’t be surprising that The Optical Society likes getting a little flashy… but their beetle test subjects take things a little too far:
… Read the rest “Precious beetles.”Costa Rica was once regarded
Discovery News unveils the religious life of Neanderthals:
… Read the rest “Neanderthal Heaven.”The Neanderthals were found covered together with rocks burying their remains. The researchers believe it’s likely
From the description at the New York Public Library Digital Gallery page:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Total Eclipse of the Sun, by E.L. Trouvelot, 1881-1882”Total eclipse of the sun. Observed July 29, 1878, at Creston, Wyoming Territory. (1881-1882)
I doubt I could skip out of my non-scientific day job for a month, but man, I sure want to now:
… Read the rest “NIMBioS: Science Songwriter Residency”NIMBioS is sponsoring the program to encourage the creation and production of songs involving
University of Michigan engineers are taking a bright new approach to solar power:
… Read the rest “Light batteries”The researchers found a way to make an “optical battery,” said Stephen Rand, a professor
At least not when it comes to dates. Evolutionary Psychology finds that pretty people expect free rides:
… Read the rest ““Cute” don’t pay.”[St. Andrews psychologists] set up hypothetical blind dates and asked participants
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