Fit Britain.
Is is just me or is the BBC sounding insufferably superior when it reports that the English are healthier than Americans:
… Read the rest “Fit Britain.”But despite looking, the researchers did not find any real evidence
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China’s nuclear future.
The Guardian is looking clean, abundant and safe as it talks about China’s mission to do nuclear power better – with thorium:
… Read the rest “China’s nuclear future.”Imagine how the nuclear energy debate might differ
Robot lawyers.
It’s not news when more factory workers get laid off because their jobs have been automated. But New York Times seems to agree that when computers replace lawyers’ jobs, it’s… Read the rest “Robot lawyers.”
Kiss controller
Why use your hands to manipulate the electronics, asks Georgia Tech digital artist Hye Yeon Nam, when you could use a little affection instead?:
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The Kiss Controller
Science Art: Euterpe Teutamis &c. from Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies by William C. Hewitson, 1856
Butterflies from the genus Euterpe, named for the muse of flute-playing and epic poetry known as the “giver of delight”… but also the name of a genus of South American… Read the rest “Science Art: Euterpe Teutamis &c. from Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies by William C. Hewitson, 1856”
Mass Extinction #6
The death of the dinosaurs was just a drop in the bucket compared to some of the real mass extinction events out there. And PhysOrg thinks we may be at the beginning of a really big one:
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Sex, 40 million B.C.
The book of love might be rewritten by each generation, but the pictures don’t change much. So MSNBC proves with its personal look at an intimate moment from a long, long, long time … Read the rest “Sex, 40 million B.C.”
Gotta go? Gotta choose!
The Association for Psychological Science really put the pressure on our decision-making process by drinking a few cups of coffee and publishing possibly the strangest experimental … Read the rest “Gotta go? Gotta choose!”
Blood. Sweat. Horses.
Archaeology Daily closes in on the real story behind ancient China’s legendary blood-sweating horses:
… Read the rest “Blood. Sweat. Horses.”The bones of 80 horses unearthed from the mausoleum of a Chinese emperor who
Arctic submarines.
The US Navy, Nature reports, is taking some time out to give scientists a look at what goes on beneath the Arctic Circle:
… Read the rest “Arctic submarines.”Nature talked to two of the researchers involved in the next phase of
Science Art: Discovery’s Final Launch, by @Crooooow’s girlfriend.
Reddit user Crooooow was flying from Florida to Chicago when the pilot announced that passengers could see something interesting out of the window if they looked quickly.… Read the rest “Science Art: Discovery’s Final Launch, by @Crooooow’s girlfriend.”
Smell of fertility.
It’s fairly well known that men react slightly differently to women when the women are ovulating. What the New York Times reveals is that men in relationships are less attracted to… Read the rest “Smell of fertility.”
The stars are louder
The song of the spheres – or, as BBC puts it, the music of the stars – is getting easier for astronomers to hear:
… Read the rest “The stars are louder”Bill Chaplin of the University of Birmingham told the annual meeting
Go out and play.
Researchers are rallying – literally – in defense of goofing off. Too much structure is hurting our children, say scientists in The Chronicle of Higher Education, who have… Read the rest “Go out and play.”
Full-throated koala love bellow.
BBC broadcasts the remarkable, newly discovered courtship holler of the koala:
… Read the rest “Full-throated koala love bellow.”Dr [William] Ellis and his colleagues [from the University of Queensland], who report their findings in