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Sleep reminders.

8 February 2011 grant b 0

Discovery makes me want to take a nap. Not because this research is boring, but because it suggests you can sleep your way to better […]

Better solar.

7 February 2011 grant b 0

Alternative energy got a big boost from TechEye.net, which reports that a new generation of solar panels could double in efficiency: A team made of […]

Why thank you, Br’er Fox….

4 February 2011 grant b 0

Humans weren’t best friends with dogs first, says the Discoveryon blog. Archaeologists have found evidence that foxes may have been our pets first: Scientists analysing […]

Lotto breaker.

3 February 2011 grant b 0

Wired unearths the story of a gold-prospecting math whiz… sorry, geological statistician… who cracked the scratch-off ticket code: The trick itself is ridiculously simple. ([Mohan] […]

Germs against oil.

1 February 2011 grant b 0

WaPo and Slate give us the scoop on the Deepwater Horizon aftermath. Why was the Exxon Valdez so much more of a mess? Because the […]

Quantum eyes.

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Migrating robins have something better than magnets in their heads, Wired reports. They’ve got quantum sensors in their eyes: European robins may maintain quantum entanglement […]

Nabokov knew his butterflies.

27 January 2011 grant b 0

Vladimir Nabokov. Modern literary genius. Darling of the New York Times. And now, certified brilliant entomological theorist: There were several plausible hypotheses for how the […]

Pink, but not pretty.

26 January 2011 grant b 0

LiveScience joins forces with Peggy Orenstein to take on the “pink princess” culture and what it’s doing to our daughters: You spoke to scientists about […]