Heard the new drug?
First, The Chronicle of Higher Education turned up the special music and tuned into the science of brain-boosting binaural beats:
… Read the rest “Heard the new drug?”“There are hundreds of examples of students using binaural
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In. Out. Ahhh…..
A better life can come down to the simplest thing in the world. Yesterday, NPR.org investigated the science behind one of the most potent therapies for stress relief – simply taking… Read the rest “In. Out. Ahhh…..”
New venomous critter in Yosemite
Just when you thought there were enough reasons to be nervous about camping, Mother Nature Network brings you, oh, a half-scorpion, half-spider that lives in the dark. Researchers have… Read the rest “New venomous critter in Yosemite”
Science Art: Resplendent Trogon, J.G. Wood’s Illustrated Natural History 1898
This is the resplendent trogon, a Mexican bird known formally, nowadays, as Pharomachrus mocinno, and once upon a time as Trogon resplendens. In other words, it’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Resplendent Trogon, J.G. Wood’s Illustrated Natural History 1898”
Lakes of Fire
The world’s lakes are coming to a boil, reports National Geographic. Only a minute difference in global climate is already causing some major changes in big bodies of water:
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David was packing heat.
Discovery takes a peek inside a famous statue’s hand to find Michelangelo’s lost weapon of war:
… Read the rest “David was packing heat.”“Bulging with veins, the right hand is holding what remains of a terrible weapon
Nemesis returns?
If you’re not up on astronomical conspiracy theory, “Nemesis” is the name for a hypothetical small star/very large planet that, one, we can’t see and, two, periodically… Read the rest “Nemesis returns?”
Too clean, too sensitive.
Metro.co.uk brings us yet another report on the problems with cleanliness:
… Read the rest “Too clean, too sensitive.”The modern trend for using antibacterial soaps is actually harming young people by making them more prone to
Saturn’s friendly moon.
Pack up your things! Discover reports that the Cassini Saturn probe has found an oxygen atmosphere around Rhea:
… Read the rest “Saturn’s friendly moon.”Other atmospheres known to exist throughout the solar system, like that
Science Art: The Geologic Time Spiral, by Joseph Graham, William Newman, and John Stacy.
History doesn’t repeat in circles. It makes a spiral.
Found via keepyourpebbles, from the US Geological Survey (at which you can read more about the concept.)
Squid can fly.
I am not making that up. Treehugger.com has the photographic evidence of flying squid:
… Read the rest “Squid can fly.”“From our observations it seemed like squid engaged in behaviors to prolong their flight,”
Science Art: Merman (Vir marinus episcopi specie), 1696
I’ll just quote the Wikimedia Commons text on this one. It tells a better story than I could.
… Read the rest “Science Art: Merman (Vir marinus episcopi specie), 1696”A relatively benign merman complete with scales caught in the Baltic
Hurt so good.
Yes. Well. New Scientist’s never-so-aptly-named “Short Sharp Science” blog revels in the discovery that the female orgasm is neurologically linked to pain:
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Inject stem cells into damaged brain. Wait.
That’s a rough outline of what The Telegraph says scientists are doing in what could wind up being a dramatic medical breakthrough:
… Read the rest “Inject stem cells into damaged brain. Wait.”The study, Pilot Investigation of Stem Cells in
Reading names, forgetting faces.
Forget your eyes. New Scientist (have I seen them somewhere before?) says all that reading is bad for your memory:
… Read the rest “Reading names, forgetting faces.”The scans firstly confirmed which regions of the brain are associated with