Last year, the Mars Rover Spirit got stuck in the dirt and NASA couldn’t get it out. But today, it still manages to deliver. Under those spinning wheels is proof that there’s … Read the rest “Rover Spirit: Down, but still discovering.”
CNN shares the latest US Geological Survey estimate of Alaska’s oil reserve. It’s a breathtaking 90 percent smaller than previously believed:
… Read the rest “Drill, ba… oh, wait. Never mind.”The group estimates about
Yeah, that headline sounds kind of dada, doesn’t it? But it’s exactly what The Register is describing as the latest Pentagon robotics breakthrough:
… Read the rest “Coffee balloon hands.”The manipulator works
Font fans, run in fear. BBC is reporting on new research that finds the Helveticats and Arialites have it all wrong. If you really want a brainy, thought-provoking typeface, turn to Comic… Read the rest “Comic Sans is… *good* for you.”
This is a pile of unusual fish from The illustrated natural history, vol. 3, by John George Wood, London, circa 1863. The Brothers Dalziel were the most celebrated (perhaps)… Read the rest “Science Art: Shovel-fish & spoonbill sturgeon by the Brothers Dalziel”
Have I been posting more about Antarctica than usual lately? Doesn’t matter. Check out the astronomical project the Telegraph is looking into deep under the ice:
… Read the rest “Eyes beneath the ice.”Professor Subir
Scientific American notices that the mosquitoes that carry malaria seem to be splitting off into their own species:
… Read the rest “Malarial evolution.”“We can see that mosquitoes are evolving more quickly than we
The marine biology-watchers at CBS would like to remind us of one of our planet’s under-appreciated treasures:
… Read the rest “On the sublime significance of a load of whale crap.”A new study suggests that whale excrement plays a vital role in protecting
The Telegraph dives four and a half miles into a vast undersea dead zone… and surfaces with a ghostly new species of fish:
… Read the rest “Ghostly fish of the dead zone.”The new type of snailfish was found living at a depth of 22,966ft
On October 14, 1947, “stick and rudder man” Chuck Yeager proved that you didn’t dissolve, explode or travel through time if you went faster than the speed of sound. He… Read the rest “Science Art: Bell X-1A In Flight (aviation anniversary tribute 2)”
On October 18, 1910, a team of… well, what would we call them? They take machines and go through the air like birds, so let’s call them aviators. A team of aviators made the first… Read the rest “Science Art: Wellman’s Airship America (aviation anniversary tribute 1)”
Whether or not you think a “soul” is a neurological phenomenon or something else, you might wonder, along with Discovery News, what it really means if animals have out-of-body-experiences… Read the rest “Toward animal spirituality.”
You’ve been reading these updates for some time, so of course you know of my deep and profound love for bringing scientific research and homemade creative stuff together. Of course… Read the rest “Etsy partners with NASA. Gives away prizes.”
PhysOrg reveals the anatomy of terror… in zebrafish:
… Read the rest “A lesson in FEAR.”A new study on the behavior of the zebrafish by Japanese researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute has uncovered a key
Science News reports on an Antarctic project that’s been hiring a crew of oceanographers who *really* feel at home in the water:
… Read the rest “Seal scientists.”Seals, walruses, whales and other large marine creatures
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