Dry water.
No, not ice, but, as the Telegraph explains it, a form of water that just isn’t wet: Each particle of dry water contains a water […]
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Unselfish? Don’t expect us to *like* it.
Science Daily explores an ugly side of human nature. Research shows that groups don’t like good guys among them: Four separate studies led by a […]
Pee-pee power.
I went there. No, really, I went there. The BBC reports on the way chemists will use urine as fuel: Dr Tao said: “Growing up […]
Science Art: Triceratops-Eotriceratops size 02, by Conty.
Click to embiggen Image from Wikimedia Commons, where it soon might be deleted for making the Eotriceratops too large. They always seem to put the […]
Zombie ants from 48 million BC!!
Science Daily assures us these shocking, primordial monsters are very real: “This leaf shows clear signs of one well documented form of zombie-parasite, a fungus […]
Take a hike, kid.
G’wan. Get out of here. No, you don’t need me to hold your hand. The Guardian says you should go outside and play! [A] growing […]
Look happy, feel happy.
It’s not just about paralyzing your face to make you look younger. Not too long ago, Indiana University revealed that Botox really does make people […]
Before there was DNA….
That’s what’s still going inside this food-poisoning bacteria, according to Science Daily. Its genetic material is so ancient, it’s older than genes as we know […]
Destination Venus.
Or, as Discovery News puts it, RETURN TO HELL: We have a lot of unanswered questions about Venus that warrant a return surface visit. Venus […]
Science Art: Deep Sea Angler, by Justin Marshall, QBI.
Click to embiggen This is a photograph taken off Osprey Reef by researchers with the Sensory Neurology Group of the Queensland Brain Institute. No, not […]
Fall of antibiotics
Break out the garlic and sulfur compounds. The Guardian’s predicting the end of antibiotics in as soon as 10 years: Hyperbole? Unfortunately not. The highly […]
Eater of planets.
Not Galactus, but Jupiter, says New Scientist. The king of planets got to be so big because it gorged itself on super-Earths sometime in its […]
Desert feeds jungle.
Nature reveals a hidden connection between Sahara dust and the Amazon rainforest: Significant amounts of plant nutrients have been found in atmospheric mineral dust blowing […]
Catch the Perseids.
Big show. Shooting stars. Tomorrow night, night after that. Space.com has some details. Go. Watch the skies.
Radioactive boars rising.
Oh. OK. Discovery is reporting that the population of radioactive boars is increasing in Europe: Radioactive wild boars are on the rise in Germany, where […]