Hot, Heavy Matter.
Science News reports on the hottest, heaviest science ever to come out of a research lab:
… Read the rest “Hot, Heavy Matter.”Talk about hot and heavy. Scientists have taken the temperature of a minuscule glob of dense, hot
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Science Art: (Loddiges 590) Erigeron alpinum by W. Miller
Another William Miller illustration – this time, a simple flower study in color.
Odd how spending a few moments looking at this Erigeron alpinum leaves me feeling just as mortal as… Read the rest “Science Art: (Loddiges 590) Erigeron alpinum by W. Miller”
Auroch returns.
The Telegraph hails the promise of herds of elephant-sized cattle returning to Europe’s plains:
… Read the rest “Auroch returns.”Now Italian scientists are hoping to use genetic expertise and selective breeding
Farewell, Asperger’s!
Discover tells me the “nerd syndrome” (or whatever we’re calling it in today’s papers) is no longer listed in the DSM, the “Bible of Psychiatry.”… Read the rest “Farewell, Asperger’s!”
Life on Saturn’s moon.
The Telegraph teases me with the promise of life on Enceladus:
… Read the rest “Life on Saturn’s moon.”Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft flew through icy plumes created by ice volcanoes and detected negatively charged water
Spiny eyes. With legs and mouths.
LiveScience illuminates a mystery I’m not sure I even knew existed – how is it that sea urchins can see without eyes:
… Read the rest “Spiny eyes. With legs and mouths.”Although sea urchins don’t have any problems avoiding
SCRUBBED.
So much for that final night shot: low clouds over the launch site.
So not only have the moon program and Ares rockets been shelved, but now the ground crew a/ didn’t get to light the big… Read the rest “SCRUBBED.”
Science Art: Opportunity at Concepcion Crater.
This image was ganked mercilessly from the brilliant Road to Endeavour blog.
That celebration of the Mars rovers is put together by the same person who appears to do something called Astropoetry… Read the rest “Science Art: Opportunity at Concepcion Crater.”
Last chance to see.
On 4:39 Sunday morning, go out and turn to face Cape Canaveral. It’s your last chance to ever see a space shuttle launch.
Last. Chance.
EDIT TO ADD: Space.com has video of what to expect… Read the rest “Last chance to see.”
Ships on Titan.
Well, this is a news item from before this week’s NASA budget came out. Think of it as a kind of desperate inspiration, perhaps, from the BBC. But it could be… maybe, somehow…… Read the rest “Ships on Titan.”
Hydrogen: a different perspective.
Yeah, so I kind of really want this poster now.
Running barefoot.
ScienceDaily keeps up with the latest research into the health benefits of running without shoes:
… Read the rest “Running barefoot.”[S]ays Daniel E. Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University
Extinct bird alive and well.
That, according to the Telegraph, is the good news. The bad news is that it’s in war-torn Afghanistan:
… Read the rest “Extinct bird alive and well.”The birds were then spotted again in June last year by workers from the Wildlife
Science Art: Dragon Lake, Siberia
This is Dragon Lake, a body of very cold water near the city of Bratsk. It’s a reservoir, like Arizona’s Lake Powell, formed by the damming of a river,… Read the rest “Science Art: Dragon Lake, Siberia”