Limpid moon.
NASA inspires my hopes again. I’ll look up at the moon and know there’s water up there:
… Read the rest “Limpid moon.”“The full understanding of the LCROSS data may take some time. The data is that rich,”
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Mouthless worm stranger than previously thought. Oh. OK.
Wired has a lovely story about a charismatic creature that has no mouth, lives inside dead whale bones and is part of a very complicated family:
… Read the rest “Mouthless worm stranger than previously thought. Oh. OK.”Since the discovery by Vrijenhoek and other
Look at you. Up close.
Pharyngula passes on a very interesting offer:
… Read the rest “Look at you. Up close.”I had my doubts about this; I got an offer from ASPEX corporation to let people get free scanning electron micrographs of just about anything.
Like a wolf on the fold. Like an ocean of choking sand.
Discovery News has me imagining the text of a classified ad in the ARCHAEOLOGY – PRE-CHRISTIAN section…. Found: Persian army. Lots of mileage, but well-preserved:
… Read the rest “Like a wolf on the fold. Like an ocean of choking sand.”Bronze
Ethiopia’s other coast.
New Scientist is ready to weigh anchor in the Sahara, now that it looks like Ethiopia is getting its very own brand new ocean:
… Read the rest “Ethiopia’s other coast.”“The ferocity of what we saw during this episode stunned
Another LHC baguatelle.
Yeah, so the LHC really, really can’t catch a break. Not only are bizarre electrical failures, Al Qaeda operatives and time travelers out to get them – PopSci reveals that even… Read the rest “Another LHC baguatelle.”
Science Art: “Planetensystem”, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1885.
This is the place where we live – our celestial family – as seen by the educated reader in the Age of Steam. (Then, as now, Pluto didn’t make the planetary… Read the rest “Science Art: “Planetensystem”, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1885.”
Look up, TV people.
New Scientist points out an unexpected sunny side of the recent switch to digital broadcasting: it’s suddenly a lot easier for radio telescopes to see the sky:
… Read the rest “Look up, TV people.”The window is giving
Germ markets.
Wall Street financiers have more in common with bacteria than you might expect (ahem), PhysOrg reports, based on a new study that shows how microbes manage their investments:
… Read the rest “Germ markets.”“We
Scandal On The Beach! Extortion! Sex!
New Scientist tells the SHOCKING UNTOLD STORY of the steamy, sordid sex lives of fiddler crabs:
… Read the rest “Scandal On The Beach! Extortion! Sex!”Males have one giant claw, sometimes as heavy as the rest of their body, which they use in fights.
Science Machine!
The Onion reveals where science comes from.
We *knew* it, didn’t we?
T. rex: Just a big puppy?
The Telegraph reveals new fossil evidence that one of history’s scariest dinosaurs engaged in play-fights:
… Read the rest “T. rex: Just a big puppy?”Geologist Dr Joe Peterson, of Northern Illinois University, said:
Junk food, junk mood.
BBC reports on new data supporting a link between highly processed food and depression:
… Read the rest “Junk food, junk mood.”[The University College London team] split the participants into two types of diet – those
Science Art: Nomenclature and Operation (Norden Bombsight, Mar 1945)
The Norden Bombsight, from the Bombardier’s Information File (BIF) describing the components and controls.
If you’ve read Slaughterhouse 5 or seen the… Read the rest “Science Art: Nomenclature and Operation (Norden Bombsight, Mar 1945)”
The Robot Blimps of Mars
Wired has me eager for interplanetary conquest with their look at our armada of airships and robotic rovers:
… Read the rest “The Robot Blimps of Mars”With the miniature lab tests complete, [Wolfgang Fink, of Cal Tech’s Visual