Our Antarctic Getaway
New Scientist has a lovely brochure for a summer place down south – far, far south: The cool climate of Antarctica was a refuge for […]
Science
Feeling with a robot hand.
The Mail Times reports on a bionic breakthrough – a man who can feel and control his prosthetic hand as if it was the one […]
All they need is glove.
Glove is all they need. NASA, that is, according to New Scientist. They’ve got somewhere to go, but aren’t all dressed up yet – not […]
Coke Silver could save the world.
Or, at least, do less harm. The folks at Gizmodo are touting the concept of the future-friendly paint-free Coke can: So using only classic Coca-Cola’s […]
Science Art: Mantis Shrimp by R.A. Lydekker.
The mantis shrimp, Stomatopoda, is one of the most terrifying sea creatures under three feet long. At least to me. They move exceptionally fast and […]
Prez sends science schooling rocketing.
Discover’s Bad Astronomy blog celebrates a new effort to teach more science: I was particularly excited to hear Obama announce an annual science fair to […]
Science Art: Light-Toned Deposits in Noctis Labyrinthus (ESP_014353_1685)
Click to embiggen Image courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Arizona. It’s part of their project called HiRISE in which they’re taking photographs of Mars. High Resolution […]
Test-tube T-bones.
They’ll change the world, says H+, an online magazine that can’t get enough of the fake steak concept: In-Vitro Meat… will appear in 3-10 years […]
The Crocodile Goat of Majorca
Discovery tells the strange story of the island-dwelling goat that was more like a reptile than a mammal: The tiny goat, which stood about 19 […]
Love is envy (chemically).
Science Daily reveals the chemical link between passionate desire and passionate jealousy: Previous studies have shown that the oxytocin hormone has a positive effect on […]
A job better than programming…
The DaniWeb IT forum offers proof that, for at least one skilled professional, prostitution is a better way to pay the bills than programming: Dr […]
Don’t bother cheering up. You’re better off that way.
No, really. Despair… sweet, sweet despair… sometimes, the Daily Telegraph says, it’s just stupid to be hopeful. And, the BBC adds, every so often, gloom […]
Science Art: First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home
Click to embiggen. This is a different way of looking at planet Earth. It’s an image from the ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft. The sliver of land […]
Limpid moon.
NASA inspires my hopes again. I’ll look up at the moon and know there’s water up there: “The full understanding of the LCROSS data may […]
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 […]