This is the aphis wolf, or aphid lion, or, in other words, either the larva of the much less-threateningly named ladybug or lacewing.
This particular one looks like it’s a lacewing,… Read the rest “Science Art: Aphis Wolf, from Webster’s New International”
About two months ago, the BBC tells us, Scottish researchers used computer models to bring a lost medieval instrument back to life:
… Read the rest “Listen to the lituus.”Bach’s motet (a choral musical composition) “O
The Australian Associated Press reports on a new move from the Catholic Church, which is offering a $100,000 research grant for work on adult stem cells:
… Read the rest “Vatican funds stem-cell research.”The Sydney Archdiocese announced
Australian researchers have just discovered a trio of never-before-seen dinosaurs in the Winton Formation. Two of them died at the bottom of one of those boggy places known as billabongs.… Read the rest “We’ll go a-waltzing….”
The New York Times reports on a German discovery – or, really, a whole set of discoveries – of Stone Age tools, sculptures and the oldest known flutes:
… Read the rest “Cave man boogie.”Dr. Conard, a professor
The BBC reports that the largest species of cat, the Amur tiger, has an effective population of less than 50 animals:
… Read the rest “Last of the BIG cats.”They sampled nuclear DNA found within the scat samples of an estimated
This is Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons that might harbor life. That nearly geometric blue pattern on its surface is called “tiger striping,”… Read the rest “Science Art: Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn’s Enceladus, by Cassini.”
Normally I wouldn’t encourage this sort of thing, but NOVA has an interesting feature explaining how Autotune works.
On July 6, they’ll be posting answers to viewers’… Read the rest “Autotune explained.”
ScientificBlogging.com has a story that I’d suspect was an April Fools if this wasn’t the middle of summer. Supposedly, like our intelligent cousins to the seas, humans are… Read the rest “I see sounds.”
The Daily Green recently revealed an alternative fuel scheme that may be much better than bird-brained:
… Read the rest “Feather in your tank.”Finding novel uses for chicken feathers is a pet project of Professor Richard P.
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This is the Japanese lunar probe Kayuga (Selene) crashing into the Moon.
More specifically, this is a 3D rendering of data sent by the probe as it ended its mission … Read the rest “Science Art: 3D movie taken by the Terrain Camera (TC) of KAGUYA (SELENE) during its maneuvered falling to the Moon.), Japanese Space Agency JAXA.”
The Scientists and Engineers for America have a fun trivia question today:
Which gas of the following is the most important greenhouse gas but will NOT be covered by the new landmark climate… Read the rest “Global Warming Trivia – from the SEA!”
Scientific American confirms my suspicions about my neighbors and their well-manicured, weedless yards. All that stuff they’re spraying? Yeah, it’ll kill you:
… Read the rest “Deadly Roundup”One label
There’s been a lot of attention paid to paying attention lately – and how we really need to not do that all the time. Wall Street Journal, Discover magazine and PhysOrg all have… Read the rest “Pay attention to your daydreaming.”
PhysOrg ventures into the vast Gobi Desert to reveal a historical find – the fossilized remains of the first confirmed nut-eating dinosaur:
… Read the rest “Crunchasaurus?”Larger, more numerous gizzard stones
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