Vatican funds stem-cell research.
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 […]
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We’ll go a-waltzing….
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 […]
Cave man boogie.
The New York Times reports on a German discovery – or, really, a whole set of discoveries – of Stone Age tools, sculptures and the […]
Last of the BIG cats.
The BBC reports that the largest species of cat, the Amur tiger, has an effective population of less than 50 animals: They sampled nuclear DNA […]
Science Art: Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn’s Enceladus, by Cassini.
Click to embiggen vastly This is Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons that might harbor life. That nearly geometric blue pattern on its surface is called […]
Autotune explained.
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 […]
I see sounds.
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 […]
Feather in your tank.
The Daily Green recently revealed an alternative fuel scheme that may be much better than bird-brained: Finding novel uses for chicken feathers is a pet […]
Science Art: 3D movie taken by the Terrain Camera (TC) of KAGUYA (SELENE) during its maneuvered falling to the Moon.), Japanese Space Agency JAXA.
(Larger version here.) This is the Japanese lunar probe Kayuga (Selene) crashing into the Moon. More specifically, this is a 3D rendering of data sent […]
Global Warming Trivia – from the SEA!
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 […]
Deadly Roundup
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: One label requirement […]
Pay attention to your daydreaming.
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 […]
Crunchasaurus?
PhysOrg ventures into the vast Gobi Desert to reveal a historical find – the fossilized remains of the first confirmed nut-eating dinosaur: Larger, more numerous […]
Science Art: Sunrise Over Saturn and its Rings, W00018160.jpg, 2006
Click to embiggen slightly On September 15, 2006, the Cassini Space Probe had its historic rendezvous with Saturn, giving us – five days later – […]
Music boosts brains.
Scientific American casts a cold eye on music makers, and clinically reveals that yes, music really matters: To record brain stem responses, the researchers placed […]