Why it’s good to be baaaad.
New Scientist reveals why bad boys get more action – it’s because of the evolutionary pressure of the “dark triad” of personality traits, say mild-mannered […]
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Honk if you get road rage!
Nature reports on a newly discovered link between road rage and bumper stickers. In other words, those pithy little messages say more than what’s printed: […]
The Dwarf Dinosaurs of Transylvania.
Discovery Channel reports on new proof supporting an eccentric, motorcycle-riding baron’s unusual fossil find – a previously unknown “island” of tiny dinosaurs in Dracula’s homeland: […]
Pity Poor Pluto
Not only is that icy world at the fringe of the solar system no longer a planet, but, as LiveScience reports, it’s no longer even […]
Science Art: “Trepanerat kranium” Nordisk Familjebok
A trepanned skull, from Nordisk Familjebok Encyclopedia, found in a very special category on Wikimedia Commons. Trepanation is a bit of an archaeological mystery, apparently […]
Want an A? Sleep in!
PhysOrg.com reports on research from Emek Yezreel College in Israel that proves that teenagers should sleep late for success: …[D]uring the first week, the experimental […]
Sexy Spending.
LiveScience reveals the shocking truth that men do rash things when they see women in bikinis. Sexy stimuli don’t make men stupid, researchers at the […]
Fuligin is real.
Gene Wolfe wrote a few very good books about a far future world in which the main character wore a ceremonial cloak made of fuligin. […]
Lasers! Lasers!
Lasers! We can fire them into the clouds and they can summon the lightning! (says infoniac.com). And we can fire them at each other and […]
Science Art: Success!
Click to embiggen. The Phoenix landed on May 25, 2008, and promptly took a picture of its own leg. It’s a tradition. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, […]
Cheap, inflatable, drives over cliffs.
What is it? Gizmodo answers: The amazing inflatable, cliff-jumping car: It’ll be shipped to you in two boxes and take roughly two hours for two […]
NASA: “We suppressed global warming data. Sorry.”
It’s reports like these (a pdf) that challenge one’s sense of hope. On the other hand, at least we can read it now. Excerpts: On […]
BLDG BLOG, on monkeys, robots and Mars.
Quite simply, yes. Yes.
Deadlier Rattlers?
LiveScience brings up the unpleasant possibility that rattlesnakes appear to be developing more toxic venom out West: “This is a brand new phenomenon,” said Jeffrey […]
Star Wars Holo-Tech.
The Age reports on the FUTURE finally arriving in the PRESENT in the form of moving 3d holograms! In what Telstra says is a national […]