Next step: the monkey cyborg revolution!
The New York Times unveils the creation of the world’s first globally activated monkey-guided robots: On Thursday, an alert and ready-to-work Idoya stepped onto her […]
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It’s an odd universe.
That’s right. AP is reporting on an announcement from the American Astronomical Society that the universe is more violent and awe-inspiring than previously thought: The […]
You’re not real
Dude. What if, like… …like, the WHOLE UNIVERSE was just… …like, made up, maaan? Like it was all VIRTUAL REALITY, man? (asks the latest New […]
Turn the Brain Back On
ScienceDaily has news from researchers in Los Angeles who found that a single injection with a drug that’s already used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and […]
Science Art: Pediastrum boryanum
This is an Environmental Protection Agency photograph from the Great Lakes Image Collection, showing green algae up close. Phytoplankton like this makes up the base […]
The Super-Soaker Engine
Popular Mechanics sheds light on an inventor’s all-new approach to getting power from the sun: The Atlanta-based independent inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun […]
Because electrocution gets boring after a while…
…you need a Taser with a built-in mp3 player. No, I’m not making that up. PhysOrg writes up the new gizmo that lets you rock […]
Supernova Blues
LiveScience reveals a new risk to our fragile, blue planet from exploding stars. It’s not that they’re likely to blast us all with life-destroying jets […]
Never Sleep Again.
The Journal of Neuroscience is keeping us up at night with an article called “Systemic and Nasal Delivery of Orexin-A (Hypocretin-1) Reduces the Effects of […]
A Plague of Sea Lice
Enough of this love for marine arthropods in which we’ve been indulging over recent weeks! New Scientist sets us straight with their revelations over a […]
Killer Bees.
New Scientist reports on the latest weapon in the war on Colony Collapse Disorder, the syndrome that’s killing off thousands of beehives and potentially threatening […]
Science Art: Taraxacum Ruderalia by Bartz
A dandelion seed pod seen up close, photographed by Richard Bartz. — Also, unrelated to the above, you really should check out more science art […]
Broken wheel of discovery.
PhysOrg reports on one of 2007’s most dramatic moments of serendipity, when Mars rover Spirit discovered evidence of life by breaking down. As the researchers […]
Bored Aliens.
New Scientist reports on a problem facing the researchers with the SETI project. It’s not a technological issue, really. Intelligent alien civilizations are probably already […]
Cooking up intelligence.
Scientific American interviews a primatologist – well, a biological anthropologist named Richard Wrangham – who believes humans evolved big brains because of cooking: Your theory […]