Roll out the solar!
Popular Science has named the nanosolar powersheet the “Best of What’s New 2007,” and for good reason. Instead of using big glass frames to generate […]
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Jules Verne: Bleak Futurist
People nowadays look at Jules Verne as one of the forefathers of science fiction, anticipating amazing technological developments like swift, giant submarines and capsules landing […]
Science Art: Achelousaurus by Mariana Ruiz
A frilled dinosaur found in Montana, as imagined by science illustrator Mariana Ruiz Villarreal.
China’s electric bicycle problem
Sometimes, you just can’t win. You’d expect a country that’s embracing electric bicycles as an alternative to cars to be lauded as an environmental savior. […]
Fighting dirty against germs
Microbiologists have come up with a dirty new weapon in the war on MRSA, according to reports in Scientific American and Science News. The flesh-eating […]
AIDS: Around longer than you’d think.
Science News recently had a report on Michael Worobey’s work tracking AIDS. The common conception of this disease is that it struck America in the […]
And after the charge gives out, you make martinis.
The Interesting Thing of the Day blog presents an interesting solution to a problem that’s deeper than most people realize. The problem is all the […]
Giggle-bot is FRIEND!
Yep, scientists at UC San Diego seem to have found a way around the uncanny valley problem (the more “human” a robot, the creepier it […]
Virtual Mars mission – 500 days in a box.
The Chicago Tribune recently had a piece on Russia’s latest contribution to today’s space race. They’re prepping for a Mars flight by locking six people […]
Science Art: Milky Way Over Death Valley
Click for much bigger version. Panoramic photo of the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, by Dan Duriscoe.
“See” cucumbers.
OK, sorry for that headline. New Scientist reports that a University of South Florida researcher has found a way to replace human corneas with sea […]
You have to be-lieeeve in maaagic!
So sings Science Daily, reporting on new research reaffirming something plenty of superstitious types like me already know all too well. It’s actually good for […]
Seen an exploding comet lately?
You may have already noticed this, either by reading Sky & Telescope or by looking out at Perseus in the northeast sky over the past […]
Is dolphin-assisted therapy cruel?
New Scientist again challenges assumptions – in a more serious vein this time – asking about the effects of dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) on the dolphins. […]
One side at a time, ladies.
New Scientist pulls the covers back from an evolutionary mystery – how the spiny anteater’s penis works. Apparently, it does its magic two heads at […]