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This jungle wasp has a stinger almost as long as the rest of its body.

12 July 2018 grant 0

Science Daily introduces us to a newly discovered Amazonian wasp that’s singularly well-endowed in the stinger department:

“The stinger of the new parasitoid wasp called

… Read the rest “This jungle wasp has a stinger almost as long as the rest of its body.”

Genetically modifying cannabis… for science and for profit.

11 July 2018 grant 0

Nature looks at a bold new frontier (and whole new money-making opportunities) opened by fiddling around with cannabis DNA:

On 25 June, the FDA announced its approval of Epidiolex — a treatment

… Read the rest “Genetically modifying cannabis… for science and for profit.”

Science Art: Fig. 353, Wessel’s Gas Stove

8 July 2018 grant 0

From https://archive.org/stream/boysplaybookofsc00pepprich#page/366/mode/2up

How a young person can launch “any number of air balloons” without the risk of setting the neighbors’ corn ricks on fire – by using a gas stove with a chimney like… Read the rest “Science Art: Fig. 353, Wessel’s Gas Stove”

Studying the seat of parrot intelligence

5 July 2018 grant 0

Science Daily looks at a University of Alberta study that has found something interesting about how intelligence forms in our brains – by isolating a different part of parrot brains… Read the rest “Studying the seat of parrot intelligence”

A blood test for autism passes second trial

5 July 2018 grant 0

Science Daily reports on Rensselaer Polytechnic researchers who have had further success in devising a blood-test that assesses whether children are on the autism spectrum:

Results

… Read the rest “A blood test for autism passes second trial”

There might not be a limit to human longevity.

3 July 2018 grant 0

The dominant idea is that humans genetically are inclined to live 120 years and no longer. But a new study published in Science demonstrates that that’s not necessarily so –… Read the rest “There might not be a limit to human longevity.”

Science Art: Helical Granum, by Kelvinsong

1 July 2018 grant 0

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Though it looks like postmodern architecture (Eero Saarinen, maybe?), this is actually inside your salad.

It’s a helical granum of a thylakoid stack, the part … Read the rest “Science Art: Helical Granum, by Kelvinsong”

Kids are proving more patient than ever.

29 June 2018 grant 0

Science News shows how the marshmallow game – give a pre-teen one marshmallow now or let them wait, staring at it, for n minutes to get two later – is changing over time. Today’s… Read the rest “Kids are proving more patient than ever.”

We’re a greasy galaxy

28 June 2018 grant 0

Science Daily reveals that the Milky Way is more like the Greasy Way, with the discovery of lots of “grease-like molecules” floating in the void between the stars:

Astronomers

… Read the rest “We’re a greasy galaxy”

Natural gas: Not all that clean (but we can fix it!)

26 June 2018 grant 0

Nature reveals that natural gas is quite a bit more polluting than we thought – with less-than-airtight facilities leaking 60% more methane than estimated, or about $2 billion in… Read the rest “Natural gas: Not all that clean (but we can fix it!)”

Screen-time for kids: Science says… well… maybe not all that bad?

25 June 2018 grant 0

The Guardian explores what the research doesn’t say about letting kids zonk out on their video games and iPads and computer screens and whatnot:

Andy Przybylski, associate professor

… Read the rest “Screen-time for kids: Science says… well… maybe not all that bad?”

Science Art: Nitrogen with Secret Binary Robot (Brain Freeze Ice Cream Wallpaper Detail), editor’s own work.

24 June 2018 grant 0

Brain Freeze Ice Cream Store Wallpaper DetailClick to embiggen

It’s hot here. Spent all day at a swim meet. Non-competitors not allowed in pool. There’s a chain now that makes ice cream using frozen nitrogen. Science art… Read the rest “Science Art: Nitrogen with Secret Binary Robot (Brain Freeze Ice Cream Wallpaper Detail), editor’s own work.”

The manta ray nursery.

20 June 2018 grant 0

Science Daily takes us to the Gulf of Mexico, where scientists have finished the first-ever study of a nursery for baby manta rays:

Located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas at NOAA’s

… Read the rest “The manta ray nursery.”

One cell lets a planarian regenerate any body part.

18 June 2018 grant 0

Nature shows us how to rebuild body parts from scratch – well, as long as we’re planarians, that is. But still, it’s one specific kind of cell that lets them rebuild their… Read the rest “One cell lets a planarian regenerate any body part.”

Science Art: Cylindrical Colonies: Interior view looking out through large windows, by Rick Guidice

17 June 2018 grant 0

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Over a million people could live here, in a double-cylinder colony in space.

From the NASA Ames Research Center’s concepts of future space colonies (as imagined… Read the rest “Science Art: Cylindrical Colonies: Interior view looking out through large windows, by Rick Guidice”

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