This jungle wasp has a stinger almost as long as the rest of its body.
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 […]
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Genetically modifying cannabis… for science and for profit.
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 […]
Science Art: Fig. 353, Wessel’s Gas Stove
How a young person can launch “any number of air balloons” without the risk of setting the neighbors’ corn ricks on fire – by using […]
Studying the seat of parrot intelligence
Science Daily looks at a University of Alberta study that has found something interesting about how intelligence forms in our brains – by isolating a […]
A blood test for autism passes second trial
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: […]
There might not be a limit to human longevity.
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 […]
Science Art: Helical Granum, by Kelvinsong
Click to embiggen Though it looks like postmodern architecture (Eero Saarinen, maybe?), this is actually inside your salad. It’s a helical granum of a thylakoid […]
Kids are proving more patient than ever.
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 […]
We’re a greasy galaxy
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 […]
Natural gas: Not all that clean (but we can fix it!)
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 […]
Screen-time for kids: Science says… well… maybe not all that bad?
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 […]
Science Art: Nitrogen with Secret Binary Robot (Brain Freeze Ice Cream Wallpaper Detail), editor’s own work.
Click 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 […]
The manta ray nursery.
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 […]
One cell lets a planarian regenerate any body part.
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 […]
Science Art: Cylindrical Colonies: Interior view looking out through large windows, by Rick Guidice
Click to embiggen Over a million people could live here, in a double-cylinder colony in space. From the NASA Ames Research Center’s concepts of future […]