Sunday, May 31, 2009

Why We'll Always Fear Snakes

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From Live Science: My daughter has a snake, a tiny 8-inch-long, innocuous corn snake, and I hate that thing. I have seen it, and once, in th...

NASA Extends Contract With Russia For Trips To Space Station

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ESA Photo Gallery / ISS Copyright: NASA, ESA and Others From RIA Novosti: WASHINGTON, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - NASA has signed a $306 million ...

US Lab Debuts Super Laser

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A US weapons lab pulled back the curtain on a super laser with the power to burn as hot as a star From AFP: SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — A US weapo...

Hurricane Barriers Floated To Keep Sea Out Of NYC

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From AP: NEW YORK (AP) — When experts sketch out nightmare hurricane scenarios, a New York strike tends to be high on the list. Besides shak...

Six Things Science Has Revealed About The Female Orgasm

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From The New Scientist: This week we report on the continuing debate about female ejaculation: is it real, and if so why does it happen? See...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

Sun Cycle 'Lowest Since 1928'

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From NASA: May 29, 2009: An international panel of experts led by NOAA and sponsored by NASA has released a new prediction for the next sola...

Flipping The Brain's Addiction Switch Without Drugs

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Researchers have found a naturally occurring protein that gets rats addicted with no drugs at all. From left: BYU grad student David Allison...

Test Tube Babies On the Rise Worldwide

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From Live Science: More than 200,000 babies were born worldwide with the help of in vitro fertilization and other reproductive technologies ...
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Plastic Logic's Touch-Screen E-Reader

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Paper thin : Plastic Logic's e-reader is as thick as six credit cards. Credit: Plastic Logic From Technology Review: The company hopes t...

Ghost Remains After Black Hole Eruption

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This is a composite image showing a small region of the Chandra Deep Field North. The diffuse blue object near the center of the image is be...

American Diets Getting Worse

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From Live Science: Eat your vegetables. Exercise. Don't drink so much beer. Blah. Blah. Blah. Even fewer Americans in their middle and l...

The Arctic's Oil Reserves Mapped

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Undiscovered Arctic oil reserves are largely under the ocean From The BBC: An estimated 30% of the world's undiscovered gas and 13% of i...
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The Most Painful Animal Bite on Earth

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Image: nebarnix From Environmental Graffiti: Remember how whiny you were when your parents made you get a job or mow the lawn or whatever it...
Friday, May 29, 2009

Tensions Feared As A THIRD Of World's Gas Reserves Found Beneath The Arctic

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Untapped: A third of the world's remaining natural gas and 13 per cent of its oil is trapped beneath the Arctic, a survey shows From The...

Freeze-thaw Cycle May Explain Saturn Moon's Odd Activity

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Saturn's moon Enceladus spews out watery geysers today, but it can't have done so continuously throughout its lifetime, as there is ...

Cocker Spaniel World's Meanest Dog

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The reason for any individual dog's aggression may be a combination of genetics and poor training, the scientists say (Source: iStockpho...
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Neurons Take A Break During Slow-Wave Sleep

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From Science News: The time off prevents interruptions that could wake a person up. Even neurons need quiet time. A new study shows the brai...

Melting Greenland Ice Sheets May Threaten Northeast United States, Canada

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This visualization, based on new computer modeling, shows that sea level rise may be an additional 10 centimeters (4 inches) higher by popul...

New Radar to Provide Better Info On Rain

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From Live Science: The University of Oklahoma’s newest radar, OU-PRIME (Polarimetric Radar for Innovations in Meteorology and Engineering) w...

Wolfram Co-Founder On Why Wolfram|Alpha Doesn't Need to Kill Google

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Theo in Tub: Mike Walker From Popsci.com: Gray Matter's own Theodore Gray reports from his day job at Wolfram on how his new "kn...