Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Human Population Expanded During Late Stone Age, Genetic Evidence Shows

›
align="center"> Cave painting reproduction. (Credit: iStockphoto/Jose Ramirez) From Science Daily: ScienceDaily (Aug. 4, 2009)...

Pneumonic Plague: Should We Worry?

›
From Live Science: An outbreak of pneumonic plague in Ziketan, China has killed three people, leading officials to seal off the town, accor...

New Technology Could Drill Deeper Into The Earth Than Ever Before

›
Ultra-Deep Drill G Myers From Popular Science: An adaptation of oil drills for deep water could bring scientists closer to the goal of dril...

Strange New Air Force Facility Energizes Ionosphere, Fans Conspiracy Flames

›
From Wired Science: Todd Pedersen had to hustle—the sky was scheduled to start glowing soon, and he didn't want to miss it. It was just ...

Giant Particle Collider Struggles

›
Many of the magnets meant to whiz subatomic particles around the 17-mile underground Large Hadron Collider outside Geneva have mysteriously ...

European Bison On 'Genetic Brink'

›
From The BBC: Europe's largest mammal, the European bison, remains extremely vulnerable to extinction, despite long-standing efforts to ...

A More Efficient Spacecraft Engine

›
Photo : Ion power: NASA’s new ion-propulsion system is undergoing testing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Credit: NASA Fro...

WHO Maintains 2 Bln Estimate For Likely H1N1 Cases

›
From Reuters: * Rough estimate of likely H1N1 cases by end is 2 billion * No precise estimate of current infections * High proportion of sou...
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Has The Mystery Of The Mars 'Monolith' Been Solved?

›
How the experts see it: The original HiRISE satellite image supplied to Mail Online by the University of Arizona showing a close up of what ...

Love Songs Of Bowhead Whales: Whales Sings With 'More Than One Voice'

›
Bowhead whale. (Credit: Photo by John Jacobsen, University of Copenhagen) From Science Daily: ScienceDaily (Aug. 3, 2009) — It wasn’t that m...

8 Tools and Gadgets to Prepare Your Home For Any Disaster

›
(Illustration by Gabriel Silveira) From Popular Mechanics: For millions of Americans living along the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines, hurrican...

Launch Your Own Personal Satellite

›
TubeSat: My First Satellite From Popular Science: Ever wanted to launch your own satellite into low earth orbit, then track it on ham radio ...

Do Computers Make Planes Less Or More Safe?

›
In this Sunday, June 14, 2009 file photo workers unload debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy's ...

Domestic Dog Origins Challenged

›
Domestic dog origins challenged From BBC News: The suggestion that the domestic dog originated in East Asia has been challenged. The huge ge...

Scientists Report Original Source Of Malaria

›
UCI's Francisco Ayala and colleagues report in a new study that malignant malaria originates from a parasite found in chimpanzees in equ...

Top 10 American Innovations

›
From Live Science: With the recession seemingly on the wane, it is time to tap into that spirit of innovation that has always succeeded in m...

After The Boom, Is Wikipedia Heading For Bust?

›
From New Scientist: Wikipedia has rapidly become one of the most used reference sources in the world, but a new study shows that the website...

Living Near A Wind Farm Can Cause Heart Disease, Panic Attacks And Migraines

›
Turbines: Ministers want to see another 4,000 across the country, meanwhile new research shows living near wind farms could damage your heal...

Trees Are 'Crucial Famine Food'

›
From The BBC: Trees can serve as a vital "famine food" to keep drought-hit communities alive when all other food crops fail, accor...

Scientists 'Grow Replacement Teeth In Mice'

›
From The Telegraph: Scientists have managed to grow replacement teeth in mice from cells in a laboratory. The team behind the research claim...
1 comment: