Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Killer Whales Visit 'Social Clubs'

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From BBC: Killer whales create and visit social clubs just like people do, scientists have discovered. Up to 100 fish-eating killer whales c...

The Long Legacy Of Peru's "Mine Of Death"

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Image from Chemistry World blog From Earth Magazine: The Inca knew there was something sinister about the cinnabar they hauled out of the g...

You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again

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From Epicenter: More than half of the internet’s top websites use a little known capability of Adobe’s Flash plugin to track users and store...

Planet Smash-Up Sends Vaporized Rock, Hot Lava Flying

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This artist's concept shows a celestial body about the size of our moon slamming at great speed into a body the size of Mercury. NASA...

Men Not Choosy In One-Night Stands

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From Live Science: It's no secret that men are more likely than women to jump into the sack. But a new study adds some twists to the ru...

Mediterranean-Style Diet And Exercise 'Cuts Chances Of Alzheimer's'

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From The Telegraph: Following a Mediterranean-style diet and exercising regularly can cut the chances of developing Alzheimer's by as mu...

Are We On The Brink Of Creating A Computer With A Human Brain?

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Professor Markram claims he plans to build an electronic human brain 'within the next ten years' From The Daily Mail: There are onl...

Google Reveals Caffeine: A New Faster Search Engine

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The front end of the improved search engine looks no different. It is the back end technology which Google developers hope will noticeably ...

What A Shower! Catch Up On Meteors With Twitter

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The Horsehead Nebula from 'Ancient Light: a Portrait of the Universe' by David Malin From The Independent: Astronomy becomes art in...

NASA Falling Short of Asteroid Detection Goals

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The team says it is almost certain that a large Baptistina fragment created the 180km Chicxulub crater off the coast of the Yucatan 65 milli...

Last Female Space Shuttle Commander Leaves NASA

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Astronaut Pamela Melroy From Yahoo News/Space: Astronaut Pamela Melroy, the last-ever female space shuttle commander, is leaving NASA's ...

GM Claims Chevy Volt Will Get 230 MPG--But How?

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The 2011 Chevrolet Volt General Motors From Popular Science: General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson says the EPA will certify the Chevrolet Vol...

A Metal Coating That Repairs Itself

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Healing bubbles: Tiny fluid-filled capsules a few hundred nanometers wide are dispersed throughout a thin electroplated metal layer. The ca...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Could Robots Unite Under One Operating System?

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Robots Unite: Patch my operating system to 3.0 now, human! Warner Bros. From Popular Science: A common robot operating system could lead to ...

Mars, Methane And Mysteries

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From Scientific American: Mars may not be as dormant as scientists once thought. The 2004 discovery of methane means that either there is li...

What's Luck Got To Do With It? The Math Of Gambling

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From New Scientist: FIVE years ago, Londoner Ashley Revell sold his house, all his possessions and cashed in his life savings. It raised £76...

Experimental Drug Helps Ward Off Osteoporosis

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An X-ray of the human shoulder Photodisc / Getty From Time Magazine: An experimental drug has successfully reduced hip and spine fractures ...

First Black Holes Born Starving

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FROM SCIENCE DAILY The first black holes in the universe The simulations were carried out by astrophysicists Marcelo Alvarez and Tom Abel o...

Men Not Choosy in One-Night Stands

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FROM : LIVE SCIENCE It's no secret that men are more likely than women to jump into the sack. It's no secret that men are more likel...

Biggest Meteor Shower of the Year Peaks Tonight

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From Wired News: Stay up past midnight, grab a blanket and go stargazing tonight: The year’s most spectacular meteor shower is expected to p...