Thursday, September 17, 2009

Killer Whales Die Without King Salmon

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King Salmon: It's What's for Dinner. A killer whale snags a king salmon. Some killer whale populations favor king salmon so much tha...

Facebook Grows And Makes Money

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From The BBC: The world's largest social networking site just got bigger with the announcement it has 300 million active monthly users f...

Advanced Solar Panels Coming to Market

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Photo: Cheaper solar: Nanosolar’s thin-film panels. Credit: Nanosolar From Technology Review: Nanosolar's new factory could help lower t...

New 'Drake Equation' For Alien Habitats

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An illustration of an alien exoplanet orbiting a distant star. Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI) From Cosmos: SYDNEY: A mathematical e...

Near-Instant Book Printer Adds Google Books Titles

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A morning's worth of output from the Espresso Book Machine, which used Google Books as the source of the data. (Credit: Tom Krazit/CNET)...

Too Much Radiation For Astronauts To Make It To Mars

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A trip to Phobos comes with extras (Image: NASA/JPL) From New Scientist: FORGET the risk of exploding rockets or getting sideswiped by a way...

Firefox Use Reaches Critical Mass; Skype Reigns In IM

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From Infoworld: It finally happened. After years of building momentum -- and more than a few false starts -- Mozilla's Firefox Web brows...

Apollo Moon Rocks Lost In Space? No, Lost On Earth

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This photo from the Boerhaave Museum in Leiden, Netherlands shows authentic Dutch moon rocks on display. The detection of a fake moon rock i...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The Science of Hunger: What 1 Billion People Feel

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From Live Science: Despite a record level of people suffering from hunger, food aid is at a 20-year low due to the poor global economy, Unit...

A 360-Degree Virtual Reality Chamber Brings Researchers Face To Face With Their Data

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MULTI-DIMENSIONAL: Researchers interact with their data, which can be streamed live, using 3-D glasses, special wireless controllers, and se...

Top 10 Most Dangerous Plants In The World

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Giant Pitcher Plant: Nepenthes attenboroughii From Popular Mechanics: Over millions of years, plants have developed some crafty ways to fend...

Space Shuttle Unleashes Magnificent Plume Of Pee

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Pee Over Hungary, By the Ruins of Essegvar : Last Wednesday, several skygazers scratched their heads when they saw this mysterious glow in t...

Scientists Find Lifesaver For India – Rice That Doesn't Have To Be Cooked

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The new strain of rice offers hope for malnourished children in India. Reuters From The Independent: It sounds too good to be true. But if I...

Working In A Team Increases Human Pain Threshold

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Cooperating as a group is thought to boost the rush of endorphins, a feel-good chemical that also acts as a painkiller. From The Guardian: T...

Smiling Helps Women Feel Better About Their Appearance

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A smile can be all it takes to make a woman feel better about her appearance, research suggests Photo: GETTY From The Telegraph: A smile ...

At Last! First Real Evidence For A Rocky Exoplanet

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From Wired Science: There’s finally proof that Earth-like planets can exist outside our solar system: Scientists have managed to measure the...

Life Was In The Oceans 200m Years Before Oxygen Made Air Fit To Breathe

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Life first appeared in our oceans during the Archean eon when the moon was far closer to Earth. The air was too toxic for life on land From ...

Scary Music Is Scarier With Your Eyes Shut

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The power of the imagination is well-known: it's no surprise that scary music is scarier with your eyes closed. (Credit: iStockphoto/Mir...

Direct Evidence Of Role Of Sleep In Memory Formation Is Uncovered

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For the first time, researchers have pinpointed the mechanism that takes place during sleep that causes learning and memory formation to occ...

British Skeleton Suggests Ancient Murder Mystery

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A skeleton from ancient Roman times, found in the buried town of Venta Icenorum in Norfolk, England is buried on its side. Romans laid bodie...