Thursday, November 5, 2009

In the Mediterranean, Killer Tsunamis From an Ancient Eruption

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From The New York Times: The massive eruption of the Thera volcano in the Aegean Sea more than 3,000 years ago produced killer waves that ra...

The New Science of Temptation

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Lev Dolgatshjov From Scientific American: What happens when Harvard scientists use a brain scanner to look for the devil inside? The power t...

The World’s 18 Strangest Bridges: Gallery

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From Popular Mechanics: Some bridges are engineered with nothing but utility in mind—for these, aesthetic design is secondary to safety and ...

Object-Detection Software To Enable Search Within Videos

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People Detector Where's Elvis? Tony Han/MU From Popular Science: Detection algorithms help computers find humans, or anything else, i...

80 Min Exercise Per Week Prevents Visceral Weight Gain

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From Future Pundit: Fat around your internal organs is thought to be a much bigger risk factor for heart disease than fat near the surface o...

Speed Limit To The Pace Of Evolution, Biologists Say

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E. coli growing in a petri dish. (Credit: iStockphoto/Linde Stewart) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Nov. 3, 2009) — Researchers at the U...

Recent Midwest Quakes Called Aftershocks From 1800s

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Each cross marks an earthquake recorded in the New Madrid seismic zone since 1974 From Live Science: The small earthquakes that sporadicall...

Taste Test: The Biotechnology Of Wine

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One of life's pleasures (Image: Carlos Navajas/Getty) From The new Scientist: Wine-making is one of the oldest and most influential form...

Implantable Silicon-Silk Electronics

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Image: Silicon on silk: This clear silk film, about one centimeter squared, has six silicon transistors on its surface. These flexible devi...

Great White Sharks 'Hang Out' Together

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Researchers have found that great white sharks return to the same areas to hold annual meetings Photo: BARCROFT From The Telegraph: Great w...

X-ray Voted Most Important Modern Discovery By Public

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Photo: X-rays can reveal broken bones and build up more detailed pictures of outer space. From The Daily Mail: The X-ray has been voted the...

Space Hotel 'On Schedule To Open In 2012'

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An artist's impression of the flight, displayed on Galactic Suite's website. Galactic Suite From The Independent: A company behind p...

India's Space Ambitions Taking Off

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Indian Space Research Organisation, via European Pressphoto Agency From Washington Post: Nation plans astronaut-training center, manned spac...

Gene-Makers Put Forward Security Standards

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From Scientific American: But few companies are willing to sign up yet. Several gene-synthesis companies yesterday finalized a code of condu...

The Hidden Uses of Everyday Explosives

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Impact Study The slug and gunpowder have been removed from the cartridge, so it’s only the primer that’s going off when it’s hit from below ...
Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Shedding Light On The Cosmic Skeleton

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Astronomers have tracked down a gigantic, previously unknown assembly of galaxies located almost seven billion light-years away from us. The...

Frozen, Hard To Reach, And Worth It

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This photo was taken out the window of a NASA DC-8 research aircraft from 2,000 feet above the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica on Oct. 21, 2...

Fix Climate Change Or Else, Say Military Top Brass

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From The New Scientist: IF THE world fails to act soon on climate change, "preserving security and stability even at current levels wil...

Software Listens For Hints Of Depression

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Image: Signal processing: Researchers at Cogito Health are developing mathematical models to detect vocal cues that may signal depression. ...

Darwinian Evolutionary Theory Will Help Find Alien Life, Says NasaSscientist

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Darwin's theory of evolution can help us find life on alien planets, says a Nasa scientist Photo: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS - IVO SHANDOR From...