Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Science Behind The Explosives Used On Northwest Airlines Flight 253 And By The 'Shoe Bomber'

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PETN PETN - Hard To Detect And Just 100g Can Destroy A Car -- The Guardian The science behind the explosive pentaerythritol trinitrate, used...

The Grouse's Wishes For A Happy, Techy 2010

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From Popular Science: There goes 2009, and what a year she was. Let’s see, the iTunes App Store eclipsed one billion downloads, Google surpr...

Women 'Can Sense Attraction In Men's Sweat'

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The smell of a man's sweat differs according to what mood he is in Photo: AFP/GETTY From The Independent: Women can sense if men are a...

Cao Cao: Chinese Archaeologists Uncover Vast Tomb Of Infamous 3rd Century Ruler

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The austere interior of Cao Cao's tomb. He ruled the Kingdom of Wei from 208 to 220 AD. From The Daily Mail: Chinese archaeologists have...

2009 Review: Most Popular Articles Of The Year

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New Scientist solves 10 mysteries of you From New Scientist: 2009 was a year of economic austerity, worries about climate change and ongoing...

Technology Changes 'Outstrip' Netbooks

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Netbooks are under pressure as tech firms concentrate on mobile computing. From The BBC: Rising prices and better alternatives may mean curt...
Monday, December 28, 2009

As The World Churns: Earth's Liquid Outer Core Is Slowly 'Stirred' In A Series Of Decades-Long Waves

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By combining measurements of Earth's magnetic field from stations on land and ships at sea with satellite data, scientists were able to ...

Body Of Sea Urchin Is One Big Eye

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A purple sea urchin, Credit: Claire Fackler, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries From Live Science: Sea urchins may use the whole surface of th...

Google Netbook Specs Reportedly 'Leaked'

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From eWeek: The rumored Google Netbook, which Google has not confirmed it is working on, will reportedly feature Google’s Chrome OS, a 10.1-...

The Top 9 Airplane Tech Advances Of The Last 10 Years

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Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk From Popular Mechanics: The aughts capped 100 years of powered flight, pushing the technologies introduced...

Your Guide To The Year In Science: 2010

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Exclusive Patent Rights Countdown Coherentimages.com From Popular Science: A deeper look at polar ice. An electri...

Large Hadron Collider Failure Will Leave Science Back In The 'Wilderness'

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Particle tracks of protons collided in CERN's Large Hadron Collider Photo: AP From The Telegraph: Science will be left back in a ...

At Last! Apple Tablet Is Slated For Launch In January

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Industry experts believe the 'iSlate' - a cross between an iPhone and a laptop - could signal the end of the keyboard and mouse syst...

Sugar-Free Satisfaction: Finding The Brain's Sweet Spot

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The calorie-free version fails to activate a reward area of the brain (Image: Patrick Norman/Fancy/Plainpicture) From New Scientist: CONTAIN...

Pulling The 'Mating Plug' May Reduce Mosquito Population And Malaria Rates

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A malaria-carrying Anopheles gambiae mosquito. About 40% of the world's population is at risk of malaria, a potentially deadly disease. ...

Disinfectants 'Train' Superbugs To Resist Antibiotics

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From The BBC: Disinfectants could effectively train bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics, research suggests. Scientists know bacteria...

Amazon E-Book Sales Overtake Print For First Time

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In the US, Amazon says its Kindle e-book reader is its most gifted product. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images From The Guardian: Online re...

Neuroscientists Store Information in Isolated Brain Tissue; Possible Basis Of Short-Term Memory

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Location of the hippocampus in the human brain. Modified from a scan of a plate of "Posterior and inferior cornua of left lateral ventr...

Airport Security: Why It Failed

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From Live Science: Airport screening procedures failed for many reasons to catch the Nigerian man who aimed to blow up flight 253 as it appr...

Once In A Blue Moon To Happen Thursday

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From Mercury News: Once in a blue moon is about to happen. On Thursday, a second full moon in a calendar month will appear in the night sky,...