Thursday, January 7, 2010

Can A Person Freeze To Death?

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From Live Science: Extremely cold weather has descended upon most of the nation this week, and this frigid air may have you feeling like you...

Free Flipper! Argues Scientist

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Studies show how dolphins have distinct personalities, a strong sense of self and can think about the future. Photo: JASON HELLER / BARCROF...

Landmark DNA Study Of 3,000 People To Unlock Mystery Of Type 2 Diabetes

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Type 2 diabetes, characterised by insulin resistance, can cause blindness and impotence From Times Online: The genetic roots of type 2 diabe...

The World In 2020: Thrift, Hard Work – And No Smoking

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'Labelling on all alcohol drinks was altered to proclaim 'drinking kills''. Matt Murphy From The Independent: What will our ...

One In Ten Stars 'Have Solar Systems Like Ours'

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The findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington DC Photo: NASA From The Telegraph: ...

Chilling Out In The Coldest Place on Earth

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Just when you think it can't get any colder (Image: Michael Studinger/Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory/Columbia University) From New Sci...

The Top 4 Sites To Land On Mars And Their Biggest Mysteries

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Holden Crater From Popular Mechanics: The Spirit Rover is nearly history, stuck deep in sand, and while Opportunity travels on, it's not...

Nearby T Pyxidis Supernova Could Destroy Life On Earth

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Too Close for Comfort T Pyxidis, a star on the verge of growing too massive and collapsing into a type Ia supernova, was discovered to be cl...

NASA's Kepler Finds Its First Five Planets - An Odd Assortment

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Kepler's first five exoplanets are compared to those in our solar system in this illustration from NASA. NASA From Christian Science Mon...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

'Ferropaper' Is New Technology For Small Motors, Robots

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Purdue researchers have created a magnetic "ferropaper" that might be used to make low-cost "micromotors" for surgical i...

Mystery of World's Biggest Beasts Possibly Solved

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The primitive whale Mammalodon colliveri might have sucked up prey from seafloor mud, suggesting the origin of today's giant filter-feed...

Milky Way's Dark Matter 'Turned On Its Side'

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From New Scientist: The cloud of dark matter that is thought to surround the Milky Way may be shaped like a squashed beach ball. This halo o...

Intermediate Black Hole Implicated In Star's Death

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From Discovery News: Astronomers presenting at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Washington D.C. on Jan. 4, have reported t...

Study Pinpoints Autism Clusters in Calif.

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Image: (CBS/iStockphoto) From CBS News: More Cases Found in Areas where Parents are Better Educated and Near Autism Treatment Centers (CBS) ...

Two Killer Whale Types Found In UK Waters

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Forming a new species? The 'type 2' dolphin hunting killer whales. From The BBC: Scientists have revealed that there is not one but ...

Oil And Gas Drilling In Greenland To Begin This Summer

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From Popular Mechanics: When the 748-foot Stena Forth plows into the deep waters of Greenland’s Disko West zone next summer, the advanced dr...

Manned And Unmanned Helicopters Most Efficient When Working Together

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Flock of Copters Fly, my pretties! U.S. Army/Spc. George Welcome From Popular Science: Flying alongside drones might seem a bit strange for...

Tellyphone: America Is Finally Poised To Get Mobile Television

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From The Economist: YOUR correspondent is always miffed when he sees others taking for granted things he has waited years for. Case in point...

Whale Activists Say Their Catamaran Was Sunk By Japanese Vessel

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Whale Wars: How Was The Sea Shepherd's New Ship Sunk? -- Christian Science Monitor Paul Watson, star of "Whale Wars," and his ...

When Robots Want Rights

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Many believe super-intelligent machines are inevitable, but will we treat them as mere property? REUTERS From The Globe And Mail: Many belie...