Thursday, January 21, 2010

Brain Scans Predict Video Gamers Success

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A screen shot of the video game "Space Fortress" which was used to measure performance and learning rates. Credit: Rensselaer Poly...

Environmental Cleanup Starts Amid Haiti Rubble

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From Discovery News: Experts have started assessing how to deal with the masses of rubble and hazardous waste left in the wake of the Haiti ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Global Shipping Network Is Finally Revealed

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From Technology Review: Despite carrying 90 percent of the planet's trade, nobody has mapped the network of links between the world'...

Queen Berenike's Cat Goddess Temple Discovered In Alexandria, Egypt

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A limestone statue of the Goddess Bastet discovered at Kom el Dikka. From The Independent: The remains of a temple of Queen Berenike - wife ...

The Internet's Irregular Troops -- A Book Review

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From The New Scientist: It's 8 August 2008. Russian tanks roll into Georgia. Over the next two days, Russian jets and warships bomb the ...

Ban Butter To Save Our Hearts, Says Doctor

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Adjusting your diet by replacing butter with a healthy spread or margarine is a very simple thing to do Photo: CORBIS From The Telegraph: ...

China's Loongson Processor Could Power First Natural-Born Chinese Supercomputer

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The Loongson "Godson 2-C" An earlier generation of the Loongson – also known as "Dragon Core" or "Godson" – u...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Earthquake Risk: Seismic Gap South of Istanbul Poses Extreme Danger

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Geoscientists expect an earthquake along the North Anatolian Fault. (Credit: Copyright GFZ) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Jan. 19, 2010...

Tough Snail Shell Could Inspire Better Body Armor

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The shell of the "scaly-foot" snail, shown here, has a unique structure that may provide clues for designing improved body armor, ...

Apple Tablet: Content Will Be Key

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From PC World: On January 27, Apple is holding an event to unveil its "latest creation," which is expected to be a 10-inch touchsc...

The Mythical Apple Tablet: Rounding Up the Rumors

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From PC World: As you probably already know by now, Apple is holding a product event in later this month. The big question on everyone's...

Undersea Internet Cables Could Detect Electromagnetic Tsunami Signals

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From Wired Science: Tsunamis may be detectable with underwater fiber-optic cables, according to a new detailed model of the electrical field...

How Settler Farmers Fathered Europe's Males

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From The Independent: They came, they saw, they farmed and then they stole our women. Stone age farmers from the middle east not only brough...

Ares I Is 'Safest Choice' To Replace Shuttle

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The future of NASA's Ares I rocket has been up in the air (Illustration: NASA/MSFC) From New Scientist: It has been a whipping boy for i...

Siblings As Important As Parents In Child’s Behaviour

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From The Telegraph: Children can learn as much from their brothers and sisters as they do from their parents, new research suggests. The inf...

A Dangerous Pastime for Teens: The Choking Game

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A hand around the neck cuts off blood supply to the brain Patrick Ryan / Getty From Time Magazine: When Françoise Cochet saw the cord around...

Israel Developing Semi-Lethal Sonic Cannon To Control Rioters

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LRAD Sonic Weapon The LRAD, another sonic weapon, has been used successfully to disperse protestors via Discovery.com From Popular Science...

The Science Of Sniffer Dogs

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From Cosmic Log/MSNBC: Rescuers from all around the world are converging on Haiti in the wake of this week's earthquake - and not all o...

Tipping Point? West Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Become Unstable As World Warms

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Airborne view of the Pine Island glacier, Antarctica. (Credit: NASA/Jane Peterson) From Science Daily: Science Daily (Jan. 18, 2010) — A new...

World's Smallest Hot Rod Made Using Nanotechnology

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The molecular motorcar on the left, called a "nanodragster," could spur new nanotechnologies such as factories that build products...