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- Smoking may pose 'third-hand' cancer hazard
Traces of cigarette smoke that accumulate on carpets and furniture could turn carcinogenic when they react with air - Today on New Scientist: 8 February 2010
Today's stories on newscientist.com at a glance, including: how your gadgets could become truly wireless, a secret hidden in the big bang's echoes, and a tour of the UK's most secret science sites - World's most precise clock created
A new optical clock based on the oscillation of a trapped aluminium-27 atom keeps time to 1 second in 3.7 billion years - Neurons for peace: Take the pledge, brain scientists
It's time for neuroscience to catch up with other professions and pledge not to support aggressive war and torture, says Curtis Bell - Home test for sperm count could leave men in a mess
A lab-on-a-chip could determine male fertility in a matter of seconds, raising ethical issues about self-diagnosis - New UN emissions pledges still stack up to 3.5°C
The commitments from 55 nations representing 78 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions hardly make a dent in projected warming - Steven Weinberg: From physics to terrorism
A new collection of the physicist's essays tackles everything from the nature of the universe to the politics of the Middle East - Helium clue found in echo of the big bang
Light left over from the birth of the universe has revealed another secret: a subtle hint of ancient helium - England's dark sites on public view
See what top secret looks like in our photo-dossier of some of England's most sensitive government sites - Ale is good, make no bones about it
Beer is rich in silicon, an element that protects against osteoporosis, but not all brews are equal
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- Different Colors Describe Happiness vs. Depression
Depressed and anxious people tend to choose shades of gray to describe their moods, while happier people pick yellow. - Botox Paralyzes Emotions, Too
Botox may wipe away those worry lines, but it can also strip you of emotions, new research suggests. - Who Won the Super Bowl of Tech Advertising?
Tech ads have been a staple of Super Bowl Sunday since nearly the beginning, and yesterday's game was no exception. - What Your Organ$ Are Worth
It's illegal, and dangerous, but organ sales are all the rage. Prices can run into the tens of thousands. - Pour Out the Primordial Soup?
The idea that life sprang forth from a primordial soup of atmospheric gases and lightning may be outdated. - 6 Tips to Avoid Injury While Shoveling Snow
Experts offer snow-shoveling tips to help you avoid the emergency room. - Autism Rates Much Higher in Children with Older Moms
A 40-year-old woman's risk of having a child later diagnosed with autism much higher than women under 30. - Teens Favor Social Media Over Blogs
Facebook and Twitter have become the preferred mode of communication among young people, according to a new survey. - Does Heartburn Become More Frequent as You Age?
Heartburn is more common among the elderly. But why? - Pretty Smart, For a Swine
Pigs understand the physics of light reflection, scientists find.
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- Older female cancer survivors have added health issues compared to their counterparts
As cancer survivors live longer, questions arise about what kind of care long-term survivors require. A recently study found 245 older married women who survived cancer had more health problems as com… - Industrial cleaner linked to increased risk of Parkinson's disease
Workers exposed to tricholorethylene, a chemical once widely used to clean metal such as auto parts, may be at a significantly higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a new study. - Bees recognize human faces using feature configuration
Bees can be trained to recognize human faces, so long as the insects are tricked into thinking that the faces are oddly shaped flowers, new research shows. The insects use the arrangement of facial fe… - 'Starving' fat suppresses appetite
Peptides that target blood vessels in fat and cause them to go into programmed cell death (termed apoptosis) could become a model for future weight-loss therapies, say researchers. - Argonautes: A big turn-off for proteins
Scientists believe they may have figured out how genetic snippets called microRNAs are able to shut down the production of some proteins. - Hackers at the movies
Researchers in Ireland have analyzed 50 non-documentary movies from the last four decades featuring hackers and come to some intriguing conclusions about the hacker stereotype with implications for po… - Promising results shown for kidney cancer drug
The drug pazopanib (Votrient) slowed the progression of advanced renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer, in patients by 54 percent, according to a new study. - Transforming human fat into stem cells using virus-free technique
Tiny circles of DNA are the key to a new and easier way to transform stem cells from human fat into induced pluripotent stem cells for use in regenerative medicine, say scientists. Unlike other common… - Scientists identify first genetic variant linked to biological aging in humans
Scientists announced they have identified for the first time definitive variants associated with biological ageing in humans. The new discovery has important implications for the understanding of canc… - Virology: Some viruses use fats to penetrate a cell
SV40 viruses use an amazing means of communication, in order to be able to penetrate into a cell: fats, whose structure must fit like a key in a lock.
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- JCI online early table of contents: Feb. 8, 2010
This release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for the following newsworthy papers to be published online, Feb. 8, 2010, in the JCI: Marker of Ewing sarcoma: potential new dru… - Study reveals new details on the dangers of third-hand smoke
Nicotine in third-hand smoke, the residue from tobacco smoke that clings to virtually all surfaces long after a cigarette has been extinguished, reacts with the common indoor air pollutant nitrous aci… - Study examines course and treatment of unexplained chest pain
Fewer than half of individuals who have non-specific chest pain (not explained by a well-known condition) experience relief from symptoms following standard medical care, according to a report in the… - Gadgets not related to teenagers' brain pain
Use of most electronic media is not associated with headaches, at least not in adolescents. A study of 1,025 13- to 17-year-olds, published in the open-access journal BMC Neurology, found no associati… - Method of the future uses single-cell imaging to identify gene interactions
Cellular imaging offers a wealth of data about how cells respond to stimuli, but harnessing this technique to study biological systems is a daunting challenge. In a study published online in Genome Re… - Depressed people feel more gray than blue
People with anxiety and depression are most likely to use a shade of gray to represent their mental state. Researchers writing in the open-access journal BMC Medical Research Methodology describe the… - Caltech neuroscientists discover brain area responsible for fear of losing money
Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology and their colleagues have tied the human aversion to losing money to a specific structure in the brain -- the amygdala. - High-altitude climbs may cause corneal swelling, but do not appear to affect vision
Swelling commonly occurs in the corneas of mountain climbers, but does not appear to affect vision at altitudes of up to 6,300 meters (about 20,670 feet), according to a report in the February issue o… - Marker of Ewing sarcoma: Potential new drug target?
Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is a bone tumor that affects children and young adults. The protein CD99 is highly expressed in most cases of EWS, but its function in the disease is unknown. Now, researchers have… - Glaucoma medications may be associated with reduced risk of death over 4-year period
Glaucoma patients who take medication for the condition appear to have a reduced likelihood of death, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives…
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- Australia, Antarctica Linked by Climate
Carbon dioxide emissions could be leading to record drought and snowfalls [Read more] - How Cancer Wreaks Havoc on Bone
Insulin-like hormone sends bodies' own bone-eating cells into overdrive [Read more] - Teamwork Tackles Larger Protein Structures
Experiments and computer modeling provide an advance in solving protein structures [Read more] - Can Thin Mountain Air Make You Slim?
High living--in the topographical sense--causes weight loss, a study suggests [Read more] - Better to React Than to Act
Legendary quantum physicist's speculations about Westerns inspire discovery about reaction speed [Read more] - Is there Anybody in There?
Brain scans enable a patient in a vegetative state to answer yes or no questions [Read more] - Algae Show a Knack for Quantum Mechanics
Plant cells use subatomic properties to perform photosynthesis [Read more] - Oddball Lurking Among the Asteroids
Astronomers think they've spotted the recent aftermath of a cosmic collision [Read more] - The 2011 Science Budget Roundup
Science funding rises despite discretionary budget freeze [Read more] - Turkeys: So Good People Tamed Them Twice
Native Americans domesticated wild birds independently from Mesoamericans, study shows [Read more]
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- Inflammatory bowel disease hikes blood clots
Study finds people with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis face highest risk during flare-ups - FOR KIDS: Teaching math, teaching anxiety
Teachers' math worries could affect students' performance - FOR KIDS: Watering the air
Crop irrigation and farming practices could mean a cooler, wetter Midwest - A charge for freezing water at different temperatures
Experiments use positive and negative electric forces to tweak ice formation - In Memoriam: In life and death, a scientist brings out the best in others
Relationship scholar Caryl Rusbult's colleagues mourn her loss and celebrate her scientific legacy - Pluto blushes red
Newly released images show mysterious color change - Sperm's pore propulsion
Researchers identify proton channel that helps regulate frantic dash - Protein clumps like a prion, but proves crucial for long-term memory
Study in slugs hints that some molecular 'misbehavior' is for the good - Science & the Public: EPA reviews hints of weed killer's fetal risks
The Environmental Protection Agency will be convening meetings of its Science Advisory Panel on pesticides throughout 2010 to probe concerns about the safety of atrazine, a weed killer on which most A… - Oldest feathered dino shows its colors
Finding suggests plumage first evolved for display, not flight
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- Green pounds
Eco-towns earmarked for government cash - Enceladus water story reinforced
The Cassini probe returns yet more data to back up the idea of a sub-surface sea on Saturn's moon Enceladus. - First film of giant deep-sea fish
Scientists film the giant serpent-like oarfish in its natural deep-sea habitat for the first time, as well as the rare manefish. - Shuttle makes final night flight
The US space agency (Nasa) has launched its shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). - Fur seal colony leaves Galapagos
A group of fur seals have moved from the Galapagos Islands to the warming waters of northern Peru, experts say. - Robo-soldiers
Can 'well-behaved' robots make the battlefield safer? - Genes reveal 'biological ageing'
Scientists say they have pinpointed gene variants that might show how fast people's bodies are ageing. - Spaceman
America ponders the options for a big rocket - Climate scepticism 'on the rise'
The British public has become increasingly sceptical about climate change, a poll for BBC News suggests. - Dinosaur footprint haul in China
Scientists in China say they have discovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, all facing in the same direction.
SPACE SCIENCE
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- NASA Extends Cassini's Tour of Saturn, Continuing International Cooperation for World Class Science
NASA will extend the international Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn and its moons to 2017. - NASA Announces News Telecon To Discuss Hubble Images Of Pluto
NASA will hold a news media telecon at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 4, to discuss the latest Hubble images of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. - High School Students Can Send Experiments Flying with NASA
NASA is inviting student teams nationwide to design and build an experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space environment of the stratosphere, an altitude of 100,000 feet. - NASA to Hold Briefing on Advanced Mission to Study Our Sun
NASA is scheduled to host a briefing at 1 p.m. EST, on Thursday, Jan. 21, to discuss the upcoming launch and science of an unprecedented mission to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. - NASA's Wise Eye Spies First Glimpse of the Starry Sky; Infrared All-Sky Surveying Telescope Sends Back First Images from Space
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured its first look at the starry sky that it will soon begin surveying in infrared light. - Nature's Most Precise Clocks May Make "Galactic GPS" Possible; Pulsing Pulsars Help in Search for Gravitational Waves
Radio astronomers have uncovered 17 millisecond pulsars in our galaxy by studying unknown high-energy sources detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. - NASA Chooses Three Finalists for Future Space Science Mission to Venus, an Asteroid or the Moon
NASA has selected three proposals as candidates for the agency's next space venture to another celestial body in our solar system. - NASA's WISE Eye on the Universe Begins All-Sky Survey Mission
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifted off over the Pacific Ocean this morning on its way to map the entire sky in infrared light. - From Endangered Fish to Saturn's Rings: NASA Science Highlighted at American Geophysical Union Meeting
- NASA Launches Web Site for Teenagers That Want More Class
NASA has launched a new Web site created specifically for teenagers that provides teens access to current NASA spacecraft data for use in school science projects, allows them to conduct real experimen…
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- Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off after one-day delay
The fifth-to-last mission of the space shuttle program got under way early Monday, as the shuttle Endeavour rocketed up from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin a 13-day mission to the In… - Endeavour Set for Sunday Liftoff as Space Shuttle Program Winds Down
NASA launch managers this morning cleared space shuttle Endeavour to lift off before dawn Sunday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one of the five remaining flights before the shuttle program conc… - Recommended: Gems and Gemstones
Gems and Gemstones by Lance Grande and Allison Augustyn. University of Chicago Press, 2009 [More] - Down to Earth: Technique Lets Ground-Based Telescopes Parse Exoplanet Atmospheres
In the 15 years since the first planet orbiting a sunlike star outside our solar system was conclusively discovered, astronomers have compiled a vast and diverse menagerie of such so-called exoplanets… - Phased Out: Obama's NASA Budget Would Cancel Constellation Moon Program, Privatize Manned Launches
President Obama delivered his budget request for fiscal year 2011 to Congress on Monday, proposing sweeping changes to NASA's spaceflight program while increasing the agency's overall budget. As had b… - Mysteries of How a Star Is Born (preview)
If there is anything you think astronomers would have figured out by now, it is how stars form. The basic idea for how stars form goes back to Immanuel Kant and Pierre-Simon Laplace in the 18th centur… - Speculation about NASA's future swirls in advance of Obama's budget request
President Barack Obama is expected to deliver his budget request for fiscal year 2011 on February 1, but to hear many commentators tell it, the sky has already fallen on NASA. [More] - The space shuttle's 2009 mission to Hubble: Coming soon to a theater near you
NEW YORK--Back in May 2009 two of the most iconic entities in space science and exploration came together--literally--in the final scheduled servicing mission of the space shuttle to the Hubble Space… - Is Water Vapor in the Stratosphere Slowing Global Warming?
Earth's stratosphere is a cold, dry place, above the troposphere--the bottom layer of the atmosphere we breathe on a daily basis. Ruled by winds and hosting everything from bacteria to long-distance j… - Early Cometary Bombardment May Explain the Divergent Paths of Jupiter's Biggest Moons
Ganymede and Callisto are the largest of Jupiter's so-called Galilean satellites, the four moons of the giant planet that were discovered 400 years ago, in January 1610 , by Italian astronomer Galileo…
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- How Henrietta Lacks’s Cells Became Immortal and Changed Medical Science | 80beats
You may have learned of the line of cells known as the HeLa strain in a biology class, where a teacher explained the “virtually immortal” nature of these rapidly multiplying cells, and how they pl… - Advisor to the planets^h^h^h stars | Bad Astronomy
I was pleasantly surprised to see my old friend Kevin Grazier — planetary scientist with Cassini, and science advisor for Battlestar Galactica and Eureka — highlighted in a Eureka Unscripted blog… - Great Galloping Graphene! IBM’s New Transistor Works at Record Speed | 80beats
100 gigahertz of processing power—not bad for a single sheet of atoms. In a paper in Science, researchers at IBM say they have created the fastest-ever graphene transistor, with a cut-off frequency… - Earth Sky interviews me about NASA’s future | Bad Astronomy
I was recently interviewed on EarthSky about Obama’s budget and future plans for NASA. I talked about some of the things I covered in my earlier blog post, but I also added some thoughts about where… - Eyeless Urchins “See” the Sea With Their Spines | Discoblog
Oh, you. You think you’re pretty fancy, don’t you, with your matching pair of eyeballs, your precious optic nerve, your oh-so-sophisticated visual cortex. You think you’re so evolved. The sea ur… - Study: Genetic Variation Programs Some People to Age Faster | 80beats
There’s your chronological age, the number that creeps depressingly upward with each passing birthday, and then there’s your biological age, associated with the condition of your body. In a study… - iPad, Not Yet Released, Already Threatening to Bring Its Own Plague: Bad Posture | Discoblog
Here’s a message from the Department of the Obvious–overuse of the new iPad could lead to bad posture. If we were handed Apple’s latest sleek and shiny gadget offering, we’d find it hard not t… - Commerce Department Proposes Establishment of NOAA Climate Service | The Intersection
Well this is encouraging and I’ll be very interested to hear your reactions… Straight from my inbox: New office would target nation’s fast-accelerating climate information needs NOAA launches ww… - Beer Is Good for Your Bones? Well, Maybe. | 80beats
As study after study suggests that wine might have health benefits, beer tends to get the short end of the stick. But food scientist and beer lover Charles Bamforth wasn’t going to take that lying d… - Looks like the Sun is in its teens again | Bad Astronomy
I’ve been posting sporadically on how sunspots are starting to come back to the Sun, and I’m glad to see a new group sprouted up recently… and it’s a monster: These images are from SOHO, the S…
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- NASA Radar Studies Continue in Central America, Hispaniola
NASA radar imaging flights over Central America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are in the second week of a three-week campaign. - NASA Extends Cassini's Tour of Saturn, Continuing International Cooperation for World Class Science
NASA will extend the international Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn and its moons to 2017. - A Little Telescope Goes a Long Way
NASA astronomers have successfully demonstrated that a David of a telescope can tackle Goliath-size questions in the quest to study Earth-like planets around other stars. - JPL Airborne Radar Captures Its First Image of Post-Quake Haiti
JPL's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) captured this false-color composite image of the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the surrounding region. - NASA's Aquarius Gets a Presidential Visit
Argentina's president got an up-close look at NASA's Aquarius instrument at the Argentine facility where it's being integrated with the SAC-D spacecraft. - New NASA Web Site Launches Kids on Mission to Save Our Planet
Climate change can be a daunting topic for most adults to grasp, let alone kids. - Prometheus: Over Easy
Looking for all intents and purposes like a celestial egg after a session in Saturn's skillet, Prometheus displayed its pockmarked, irregular surface for NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Jan. 27, 2010. - Route 66: Cassini's Next Look at Titan
Sixteen days after last visiting Saturn's largest moon, NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns for another look-see of the cloud-shrouded moon - this time from on high. - NASA's Mars Rover Spirit Starts a New Chapter
After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot. - NASA Airborne Radar Studies Haiti Earthquake Faults
NASA has added a series of overflights of quake faults in Haiti and the Dominican Republic to a previously scheduled three-week airborne radar campaign to Central America.
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- New Evidence of Dark Matter from Hubble?
The Hubble images provide further evidence that the undisturbed galaxies are enshrouded by a cushion of dark matter, which protects them from their rough-and-tumble neighbourhood.Dark matter can't be… - Trio of Galaxies mix it up
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows three galaxies playing a game of gravitational tug-of-war that may result in the eventual demise of one of them.Located about 100 million light-years away… - The Heart Nebula
IC 1805: The Heart Nebula Credit & Copyright: Daniel MarquardtSprawling across almost 200 light-years, emission nebula IC 1805 is a mix of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds. Its nickname i… - Temporary Migration
Quasar9 is temporarily migrating to Facebook________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Snow in Cambridge
An unusual & rare sightCambridge covered in a blanket of white snow______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Centaurus A
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al.; Submillimeter: MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al.; Optical: ESO/WFI This image of Centaurus A shows a spectacular new view of a supermassive black hole's power.J… - Glass handblown
Glassmaking was accidentally discovered by potters around 3000 B.C. and the technique of glass blowing was invented around 100 B.C. The first glass made in North America was in Mexico in 1535 by artis… - Blown Glass
Blown Glass, Jerusalem, 50 BCE by Laura Duch '98Glass is made from a mixture of sand, potash, soda, and lime or red lead. It has been called a liquid solid, because it solidifies without crystallizing… - Happy New Year
Congrats to Xmichra ond welcome to the 'new arrival'____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ - The Star of Bethlehem
The Star of Bethlehem, also called the Christmas Star, is a star in Christian tradition that revealed the birth of Jesus to the magi (or wise men) and later led them to Bethlehem.According to the Gosp…
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- Late sunrise
Yesterday, December 21, was the Winter Solstice here in the northern hemisphere. On that day, the Earth was in the part of its orbit where its north pole was tilted as far away from the Sun as it wi… - Christmas Star Parties
I do several public star parties each year. Overall, it probably amounts to a little more than one every two months. Typically, I give a public talk about some topic in astronomy, and then we do v… - LHC sets record, and we are still here.
According to a report on Science Daily, the Large Hadron Collider has set a new energy record. The twin beams were at an energy of 1.18 TeV, beating the 0.98 TeV energy of Fermilab’s Tevatron. T… - CoS 128
I’ve been busy catching up on my classes, so I haven’t posted anything lately. But, you can catch up on lots of great space-related blog posts at the 128th Carnival of Space, being hosted this w… - Ares I-X Launch Photos
It’s been a week since the Ares I-X launch, so you are probably wondering where the pictures are. After the launch, I tried to clean up as best I could in the bathroom at the space center, and I h… - Triboelectrification trouble
Well, the launch did not go as hoped for this morning. Last night, the forecast was for only about a 40% chance of the launch getting off. This morning, when I got up to head over to the space cen… - Ares I-X
If everything works out OK, then NASA will launch a new rocket this coming Tuesday: the Ares I-X. And, if everything works right, I’ll be there to witness it! The Ares rockets and Orion crew mod… - Electrostatic Radiation Shielding
Clearly carrying heavy shielding to protect astronauts from radiation in space is expensive. If you havent’ been reading my space radiation series as I’ve been posting, then you can look over th… - Space Radiation and Humans
As I continue my series on space radiation, the next topic that I want to address is how radiation harms space travelers. I’ve already alluded to this in earlier posts in the series, but I wanted… - Cosmic Rays
Part 3 of my series on space radiation is about the radiation itself. The term cosmic rays is generally used to describe this radiation. Unfortunately, as often happens, the term evolved before th…
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- WISE has found its first comet, P/2010 B2 (WISE)
Having discovered its first asteroid on January 12, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has now officially discovered its first comet, P/2010 B2 (WISE). The comet was first observed by WISE on… - Manic Monday: Chocolate Hills, Io, and NASA's budget
Although I am not suffering under the snowpocalypse on the East Coast, I woke up to Monday absolutely buried under a massive pile of things to do for both home and work, and it looks like it's going t… - That's a lot of motion for a "stuck" rover!
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory posted a video to YouTube today showing what seems to be a remarkable amount of motion out of Spirit lately, especially given that she's supposed to be a stationary scien… - New maps of Pluto show pretty amazing amounts of surface change
I just posted my writeup of today's press briefing on a new map of Pluto produced from Hubble images. The main conclusion was that Pluto has shown an astonishing amount of changes across its surface b… - Way-cool Martian flyovers by Doug Ellison
Doug Ellison has been playing with Martian digital terrain models recently, to great effect. Here is a marvelous animation he produced that flies you over the Pathfinder landing site, out of -- and ba… - Endeavour Crew Arrives at KSC
Planetary Society volunteer Ken Kremer is reporting for us from the Kennedy Space Center, where he is covering the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, set to launch this weekend. Kremer is a research s… - Hooray! Cassini's tour has been extended for SEVEN MORE YEARS!
Woo hoo! NASA has just announced that once Cassini's Equinox Mission runs out in June of this year, they will extend it a further seven more years, long enough for the spacecraft to see Saturn through… - Spectacular Hubble view of the aftermath of an asteroid collision
This photo is going to be one of the iconic space images of 2010: Hubble has caught an astonishing view of something that's never before been observed, the aftermath of a collision between two asteroi… - Mars Express animation of Phobos' shadow transiting Mars
A cool item was posted to the Mars Express VMC website this morning:For the first-time ever, VMC has imaged what we believe to be the shadow of Mars' moon Phobos crossing the surface of Mars. The shad… - Planetary Society Urges Congress to Endorse NASA Budget
By Louis D. Friedman The Planetary Society today issued a statement supporting the budget increase for NASA and the Administration's proposal to involve the commercial industry in human space flight.…
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- US shuttle Endeavour blasts off for space station
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 8, 2010 - The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts blasted off Monday and headed for the International Space Station to deliver a module dubbed T… - US shuttle Endeavor ready for second lift-off attempt
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 8, 2010 - The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts were set Monday to make another launch attempt on a mission to deliver a module dubbed Tranqui… - Poor weather delays launch of US shuttle Endeavour
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 - The launch of the US space shuttle Endeavour was delayed by 24 hours early Sunday due to bad weather over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA official… - Soyuz 100 Times More Reliable Than Shuttle
Moscow, Russia (Pravda) Feb 08, 2010 - Richard Garriott, a videogame developer, who once boarded Russia's Soyuz rocket for a space flight said that the Russian-made ship was much more reliable than it… - Quasar Pair Captured In Galaxy Collision
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 08, 2010 - This composite image shows the effects of two galaxies caught in the act of merging. A Chandra X-ray Observatory image shows a pair of quasars in blue, located about 4… - Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 08, 2010 - For some years now, an unorthodox idea has been gaining favor among astronomers. It contradicts old teachings and unsettles thoughtful observers, especially climatol… - Progress Docks With ISS
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 08, 2010 - Approach to the space station, its fly-around, stationkeeping and docking were performed in automatic mode. The initial contact with the docking port on the instrum… - First Journey For Alphabus
Toulouse, France (SPX) Feb 08, 2010 - The service module of the new Alphabus generation of telecommunication satellites has completed its first journey - from Cannes to Toulouse, in France. The three-… - Renewable Oil Companies
St Paul MN (SPX) Feb 08, 2010 - The entry of oil companies into the realm of renewable energy could present major obstacles for the development of a sustainable economy that is not based on carbon res… - US book publishers smiling again as Kindle rivals emerge
New York (AFP) Feb 7, 2010 - US book publishers are smiling again, after years of watching digital versions of their titles sell for below what they thought they were worth.
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- Delta's late night launch to loft new GPS satellite
Another Global Positioning System satellite is about to launch into space, replacing a craft more than 15 years old. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral aboard a Delta 2 rocket is scheduled for early Saturday… - First spacewalk of mission completed successfully
Astronauts Richard Linnehan and Garrett Reisman completed a 7-hour, 1-minute spacewalk overnight that prepare the Japanese logistics module for attachment to the space station and began assembly of a… - Atlas 5 rocket launches from California for first time
America's Atlas 5 rocket made its much-anticipated maiden mission from the West Coast early Thursday morning, piercing ground-hugging clouds and fog that blanketed the launch pad to send a secretive s… - First spacewalk of mission begins tonight
Astronauts Richard Linnehan and Garrett Reisman will press ahead with a near full-duration spacewalk this evening to prepare a Japanese logistics module for attachment to the space station and to begi… - Mission Status Center: Atlas 5 rocket launches from California
The inaugural launch of an Atlas 5 rocket from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base occurred as scheduled this morning, thundering skyward at 3:02 a.m. local time (6:02 a.m. EDT) carrying a classifi… - Robot pallet experiences power-up glitch on station
A high-tech Canadian robot, launched disassembled on large pallet, was moved from the Endeavour to a work site on the station early today. An initial attempt to route power to the pallet was not succe… - STS-123 Mission Status Center
Complete minute-by-minute coverage of space shuttle Endeavour's final approach and docking with the International Space Station. - Shuttle Endeavour on course for station docking tonight
The Endeavour astronauts are closing in on the international space station today, on track for a docking around 11:25 p.m. EDT to kick off a five-spacewalk assembly mission. - Crew completes evening of heat shield inspections
The astronauts unlimbered the shuttle's robot arm and inspected the ship's nose cap and wing leading edge panels with a laser scanner on the end of a 50-foot-long boom. The areas of the orbiter that e… - Endeavour launch gallery
This collection of images shows space shuttle Endeavour's middle-of-the-night launch Tuesday. The ship soared from pad 39A and disappeared into a low deck of clouds over the launch site a half-minute…
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- Groundhog Day Pictures: Punxsutawney Phil, Now and Then
- Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow--And Long Winter for 2010
On Groundhog Day 2010, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow—and six more weeks of winter, according to tradition. Get surprising facts behind the wacky weather prediction. - Obama Scrubs NASA's Manned Moon Missions
Although NASA will get a budget increase for 2011, plans to return humans to the moon by 2020 would be officially scrapped, because the program is over budget, behind schedule, and lacking in innovati… - Birds Got Too Fat to Fly After Dinosaurs Vanished?
The ancestors of ostriches and other flightless birds once flew, a new study says. They apparently grounded themselves in earnest, though, after dinosaurs were wiped out. - How to Survive Without Sex for 50 Million Years? Dry Up
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how one tiny creature has flourished for up to 50 million years without sex: it dries up. - Groundhog Day 2010 & Punxsutawney Phil: Facts Behind Forecast
With ancient origins and modern media smarts, immortal rodent Punxsutawney Phil rules Groundhog Day 2010. Get the surprising facts behind winter's wackiest weather prediction. - Best Fluid Motion Pictures Named
- Pictures: "Mythical" Temple Found in Peru
- Year's Biggest Full Moon, Mars Create Sky Show
Mars will cozy up to the biggest, brightest full moon of 2010 Friday night, creating a celestial spectacle that will jump out at you for sure, one astronomer says. - Fusion Power a Step Closer After Giant Laser Blast
Using the most powerful laser system ever built, a solid-gold cylinder, and a BB-size fuel pellet, scientists have brought us one step closer to nuclear fusion power, a new study says.
nasa.gov
- NASA Announces Two News Conferences To Discuss The 2011 Budget And A Bold New Approach To Exploration
NASA will hold news conferences on Monday, Feb. 1, and Tuesday, Feb. 2, to discuss the fiscal year 2011 budget request and announce bold new developments in the nation's civil space effort. - NASA Announces Innovation Initiatives With Fiscal Year 2011 Budget
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2011 budget at 3 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 1. - NASA Cues Up University CubeSats for Glory Launch This Fall
NASA will launch small research satellites for several universities as part of the agency's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNA, mission. - High School Students Can Send Experiments Flying with NASA
NASA is inviting student teams nationwide to design and build an experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space environment of the stratosphere, an altitude of 100,000 feet. - From Space to the Classroom: NASA Science Improves Climate Change Education
NASA has awarded approximately $1.4 million in cooperative agreements to enhance learning through the use of the agency's unique Earth science resources. - NASA Research Finds Last Decade was Warmest on Record, 2009 One of Warmest Years
- NASA's New Museum Grant Allies Will Make the Universe Accessible to Families From Alaska to Florida
Interactive museum exhibits about climate change, Earth science, and missions beyond Earth are among the projects NASA has selected to receive agency funding. - NASA and Maryland Researcher Recognized for Data that Provides Clues to Earth's Changing Climate, Forests, and Crops
NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior presented the William T. Pecora Award to the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System, or CERES, team and to Forrest Hall, senior research scientist at… - From Endangered Fish to Saturn's Rings: NASA Science Highlighted at American Geophysical Union Meeting
- Water on the Moon, Drought on Earth: NASA Experts Available for Radio And Podcast Interviews During Major Science Meeting
Two NASA researchers will discuss the agency's latest findings about our home planet and its nearest neighbor in live interviews from the 2009 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Fra…
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- Heavy Snow around U.S. Capital
Acquired February 7, 2010, this true-color image shows snow blanketing much of the U.S. East Coast. Snow extends hundreds of kilometers inland from the Atlantic coastline, but thins near New York City… - Open Pit Mines, Southern Arizona
This astronaut photograph illustrates three open-pit copper mines located west-northwest of the town of Green Valley, Arizona. - Dallas
This pair of images shows explosively growing suburbs—boomburbs—north of Dallas, Texas. - Cyclone Oli
Comma-shaped Cyclone Oli was a formidable Category 4 cyclone moving over French Polynesia in the South Pacific when this true-color image was captured on the afternoon of February 4, 2010. - Karachi, Pakistan
Acquired January 8, 2010, this true-color image shows part of Karachi, Pakistan, a city of over 12 million residents. Heavily urbanized areas mix with rivers and mangroves, especially near the Port of… - Lusi Mud Volcano, Indonesia
Lusi, the world’s largest and fastest growing mud volcano, had developed the mound-like shape of a volcano when this false-color image was acquired in October 2009, two and a half years after its bi… - Snow-Capped Llaima Volcano in Springtime
Acquired December 11, 2009, this true-color image shows a layer of snow resting on the summit of Llaima Volcano. The slopes appear in a combination of purple-brown and green, probably a combination of… - Ice and Clouds in the Bering Strait
Acquired January 16, 2010, this true-color image shows sea ice spanning the Bering Strait, and parallel rows of clouds extending toward the southwest. - Artificial Archipelagos, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Taken January 13, 2010, this astronaut photograph shows two artificial archipelagos along the Dubai coast: Palm Jumeirah and The World. The image also shows the 800-meter-tall Bhurj Khalifa high rise… - Chiyli Crater, Kazakhstan
Acquired October 10, 2007, this false-color image shows Chiyli Crater in western Kazakhstan. Vegetation appears red, and clings primarily to riverbanks near the crater. Sunlight illuminates south-faci…
realclimate.org
- Good news for the earth’s climate system?
Frank et al, Nature, carbon cycle sensitivity to global warming. - The wisdom of Solomon
Solomon et al, Science express, stratospheric water vapour - The IPCC is not infallible (shock!)
Like all human endeavours, the IPCC is not perfect. Despite the enormous efforts devoted to producing its reports with the multiple levels of peer review, some errors will sneak through. Most of these… - 2009 temperatures by Jim Hansen
Jim Hansen, 2009 temperature summary, GISTEMP, HadCRUT, Arctic Oscillation, El Niño, global warming, and the difference between weather and climate - Plass and the Surface Budget Fallacy
RealClimate is run by a rather loosely organized volunteer consortium of people with day jobs that in and of themselves can be quite consuming of attention. And so it came to pass that the first I lea… - L&C, GRL, comments on peer review and peer-reviewed comments
Lindzen and Choi (2009), GRL, peer review - First published response to Lindzen and Choi
Lindzen and Choi, Trenberth, Fasullo, O'Dell and Wong, climate sensitivity and how the scientific literature deals with anomalies. - Lindzen and Choi Unraveled
Lindzen and Choi, Trenberth Fasullo, O'Dell and Wang, tropical ocean temperatures, TOA radiative fluxes, climate sensitivity - The carbon dioxide theory of Gilbert Plass
Gilbert Plass, Lewis Kaplan, the history of the carbon dioxide theory, climate sensitivity and how well it stands up 50 years later. - Unforced variations 2
Open thread on climate science issues. Knorr 2009 CO2 airborne fraction changes, John Coleman, KUSI, NCDC and NASA 'manipulation' of temperature data
climateaudit.org
- A “Small Document”
On July 29, 2009, Phil Jones emailed Tom Peterson of NOAA (1248902393.txt) … I have a question for you. I’m going to write a small document for our web site to satisfy (probably the wrong word) th… - Rose on Fortress Met Office
David Rose of the Mail places the Met Office obstruction of FOI requests squarely in the spotlight. The Met Office obstruction left a singularly bad taste with their sequence of untrue excuses for not… - Leake: Today’s IPCC Blooper
Jonathan Leake of the Sunday Times has another IPCC blooper for breakfast tomorrow, this one about a looming 50% decline in north African crop production, a claim that occurs not just in the eccentric… - Slimed by Bagpuss the Cat Reporter
As many CA readers know, I was slimed today in the Independent by reporter Paul Bignell, best known for his hard-hitting expose of Bagpuss the cat. Bignell reported: The children’s television produc… - Pielke Debate Online
Maurizio Morabito’s twitter notes here. Audio here. I’ve been trying for about 10 days to get a digital version of Muir-Wood’s data, sending three requests so far without an acknowledgement (Pie… - Say My Name – February Rerun
Science has published a Correction and Clarification to Kaufman et al (2009), see here. Since they only needed to correct four out of 23 proxies, there is no need to name those who pointed out errors.… - Anatomy of Glaciergate
http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2010/02/anatomy-of-ipccs-himalayan-glacier-year-2035-mess/ h/t to a reader - Guardian: “Not even clear that a crime actually occurred”
The Guardian reviews the various theories on FOIA2009.zip, closing with what must be the absolute worst nightmare scenario for UEA. After observing that “so far, the police investigation has got now… - Cicerone Then and Now
Ralph Cicerone, President of the US National Academy of Sciences, has weighed in on the CRU and data sharing controversies – he’s now in favor of data sharing. While it’s nice that he’s seen t… - The Mann Report
Is here. I’ll comment later. See RA-10 here and RA-47 here 4 p.m. A couple of quick points. Readers should understand that I have limited expectations from this sort of inquiry. What I do expect is…
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GENETICS & MEDICAL SCIENCE
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- Genetic Genealogy on Faces of America
Quite a line-up of celebrities! Eva Longoria, Meryl Streep, Mario Batali, Stephen Colbert, Malcolm Gladwell, Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Nichols, Kristi Yamaguchi, Elizabeth Alexander, Queen Noor and Louise Erdric… - DNA Network Tweet Cloud
FYI. I tweet about genetics and related science topics under The DNA Network Twitter account @DNAnetwork. Are you on Twitter? by Tweet Cloud - DNA{wesome}
That’s right, baby! via Buzzfeed - Genetics = Real Science
Matchmaking services are adding DNA testing to their list of offers. The DNA test analyzes HLA genes of the immune system that influence a person’s body odor. The theory is that people are attracted… - Larry David’s DNA Test
Larry David found out last night on Lopez Tonight that he “fails as a European” being only 63% European according to a DNA ancestry test. David seemed genuinely surprised by the remaining 37% of h… - Lopez Tonight First Late-Night Show to Offer DNA Testing
Now we know that claim is misleading. Maury Povich and other talk shows have been offering DNA paternity testing for years but I guess those shows are on during the daytime. In any case, Larry David o… - American Genes Don’t Exist
Congratulations to Meb Keflezighi of Eritrean descent, who won the New York City Marathon last Sunday and was the first American to do so since 1982! Why did I mention that he was born in Eritrea? Bec… - Knowledge about Genetic Risk is Power or is it Fear?
A little over two years ago, I confessed that I was “just a little scared of genetic testing.” I have two young children and almost every day I see traits in them that I’m pretty sure they inher… - Murderer Gets Reduced Sentence Because His Genes Made Him Do It
Hey criminals! Here’s how you get out of taking full responsibility for your dastardly actions: Fake your DNA sample Blame it on your identical twin See if you have the genes that predispose you to… - Video: Knome’s Ari Kiirikki Speaks with Medgadget
via Medgadget
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- Best. Conspiracy. Theory. Ever.
It looks as though Generation Rescue's bubble-brained spokescelebrities Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey have finally found their niche. Can you guess where it is? Come on, take two guesses! That's right… - Report a bad doctor to the authorities, go to jail? It might really happen for Anne Mitchell, RN in Winkler County, Texas
About five months ago, I blogged about a true miscarriage of justice, the sort of thing that should never, ever happen. In brief, it was the story of two nurses who, disturbed at how a local doctor wa… - Egomaniacal Sunday morning basking in glory
My adopted alter ego may be nothing but a computer played by a box of colored blinking lights, but those few who are actually familiar with the 30 year old British SF TV show that featured Orac beginn… - "Building bridges" to the leaders of the anti-vaccine movement?
Thanks to Andrew Wakefield, it's been pretty much vaccine week for me. Well, mostly anyway, I did manage to have some fun with Mike Adams and the immune system, but otherwise it's been all vaccines al… - How not to report science and medical news, vaccine edition (addendum)
Here we go again (rest of the post below the fold because there is a video that autostarts): Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... - How not to report science and medical news, vaccine edition
I realize I complain periodically about when I get into what seems to me to be a rut in which I'm writing pretty much only about anti-vaccine lunacy. This is just such a week, when the news on the vac… - How can I resist such a request?
You know I'm a sucker for a heartfelt plea from an anti-vaccine activist. That's why, upon seeing Kim Stagliano write in Age of Autism: Hi, I'd appreciate your comments over at HuffPo on my post, The… - The martyrdom of St. Andy, part 2: David Kirby rides to the rescue (sort of)
If I am wrong I will be a bad person because I will have raised this spectre.Andrew Wakefield, March 3, 1998. Interview in The Independent. The martyrdom of brave maverick Saint Andy continues apace,… - The immune system in action
Sure, this is old, but I hadn't seen a video quite this cool before. Behold, a human polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN, or neutrophil) on a blood film, chasing Staphylococcus aureus. There are more vid… - Self-healing and self-delusion. Guess which one Mike Adams engages in?
I know I spent a fair bit of time last week slapping down Mike Adams, creator of NaturalNews.com website. In reality, he richly deserved it, as he has richly deserved it many times in the past. Indeed…
popgen-ramblings.blogspot.com
- CNV and HIV susceptibility
Copy number at CCL3L1 is one of the genetic predictors of HIV susceptibility in humans (Gonzalez et al), with individuals with copy number higher than the population median being less susceptible. A n… - A gut feeling about history
A interesting article in Science on using the (mainly vertically transmitted) human pathogen bacteria Helicobacter pylori to reconstruct the peopling of the Pacific. Which I guess is a finer-scale fol… - Chakravarti on race and kinship
There's an interesting opinion piece at Nature by Aravinda Chakravarti. The part on populations and race covers some pretty familiar ground, but the article is obviously aimed at a more general audien… - R Rocks
I use R pretty much constantly, so I was pleased to see it getting some attention in the NYT (see also Mailund, Hawks, and Dechronization). There is also a followup post by the article's author here.O… - Natural variation in Nature
Nature has a whole slew of reviews on the current progress and prospects of mapping the genetic determinants of phenotypic variation:Association mapping in humans (here)Mapping behavioral traits in mo… - Using admixed populations to separate cis and trans effects
A new article by Price et al. looks at the effects of cis and trans acting variation on gene expression. A number of studies have approached the genetics of gene expression in humans by doing GWA mapp… - A NYT Q&A session with Amy Harmon
Just a quick link to a NYT Q&A session with Amy Harmon, who got the Pulitzer for her DNA age series. Her recent article on challenges of teaching evolution in the States has generated a lot of the que… - Counter-intuitive results using SNP chips
Two recent papers use of high density SNP chips to show counter intuitively that you can locate the geographic origin of a person to within a few hundred miles using only genetic data (Novembre et al.… - hot motif
A paper just out in Nature Genetics (Myers et al) extends what we know about how local sequence determines recombination hotspot activity (hotspots are 1-2kb regions where recombination happens far mo… - A couple of articles on forensic DNA matches
A freakonomics blog piece on the FBI's DNA match probabilities (via Genome-technology). There is also some interesting correspondence (1,2,3) in Nature Reviews Genetics on the reliability and use of L…
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- Delayed childbearing & autism
Independent and dependent contributions of advanced maternal and paternal ages to autism risk: Reports on autism and parental age have yielded conflicting results on whether mothers, fathers, or both,… - Beautiful butterflies & localized adaptation
Two new papers are out in PLoS Genetics which make inferences about adaptation using butterfly species which exhibit Mullerian mimicry. I'll give the author summaries instead of the abstracts.Genomic… - Eliezer Yudkowsky & Razib Khan on bloggingheads.tv
- Hayek vs. Keynes
You've probably watched the Hayek vs. Keynes rap by now:Am the only one who was a little weirded out by the incongruity of John Maynard Keynes kickin' it with the honeys in the back of the limo? It is… - Language goes extinct, human race to follow....
Last speaker of ancient language of Bo dies in India:Professor Anvita Abbi said that the death of Boa Sr was highly significant because one of the world's oldest languages - Bo - had come to an end...… - Ibn Khaldun In Our Time
Ibn Khaldun on In Our Time. Excellent program. Khaldun's assessment that the Mamluks of Egypt had developed a system of rule which was robust against the decay of asabiyyah was born out by 450 years o… - "Synthetic associations" and sickle cell anemia
Last week, I made a silly error in describing a problem in the sickle cell anemia example given by Dickson et al. (2010) as an empirical example of the phenomenon they call synthetic association. So a… - Half Sigma's flawed post on DTNBP1
A while back, Mark and I were working on a comprehensive post which would try to tally the results of the various IQ-gene studies to see what they said about racial differences. We began this quest br… - Jersey Shore coming back
They've been signed for $10,000 per episode the next go around. Years ago Joel floated the idea of using Reality TV to test theories in social science. Paying the cast of Jersey Shore this much is goi… - Proud to be red
A friend pointed me to this YouTube clip of a young red-haired man objecting to the term ginger, and the opprobrium he's been subjected to since the South Park episode Ginger Kids popularized ideas su…
johnhawks.net
- Site: Zhoukoudian
At the Peking Man World Heritage Site - NAS president calls for data sharing
Science has a one-page editorial by National Academy of Science President Ralph Cicerone. He alludes to the climate change scandals of the last few months, and points to a significant loss of public c… - Gene-a-dope
Science gives us a policy forum this week on gene doping. The lead author, Theodor Friedmann, is the chair of the Gene Doping Expert Group at the World Anti-Doping Agency. The essay describes the curr… - iPad freedom train
After last week's unveiling of Apple's iPad, there has been a quiet current of dismay by people looking for a not-yet piece of hardware. I have some sympathy for the perspective of Mark Pilgrim, in hi… - Genetic testing brief
Data point: This is the time in my introductory class when I discuss genetic disorders, and I described the new Counsyl test as part of my lecture today. I took a quick poll -- how many of my undergra… - Bonobo cannibalism
Ewen Callaway in New Scientist: More individuals got a taste of the infant than is typical when the apes share meat. They also spent 7½ hours eating the body – longer than they take over a similar-… - East meets West, and vice versa
Here's a nice, symmetrical pair of stories: DNA testing on 2,000-year-old bones in Italy reveal East Asian ancestry ... Prowse's team cannot say how recently he, or his ancestors, left East Asia: he c… - The chimpanzee males who adopt orphans
The value of long-term field studies: Christophe Boesch and colleagues report on adoption in the Taï Forest chimpanzee study population -- where more than 30 years of observations have produced 18 we… - Sketchbook
Today's sketchbook: I've been sketching some studies of the Ardi CT skull reconstruction. - Robot genetics
Dario Floreano and Laurent Keller describe experiments that combine genetic algorithms and robots. It's a review essay rather than a description of new research, but unlike most descriptions of evolut…
scienceblogs.com
- Monday Links
Who dat dem gonna beat the Saints? Oops, wrong marketing strategy. Geaux Saints! Links for you. Science: Postdoctoral researchers at UMass unionize First Federal Court Hearing on Whether Human Genes S… - Obama to CDC Efforts in Antimicrobial Resistance: Drop Dead
(from here) By way of Maryn McKenna, we find that the Obama Administration has decided to massively cut the funding for the CDC's antimicrobial resistance and vaccination efforts. I thought this was… - Sunday Links
I hear there's some kind of sporting event today. No excuse to not check out some links though. Science: Random thoughts on CDC's swine flu effort: epidemiology and surveillance In Praise of Deference… - Past Due (and Brad DeLong) on Political Paralysis
If you're looking for a good primer on Big Shitpile and other recent economic events, I highly recommend Peter Goodman's Past Due: The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy. It's w… - Putting Wakefield in a Larger Context
Over at DailyKos, there's a very good post about anti-vaxxer idiocy (I believe in rewarding non-science blogs with links when they take this stuff head-on). The author's motivation illustrates just ho… - Note to Herbert: It's Not Radical At All, It's Centrist
A recent question posed by NY Times columnist demonstrates just how far to the Palinist right our political and social discourse has shifted: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this… - Friday Links
I believe that someone once said, Thank God It's Friday. Links for you. Science: Oh my fucking god. (Really, it's about science) MTS43 - Rob Knight - The Microbes That Inhabit Us New organism discover… - A NY Times (Silly) Idea of the Day: 'The War Against Suburbia'?
There's been some discussion about Joel Kotkin's argument The War Against Suburbia, kicked off by The NY Times making it their Idea of the Day. Leaving aside whether there should be a 'war against sub… - This Is Not the French Consulate
Crime in the urban hellhole known as Boston: 01/11/10 - At approximately 5:29 a.m., officers responded to a radio call for a removal from the French Library, located at 53 Marlborough St. On arrival,… - A Tale of Two Polls, or What I Learned from 16S rRNA Microbiome Analysis
I'll return to the Research 2000 poll I discussed Wednesday, and also talk about this Gallup poll Digby discusses (and I think misinterprets), because I think we have to really think about the data we…
blisstree.com
- Animals Used in the Making of Avatar
Yes, the blockbuster movie “Avatar” used animals, but the animals weren’t used. They were treated nicely! The film received American Humane’s highest rating — Monitored: Outstanding / No An… - Donate for Free to Help Pets in Need
Are homeless animals heroes? I think so. It takes a lot of courage to be a pet without a home of your own, but you can help in a couple of ways during the Purina ONE Tour for Heroes, ending on Februar… - Maternal Age Linked with Autism Risk
Researchers now say they’ve confirmed that maternal age is linked with a significantly elevated risk of autism in children. And the father’s age may not matter as much as previously thought. The r… - Sick Day Kit
I don’t care if it is a 50 year old man or a two year old girl, when someone gets a stomach virus, they just feel icky. When the weather is bad, or they start to feel sick at night, there’s nothin… - And the most recycled item of 2009 is…?
Can you guess? Earth911.com, one of my fave places to get recycling info, and a provider of the nation’s leading Local Recycling and Disposal Directory, just released the results of its 2009 Annual… - Valentine’s Day Dog Biscuits
Humans aren’t the only ones who can have some special treats this Valentine’s Day — why not make a batch of your dog’s favorite homemade biscuits and dress them a bit, too? These treats are ea… - Are Your Youngsters Becoming Too Public?
Is privacy becoming an attitude of the past? Does the younger generation have a different version of privacy than yours? When I see all these young people posting private messages and candid photos… - Marijuana Likely No Help in Alzheimer’s
Medicinal marijuana is finding its way into many areas of medicine. It’s a big help for some people with AIDS, providing them with a much-needed appetite. Marijuana is helpful for some people with c… - Ideas For Expressing Yourself This V-Day
I just read an article called “8 Tips For Renewing Your Relationship This Valentine’s Day” by couples therapist and educator Marty Babits, LCSW, BCD. Babits wrote a relationship advice book … - Soft Drinks Up Pancreatic Risk
Pancreatic cancer is a serious, often rapidly fatal cancer that isn’t usually detected early enough for effective treatment. Although doctors don’t know how to prevent it, they do know that certai…
scienceandreason.blogspot.com
- Selected readings 2/6/10
Interesting reading and news items.These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account.Five things you should know about climate changeIt can be really difficult for anyone not well-versed in the deba… - Hubble's View of the R136 Star-Forming Region
Hubble's Festive View of a Grand Star-Forming RegionThe massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birth regio… - Magnetic fields in gamma-ray burst jets
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most dramatic short-lived violent events observed in the universe. They are often described as releasing a quantity of energy, in less than a minute, that is at least a… - Selected readings 1/30/10
Interesting reading and news items.These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account.Narcolepsy research triggers myriad brain studiesResearch over the past decade has shown that narcolepsy is cause… - Selected readings 1/24/10
Interesting reading and news items.These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account.Full Speed AheadPhysical forces acting in and around cells are fast—and making waves in the world of molecular… - Cosmic "Dig" Reveals Vestiges of the Milky Way's Building Blocks
Cosmic "Dig" Reveals Vestiges of the Milky Way's Building Blocks (11/25/09)Peering through the thick dust clouds of our galaxy's central parts (the bulge) with an amazing amount of detail, a team of a… - Selected readings 1/15/10
Interesting reading and news items.These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account.Crashing the size barrierOver the past 50 years, the most common method of increasing the energy of a particle ac… - The Crab Nebula: A Cosmic Icon
The Crab Nebula: A Cosmic IconA star's spectacular death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth as the supernova of 1054 A.D. Now, almost a thousand years later, a super dense object -- cal… - Space is very fine-grained
It would take you a lot longer to hike a significant distance over very hilly terrain than it would over a completely flat plain. For much the same reason, it would take light longer to cover the same… - Selected readings 1/3/10
Interesting reading and news items.These items are also bookmarked at my Diigo account.Is the DNA in our cells always the same?This challenges one of my fundamental assumptions in biology: that of all…
VIDEO [ science ]
GENERAL SCIENCE BLOGS
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- Study examines course and treatment of unexplained chest pain
Fewer than half of individuals who have non-specific chest pain (not explained by a well-known condition) experience relief from symptoms following standard medical care, according to a report in... - Usual care often not consistent with clinical guidelines for low back pain
Australian general practitioners often treat patients with low back pain in a manner that does not appear to match the care endorsed by international clinical guidelines, according to a report in the.… - Hypertension may predict dementia in older adults with certain cognitive deficits
High blood pressure appears to predict the progression to dementia in older adults with impaired executive functions (ability to organize thoughts and make decisions) but not in those with memory... - Medication appears well-tolerated, beneficial in Huntington's disease patients
A medication previously studied in patients with Alzheimer's disease (latrepirdine) appears well tolerated and may improve thinking, learning and memory skills among individuals with Huntington's... - Glaucoma medications may be associated with reduced risk of death over 4-year period
Glaucoma patients who take medication for the condition appear to have a reduced likelihood of death, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the... - High-altitude climbs may cause corneal swelling, but do not appear to affect vision
Swelling commonly occurs in the corneas of mountain climbers, but does not appear to affect vision at altitudes of up to 6,300 meters (about 20,670 feet), according to a report in the February issue..… - Drug shows promise for Huntington's disease
An early stage clinical trial of the experimental drug dimebon (latrepirdine) in people with Huntington's disease appears to be safe and may improve cognition. That is the conclusion of a study... - Patients 'unafraid' to gamble highlight role of amygdala in decision-making
Two patients with rare lesions to the brain have provided direct of evidence of how we make decisions -- and what makes us dislike the thought of losing money.
scienceblogs.com
- A travesty in Texas [White Coat Underground]
There's a prosecution going on in Texas that sounds so corrupt, and could have such a chilling influence on the pursuit of quackery nationwide, that it cannot be ignored. I urge you to read the story… - Obama to CDC Efforts in Antimicrobial Resistance: Drop Dead [Mike the Mad Biologist]
(from here) By way of Maryn McKenna, we find that the Obama Administration has decided to massively cut the funding for the CDC's antimicrobial resistance and vaccination efforts. I thought this was… - ScienceOnline2010 session videos - Privacy, ethics, and disasters: how being online as a doctor changes everything Part 1 [A Blog Around The Clock]
Privacy, ethics, and disasters: how being online as a doctor changes everything Saturday, January 16 at 10:15 - 11:20am E. Privacy, ethics, and disasters: how being online as a doctor changes everyth… - Best. Conspiracy. Theory. Ever. [Respectful Insolence]
It looks as though Generation Rescue's bubble-brained spokescelebrities Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey have finally found their niche. Can you guess where it is? Come on, take two guesses! That's right… - Report a bad doctor to the authorities, go to jail? It might really happen for Anne Mitchell, RN in Winkler County, Texas [Respectful Insolence]
About five months ago, I blogged about a true miscarriage of justice, the sort of thing that should never, ever happen. In brief, it was the story of two nurses who, disturbed at how a local doctor wa… - The dangers of weed [Effect Measure]
I know families that if you visited them and found them laughing, confused, dizzy, thirsty and vomiting and apparently hallucinating you would think, everything's normal. On a July night in suburban M… - Meditations on those with chronic illnesses [Terra Sigillata]
I have just a couple of thoughts today that I offer to the reader not for sympathy but, rather, for scientific observation and reflection. I've been dealing with a case of bronchitis that became pneum… - Interview with Michael Specter at ScienceOnline2010 (video) Part 2 [A Blog Around The Clock]
Sabine Vollmer interviews Keynote Speaker Michael Specter for Science In The Triangle Blog. Read the comments on this post... - Egomaniacal Sunday morning basking in glory [Respectful Insolence]
My adopted alter ego may be nothing but a computer played by a box of colored blinking lights, but those few who are actually familiar with the 30 year old British SF TV show that featured Orac beginn… - How Dr. Isis Got Stuck By an Arterial Catheter Instead of Mr. Isis...(A Repost) [On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess]
Dr. Isis has been working on some invasive human studies lately. As I promised, I will take pictures of our construction exploits on Monday. I think we've finally got things right and I think you will…
cultureofchemistry.blogspot.com
- Are scientists palatable?
In the early part of the 19th century, the word scientist had yet to be coined. As the scope of materials and phenomena that natural philosophers and historians dealt with increased, there was a growi… - Science blogging at its best: Open Laboratory 2009
In 2006, Bora Zivkovic brought us the first edition of Open Laboratory, a print collection of the best science blogging of the year. Now in its 4th year, the 2009 edition, guest edited by scicurious a… - Chemistry on Holiday: Science Cookies
'tis the season for baking on the home front. It's been mostly biologically based leavening (yeast) at my house, but some strictly chemical rising has been going on as well. For an interesting mix of… - Unfortunate Acronyms: PUS
When I was lecturing on lasers this week, I was surprised to discover how many of my students were unaware that laser was an acronym (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation). Science… - Sex and the scientist
(Cross posted at my other blog.)I am in the midst of writing an essay for Nature Chemistry - about why people are so curious about stereotypes of scientists, but seem less so about other fields. There… - Feeling quizical?
Pew tracks American's familiarity with the news of the day - my kids took the latest quiz (and each scored in the top quartile for adults and so were quite pleased with themselves). I played with some… - Nobel quote
After I won a Nobel Prize I suddenly turned into an omniscient sage, whereas formerly I was simply a workaholic.Richard Ernst, Chemistry 1991(H/T to Nature Chemistry's October editorial)Photo of Dirac… - Quantum Mechanics on the Silver Screen: Science of Watchmen
I drive my kids crazy when I critique dramas based on their science content. Listen to the science consultant for Watchmen (Physicist James Kakalio of University of Minnesota) talk about the quantum m… - The pressure to preserve
Stephen Davey, associate editor for Nature Chemistry, blogged at the Sceptical Chymist about visiting the National Archives and seeing the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of… - Word Wraps: From the ACS meeting
I am at the ACS meeting in Washington DC, here as press rather than chemist. It's a very different way to see the meeting. I went to a press briefing this morning - on the first phases of development…
backreaction.blogspot.com
- Black Holes and Information Loss
Here is - finally! - the continuation of my previous posts on Causal Diagrams and The Causal Diagram of the Black Hole. Due to popular demand, this time we will discuss the black hole information loss… - The LHC Proton Source
Yesterday, we had a very nice colloquium by Jonas Strandberg from the University of Michigan on The startup of the LHC and the very first collisions in the ATLAS detector (abstract and video here). If… - LaserFest 2010
This year, the laser will turn 50! On May 16, 1960, at the Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California, Theodore Maiman realized for the first time Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of… - Bloggy Notes
First: As some of you (Steven,Phil) have noticed, we have turned on comment moderation for all posts older than 14 days. Blogger only allows such selective comment moderation since recently. I've trie… - Interna
We've had some more snow the last days. Sweden is very family friendly, but some restrictions do apply ;-)This reminded me that when I was moving to Stockholm I joked the trajectory I'm on, Santa Barb… - Division by Zero
It started when I was an undergraduate. In his email he explained he had found a theory for the indeterminism in quantum mechanics. I spent 2 weeks trying to explain that dividing both sides of an equ… - Update on the ESQG 2010
As previously mentioned, together with Greg Landsberg and Lee Smolin, I am presently organizing a workshop on Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity that will take place here at Nordita in Stockholm,… - Reflections on the Sun
Last week I was in Great Britain (as you'll know if you follow me on Twitter). Even when you're flying long-distance Westbound a commercial plane doesn't catch up with the setting sun. Eg the flight f… - This and That
Some bits of information that crossed my way recently:The upcoming deadline for applications to Perimeter Institute's master course, Perimeter Scholars International, is February 1st, 2010. Details ar… - And the Winner is: Second Prize for "At the Frontier of Knowledge" in the FQXi Essay Contest
The Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) runs an annual Essay Contest, and last year's installment asked for papers on the question: What is Ultimately Possible in Physics?Bee had submitted an essa…
mindhacks.com
- Nine Legendary Hypochondriacs
ABC Radio National's Late Night Live has a fascinating discussion with the author of a new book on nine famous hypochondriacs: James Boswell, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Darwin, Florence Nightingale, Al… - Bonuses generate more heat than light
The engaging behavioural economist Dan Ariely has just become a columnist for Wired UK and in his first article he describes how the promise of performance-related pay often backfires leading people t… - 2010-02-05 Spike activity
Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Sex addiction is a feminist victory, according to an article in Slate, apparently because it allows man shaming. Malevolence-based medicine rears… - Eureka brain special and more fighting
The Times has just released its monthly science magazine, Eureka, with a special issue on the brain and all the articles freely available online. There doesn't seem to be a way to link to a whole issu… - Time to think
Bioemphemera has found some wonderfully left-field brain illustrations by Dutch graphic designer Rhonald Blommestijn. The image on the left is a brain made out of clocks. Blommestijn's blog is full of… - On communicating through the coma-like state
A study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports on how a subset of patients diagnosed as being in a coma-like state can be trained to show specific brain activity to answer yes /… - Neuro street wear
Herb is a hip Berlin fashion label who have a fantastic collection of women's clothing with a subtle brain scan motif. The label is the work of designer Angela Herb and there are actually two collecti… - Death of a gladiator
Roman gladiators took part in one of the most brutal sports in history, many dying by traumatic brain injury during their matches. A medical study published in Forensic Science International examined… - The internet, depression and drinking a glass of water
A new study has made headlines around the world that claim that internet use is linked to depression despite better evidence from previous studies that there is no substantial link. The study itself i… - Blue Brain Year One
Film-maker Noah Hutton has just released an excellent 15-minute documentary on the Blue Brain project that captures the team as they work and explains the goals of the ambitious attempt to simulate an…
eskesthai.blogspot.com
- A New Time Travel Scenario?
Black Hole-Powered Jet of Electrons and Sub-Atomic Particles Streams From Center of Galaxy M87 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Yields Clear View of Optical Jet in Galaxy M87 A NASA Hubble Space Telescop… - Perspective of the Theoretical Scientist
Most people think of seeing and observing directly with their senses. But for physicists, these words refer to much more indirect measurements involving a train of theoretical logic by which we can in… - Different Approaches to a 5d world
Smolin: And there are published predictions for observable Planck scale deviations from energy momentum relations[22, 23] that imply predictions for experiments in progress such as AUGER and GLAST. [B… - Poincaré Hyperbolic Disk
See also:Poincaré Hyperbolic Disk *** Hyperbolic Geometry Geometric models of hyperbolic geometry include the Klein-Beltrami model, which consists of an open disk in the Euclidean plane whose open c… - Interplanetary Transport Network
This stylized depiction of the ITN is designed to show its (often convoluted) path through the solar system. The green ribbon represents one path from among the many that are mathematically possible… - Sound Shaping our Views of the Universe?
The Sound of Gravitational Waves We can't actually hear gravitational waves, even with the most sophisticated equipment, because the sounds they make are the wrong frequency for our ears to hear. This… - Gravitons and Topoi if an illusion, then Where's the Truth?
“Useful as it is under everyday circumstances to say that the world exists “out there” independent of us, that view can no longer be upheld. There is a strange sense in which this is a “partic… - Historical Figures Lead Us to the Topic of Entanglement
Einstein Exhibit We regard quantum mechanics as a complete theory for which the fundamental physical and mathematical hypotheses are no longer susceptible of modification. --Heisenberg and Max Born,… - A Correlation in Perception
James Cameron's AVATAR This post will indeed seem quite odd. But as I told Phil I wanted to explain a principal behind all the language I used here as if it would appear to another if we assume anoth… - The Dance to Truth
While searching for familiarity on the terminology of Phenomenology, the greater question settled on my mind as to what Nature itself means. Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswera…
guardian.co.uk
- Science Weekly podcast: Obama aborts Nasa's moon mission; plus, is the MMR controversy over?
President Obama's latest budget proposals mean Nasa doesn't have enough money to go back to the moon. Kevin Fong from University College London discusses what this means for manned space travel. In th… - Homeopathic association misrepresented evidence to MPs | Martin Robbins
Scientists are angry that the British Homeopathic Association cited their research to a committee of MPs as proof homeopathy works when their studies showed nothing of the sortAs several friends have… - Heart movies: Blood flow could help doctors select treatments
Doctors may one day be able to diagnose patients by modelling the blood flow through their hearts. The winning video of this year's British Heart Foundation Reflections of Research competition reveals… - Science Weekly podcast: Our Evolutionary Agony Aunt, and aliens
Carole Jahme, the Guardian's evolutionary agony aunt who writes the weekly Ask Carole column, joins us in the studio to help us with our relationship troubles. In a debate on mountaintop mining that h… - Science Weekly podcast: A taste of things to come in 2010, and Darwin's dogs
We've been away for a few weeks but the Science Weekly team is poised to bring you right up to date with all the news stories that broke while we were away.It's a show that stars Neanderthals in makeu… - Susan Greenfield sacking: Now the Royal Institution can focus on science
The Royal Institution is better off without Susan Greenfield, writes Martin Robbins. It can now concentrate on its core purpose: communicating scienceThat the Royal Institution is experiencing financi… - The science and magic of cheesemaking | Andy Connelly
Andy Connelly describes the heady combination of chemistry, cooking and adventure that is cheesemakingWhen I think of cheese, my mind returns to a mountain farm in the French Pyrenees with a spectacul… - Science Weekly: Seth Shostak of Seti discusses the search for alien intelligence
Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at Seti (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence), discusses the latest developments in the project. The topics covered in this extended interview include what for… - Science Weekly podcast: The battle between flora and fauna; and how to eat like an astronaut
Prof Sue Hartley comes into the studio to discuss the battle between flora and flora. Sue is an ecologist at the University of Sussex specialising in the study of plant-animal interactions and will be… - Copenhagen special podcast: The Guardian's environment team analyse the COP15 agreement
A deal is done in Copenhagen but the climate change summit has been condemned as a failure. From the middle of the media hall in the Bella centre, where the negotiations have been taking place, the Gu…
ox.ac.uk
- Oxford colleges weather the storm – for now
Oxford University’s 36 independent colleges today publish their financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2009, a period that included the collapse of Lehman Brothers and subsequent turmoil in… - Cassini: what we'll miss
- Fossils show earliest animal trails
Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found, Oxford University scientists report. - Red flags could help identify children with serious infections
A set of warning signs – or red flags – that can be used by doctors to spot the few children that may have a serious infection from the many with minor coughs and colds, has been identified by a t… - Dementia costs UK economy £23 billion a year
The impact of dementia on society and the UK’s economy has been significantly underestimated, a University of Oxford report has found. - Oxford & the Royal Society’s origins
- Sanitary protection cuts absenteeism in African schools
An Oxford study has shown that by providing free sanitary protection at secondary schools in Ghana, girls missed ‘significantly less’ school. On average, the rate of absenteeism over six months wa… - University Museum celebrates 150th anniversary
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History is launching a year of celebrations in 2010 to mark its 150th anniversary. - Oxford announces honorary degrees for 2010
Eight leading figures from the worlds of science, the arts, law and business are set to receive honorary degrees from the University of Oxford this year, subject to approval by Congregation. The degre… - Contractor appointed for new Somerville College buildings
Oxford University has appointed Laing O’Rourke as the contractor for Somerville College's New Student Accommodation buildings on the site of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter.
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- Me (and you)
A recent issue of Nature had a special section on Building a Cell. Here is the editors' introduction. Just scan it, don't worry about comprehension, and then I'll have something to say:The living cell… - Birds of a feather
I spend a shameful amount of time each day watching the hummingbirds and bananaquits forage at our feeders. The bananaquits can't quite fit their beaks into the hummingbird feeder, with its sugar wate… - Our better angels
I have just finished reading Andrea Levy's Little Island, a novel that won or was shortlisted for many prizes in 2004 -- and which was dramatized on the BBC this past December. Levy was born in Britai… - Which came first?
Made an omelet last evening. Four eggs cracked into a bowl. Chopped crisp bacon. Tomatoes and chives from the porch. Grated cheese. Those eggs! Jumbo. Perfect shells, eggshell white. Golden yolks. Twe… - The middle ground
We grew up with Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian writer. His 1958 book Things Fall Apart was the perceived epitome of African literature, and a promise of a bright cultural future for that continent. Since… - Right here, right now, this
Whenever anyone asks me to recommend a good book on biology, I always suggest Ursula Goodenough's The Sacred Depths of Nature. In a little over 100 pages, Ursula presents the most lucid and concise su… - Looking for shadows
In the American news this morning you will read about Punxsutawney Phil, the famous Pennsylvania groundhog that will or will not see his shadow when he emerges from his burrow today. If he does, we ar… - Tread softly
It has become something of a habit here to comment on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), usually to call attention to something not mentioned in the caption. A few days ago it was Kemble's Casca… - Edges
Anne returns to grace our blog with a Sunday illumination. Please click to enlarge, and then again if you wish. - Dream the impossible dream?
Today at 1600 GMT a company called Steron will demonstrate in Dublin, Ireland, a device called Orbo that produces -- so they claim -- more energy than it uses. That is, the energy-out/energy-in ratio…
visions.mst.edu
- Super Bowl cities' economies cash in
The Super Bowl will bring a lot of cash into the Miami economy this weekend. But even more important, according to S&T economist Michael Davis, is the positive economic impact the competing teams… - Wiimote manufacturing?
The Wii gaming console has been a huge success in the gaming world, and has revolutionized the way developers conceptualize game design. Could it be a game-changer for manufacturing as well?Ming Leu t… - Baker Institute cites biofuels policy research
Last April, we told you about some research by S&T Professor Joel Burken and others that pointed out the flaws in the nation's biofuels policy. Now it appears that work is gaining the notice of so… - This nano-research could improve your memory
Not your memory. Your computer's memory. As we reported on Thursday, Jay Switzer's latest experiments with nanomaterials could lead to faster, smaller, more energy efficient forms of computing. The re… - Life on Mars? Maybe so
The little green men with giant brains from Mars Attacks may have been fictitious, but an S&T microbiologist thinks life on Mars is possible. Dr. Melanie Mormile and her team found some saltwater lake… - Best iPhone app ever: the "daze" countdown
Only 121 days until 2010 St. Pat's Best Ever! We thought some of you alumni out there would want to know about a new iPhone app (iTunes link) that lets you keep track of how many days -- um,... - What's all the flap about?
S&T's prohibition era expert Kate Drowne is quoted in today's Newsday:Even though flapper dresses were knee-length, it was still enough to raise eyebrows, said Kathleen Drowne, an associate Englis… - Research roundup: solar power, pond scum, white flags and more
There's been a lot of research-related activity under way on campus. Here's a rundown of some of the biggies:Fun in the sun. Missouri S&T's entry in this year's Solar Decathlon -- dubbed Team Miss… - EcoCAR exposed!
The writers of the automotive blog Car Spy Guide like to scope out the latest in car design and innovation. As they put it on their blog's about section, the writers are "snooping for the latest autom… - Shipping container + wastewater = awesome engineering feat
Photo by B.A. Rupert Let's be honest. No one really likes to think about where stuff goes when toilets are flushed, showers are used or dishes are washed. It's not something anyone wants to think abou…
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- Does Awe, or Something Else, Move You to E-Mail Articles?
Dr. Berger and Dr. Milkman are interested in hearing directly from you about the stories you share. - Monday Puzzle: Back to the Future
How many unique day/date combinations are there in a typical year? - Why Do You E-Mail Times Articles?
Click here to take a brief survey by researching interested in your e-mailing habits. A - Monday Puzzle: The Toiling Antomatons
Avatar; poignantly reinforced a philosophical dilemma that I had first experienced many years ago while reading a science fiction story by the great Isaac Asimov, That Thou Art Mindful of Him. - Monkeys, Candy and Cognitive Dissonance
To rescue the theory of cognitive dissonance from the Monty Hall Problem, an economist argued that psychologists needed to redesign their experiments. Now the psychologists have done just that. - Who's Conflicted Now?
Conflict-of-interest accusations have historically been used selectively to marginalize dissenting opinions - Monday Puzzle: Stashing Llamas
We've had a mountain puzzle about the one-L lama (who's a priest). Here's one about the two-L llama (who's a beast). - Monday Puzzle: The Golden Ratio Treasure
Can you figure out exactly where the gold was buried? - Sun Eclipsed: Ring Round the Moon
Because of the Moon's current position in its orbit, it was not large enough to block the entire Sun from our view. The result was the annular, or ring-shaped, light around the Moon. - Eclipse Day Minus One
We are on site, ready to see the eclipse that starts tomorrow. The sky is clear.
impactlab.com
- Ford Begins Production Of First Small Car In India
Ford Figo Ford Motor Co. (F) Friday began producing its first small car in India and its engines as the U.S. auto maker tries to challenge Suzuki Motor Corp. (7269.TO) and Hyundai Motor Co. (007380.SE… - How the Butterflies Got Their Spots
Mimetic races of Heliconius erato (left) and Heliconius melpomene (right) from the Tarapoto area of Peru. How two butterfly species have evolved exactly the same striking wing colour and pattern has i… - Second ‘Quantum Logic Clock’ Based on Aluminum Ion Is Now World’s Most Precise Clock
NIST postdoctoral researcher James Chin-wen Chou with the world’s most precise clock, based on the vibrations of a single aluminum ion (electrically charged atom). Physicists at the National Institu… - Migrating Insects Fly in the Fast Lane
A new study sheds light on the flight behaviours that enable insects to undertake long-distance migrations, and highlights the remarkable abilities of these insect migrants. A study published in Scien… - Did Bacteria Developed Into More Complex Cells Much Earlier in Evolution Than Thought?
Artist’s rendering of cell structure. Monash University biochemists have found a critical piece in the evolutionary puzzle that explains how life on Earth evolved millions of centuries ago. The team… - Growing Cartilage: Bioactive Nanomaterial Promotes Growth of New Cartilage
3D illustration of the knee. Damaged cartilage can lead to joint pain and loss of physical function and eventually to osteoarthritis. Northwestern University researchers are the first to design a bioa… - Study Finds Blogging Is For Old People
Teenagers and young adults spent less time blogging during the past three years as social networks like Facebook became more popular, according to a Pew Research Center study released Wednesday. Still… - Australian Retirement Village Is Exclusively for Cats
Such a fine place for old pussies to hang out! Homeleigh retirement village is a perfect place to spend the twilight years, with staff to clean and cook, a garden and immaculate quarters. But forget a… - Koreans Watch Avatar in “4D”
One important factor that can explain Avatar’s success at the box office is certainly the 3D experience viewers can have when they walk into the right movie theater. But what about watching Avata… - Klencke Atlas – The Largest Book in the World
The British Library has announced that the Klencke Atlas will have its first-ever public showing this summer as part of a map exhibition. It is almost absurdly huge – 1.75 metres (5ft) tall and 1…
golem.ph.utexas.edu
- This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics (Week 293)
In week293, catch up on recent papers and books about $n$-categories. Hear about last weekend's Conference on the Mathematics of Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology at Harvey Mudd Colleg… - Sheaves Do Not Belong to Algebraic Geometry
They come out of thin categorical air. - Quantum Physics and Logic at Oxford
There will be a workshop on Quantum Physics and Logic on Saturday and Sunday May 29-30, 2010 at Oxford. - Derived Synthetic Differential Geometry
The geometry of structured infinity-toposes induced by starting from the pregeometry given by the site of smooth loci. - This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics (Week 292)
In "week292", learn about Henry Paynter's "bond graphs" --- a branch of applied category theory still waiting to be understood. - 6th Workshop on Categories, Logic and Foundations of Physics
The 6th Workshop in a series organized by Bob Coecke and Andreas Döring. - Equivariant Stable Homotopy Theory
Trying to understand equivariant stable homotopy theory from a higher-categorical perspective. - This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics (Week 291)
In week291, listen to a crab canon on a Möbius strip, see how the Mandelbrot set mimics infinitely many Julia sets, and learn about 2-ports, 3-ports, and Poincaré duality for electrical circuits. - The Sacred and the Profane
Contrasting two attitudes towards mathematics. - This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics (Week 290)
In "week290" of This Week's Finds, read about categorification in analysis. Ponder a number puzzle. Meet the five most popular 1-ports: resistances, capacitances, inertances, effort sources and flow s…
blogs.discovermagazine.com
- Quantum Photosynthesis
This is an idea that has been bouncing around for a while, but is now apparently seen in experiments: real-world photosynthesis taking advantage of quantum mechanics. (Story in Wired, via @symmetrymag… - Sport Science: Human vs. Bow
Super Bowl Sunday is, of course, the great American holiday. Past years have seen inspirational performances by Joe Namath, Joe Montana, and Janet Jackson. This year pits the New Orleans Saints agains… - Time Travel Done Right: A Book Excerpt
From Eternity to Here addresses the problem of the arrow of time — why is the past different from the future? But Chapter Six is all about time travel, and in particular the interesting version in w… - Reading the Tea Leaves from Washington
The Obama administration's request came out yesterday, and so it's time to take a look at how science may fare next year. - From Eternity to Book Club: Chapter Three
Welcome to this week’s installment of the From Eternity to Here book club. Next up is Chapter Three: “The Beginning and End of Time.” Remember that next week we’re doing two chapters at once,… - Decision for the LHC: 1 Inverse fb at 7 TeV or Bust!
Last week in Aspen we learned that this week would be when a major decision was reached by CERN at the annual Chamonix meeting as to how to operate the LHC at high energy. Following the magnet quench… - @JHabermas
Update: Totally snookered. Via Kieran Healy, the disappointing news that the Habermas account is fake. Yet more evidence that the internet is less than an ideal speech situation. ———————… - Cranking up the PR Machine
Like any good author, one of my duties is taking to the airwaves to flog my book. A list of upcoming events can be found at Booktour.com, and of course you can always subscribe to the Facebook page or… - Time Travel in Lost: The Metaphorics of Predestination
Fans of the hit TV series Lost are awaiting the big event next week: the premiere of Season Six on Tuesday night. The show is famous for its mysteries and plot twists, so this year has a special statu… - Geoffrey Burbidge
I happen to be visiting UCSD this week, and woke to the news that Geoffrey Burbidge passed away yesterday afternoon. He was a giant in the field of astronomy and cosmology, and (despite himself) was o…
sciencebase.com
- How to get your fill of Sciencebase goodness
Do you lie at wake at night worrying that you might have missed the latest words of wisdom on Sciencebase? Are you concerned that a new post might have published that you desperately wanted to comment… - Making carbon dioxide useful
My SpectroscopyNOW column is now live. This week self-perception, trapping and using carbon dioxide, cosmic coronene, mopping up radioactive caesium, photosynthesis and magic spectral lines: Red lense… - Science based risk assessment
Ask people why the enter the lottery and they will usually tell you that “you’ve got to be in it to win it”. As far as it goes that’s true, but it still doesn’t get around the odds of you pi… - Early Valentine’s Alchemist
The Alchemist this week learns of a golden opportunity to make a fundamental industrial feedstock, ethylene, from natural gas, rather than oil. In microfluidics, a droplet of acid finds its way out of… - How to teach physics to your dog
There have been rough guides, books for dummies, even howtos for idiots, but Chad Orzel is probably the first to take explain an important corner of human endeavour solely to his dog in How to teach p… - Research Blogging
If you blog about peer-reviewed research, then you’ve probably heard about ResearchBlogging.org by now. It’s an aggregator that pulls together posts from around the world that have added a snippet… - Melamine’s on sale again
The Associated Press and others are reporting that milk products tainted with the toxic chemical melamine are on sale again in China. Melamine-tainted milk products have been pulled from convenience s… - Indian urban wetland heavy metal
A study of heavy metal contaminants in the urban lakes of India, particularly around Bangalore have revealed that attempts at mitigation meant to remove these pollutants have not so far worked and may… - Alcoholic drug discovery truths
As with much of medical science, the appearance of a fascinating research paper and an accompanying press release do not usually mean that a new pharmaceutical intervention, a medicine, is ready to be… - Chemophobia and risk
As a chemist by training, I’ve always been loath to give credence to unfounded criticism of synthetic chemicals that might stoke up chemophobia. Indeed, on several occasions I have written about how…
twistedphysics.typepad.com
- my kind of town
If it's Thursday, it must be Berkeley. That's where I was a couple of nights ago, having driven up from Los Angeles to attend Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's first-ever Science Cafe, featuring Jaime Pa… - i belong to the tech generation
Millions of Americans were glued to their TV sets Wednesday night watching the State of the Union address, but let's face it, President Obama was overshadowed by the other big news of the day: the dec… - festival of lasers
Fifty years ago, a handy little device was invented that would go on to change the world. I'm talking about the laser: without it, there would be no DVDs or BluRays, no laser light shows, no handy las… - a bevy of bloggers (#scio10)
It was a whirlwind Saturday at Science Online 2010 (a.k.a. Bora!Fest), where I had the chance to catch up with old friends I hadn't seen since the last Bora!Fest in 2008. It was a treat to chat with b… - shameless self-promotion
So, the science blogosphere is all a-flutter about this weekend's Science Online 2010, pretty much the Woodstock of Science Blogging, or as I like to call it, Bora!-Fest 2010. And oh yes, Jen-Luc-Piqu… - something incredibily brilliant: a book review double
Like many people I know, I can't read one book at a time, so when I got two books to review this month I inevitably read them side by side and finished about the same time. In the interest of... - blithe spirits
We are diehard fans of Nick and Nora Charles here at the cocktail party, for obvious reasons: check out the science-themed cocktails in our sidebar. The Thin Man showcased the glamor of the American l… - climate change and scientific behavior
I don't know about other scientists, but I've been thinking twice before hitting 'send' on my emails lately. The last thing I want is to nucleate "MagnetGate". Since it's been out of the public press… - a vexation of zombies
The next best thing to a Christmas feast has to be holiday leftovers, and the same is true at the cocktail party. In preparation for an exciting new year of cool science, I've been cleaning out my ove… - sparkle and burn
It's Christmas-time, and guest blogger Danna Staaf is back with a nifty explanation of why Stephanie Meyers' emo-vampires in the Twilight series sparkle. Makes sense to Jen-Luc Piquant! "Gran didn't k…
wattsupwiththat.com
- NOAA’s new ‘climate service’ – not a sure thing yet
Here’s a chance to tell your congressperson not to waste more taxpayer money on repetitive services already handled by NCDC. This looks to be nothing more than a fast track press release service. Gi… - UCAR: Roof white out helps UHI
I find it humorous thatUCAR had to resort to modeling to prove something that can be measured empirically. But then again this is UCAR, and they have a big computer at their NCAR office. Painting roof… - IPCC Gate Du Jour: Aussie Droughtgate
Andrew Bolt of the Herald Sun digs up another issue with non peer reviewed World Wildlife Fund reports in the IPCC AR4. It turns out a new paper in GRL handily disputes the cause of the drought. He wr… - The Superbowl “Green Police” commercial
My story today on changing out my incandescent recessed lighting for high efficiency LED units couldn’t have come too soon. I don’t have to worry now. This video below is one of the most talked ab… - Munging Madagascar
Since we’ve been talking about IPCC’s “Africagate” recently, it seemed like an opportune time to point out what sort of GISS station adjustment goes on in data from it’s nearby neighbor isla… - Swapping my lights: fantastic!
No more twisty bulbs for me! I’ve installed a new LED lighting system for my home that beats twisty bulbs in every way. It has been awhile since I discussed technology here, so this will be an inter… - New study using satellite data: Alaskan glacier melt overestimated
From a press release provided by Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris, France: Improved estimate of glacier decline in Alaska. Glaciologists at the Laboratory for Space Studies in Geo… - Tracking the Earth’s orbit: looking for warming signs
From a press release by: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) Understanding past and future climate The notion that scientists understand how changes in Earth’s orbit affect climate well… - Snow totals for Washington DC storm
The storm is over, the totals and reports are in. Here’s the lowdown on the snowfall records from the Baltimore NWS: NOUS41 KLWX 070328 CCA PNSLWX DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-501-502-V… - IPCC’s “Africagate” blunder as told by Dr. Richard North
Dr. Richard North, who does investigative journalism at the EU referendum blog, has a comprehensive analysis and backgrounder on the latest in a series of blunders by the IPCC that have been uncovered…
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