A reconstructed partial skull (right) from a Chinese cave displays a peculiar mix of ancient and modern traits (seen in illustration, left), indicating that these late Stone Age people interacted little with nearby, modern-looking humans. Full Story D. Curnoe; Peter Schouten SN Today: Evolution takes Asian refugeMultiple humanlike species may have arisen in cold-weather retreats [...]
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Posted: March 12, 2012 in Science, Science NewsTags: Dinosaur, Earth Sciences, Environment, Fossil, Galactic, heart vessels, Microraptor, old memories, Paleontology, Science, Torosaurus, Triceratops, Vertebrates, Yale University
Skulls from Triceratops (bottom) and Torosaurus (top) have revealed old and young individuals in both species, challenging the claim that one dinosaur is merely the younger version of the other. Full Story N. Longrich SN Today: Microraptor’s true blue colors The birdlike dinosaur had black, iridescent feathers that may have helped it attract mates.Read the [...]
Latest Science News
Posted: March 8, 2012 in Latest Science News, Science, Science NewsTags: Abell 520, Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope, darkmatter, ESA, European Space Agency, Hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, Latest Science News, NASA, News, San Francisco State University, Science, Science News
Latest Science News This composite image captured by the Hubble shows the positions of the dark matter core (blue), galaxies (orange) and gas (green) in the train wreck cluster, formed by colliding galaxies. Full Story NASA, ESA, CFHT, CXO, M.J. Jee/UC Davis, A. Mahdavi/San Francisco State Univ. SN Today: A dash of marrow helps kidney [...]
Science News
Posted: February 27, 2012 in Science NewsTags: ancient ancestors, Earth, GJ 1214 b, Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, Siberia, Vancouver
New observations from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the planet GJ 1214b, shown orbiting its star in this artist’s conception, is 6.5 times the size of Earth and composed mostly of water. Full Story David A. Aguilar SN Today: Eggs may be made throughout adulthoodThe discovery of stem cells in human ovaries suggests that [...]
Science News
Posted: February 2, 2012 in Science NewsTags: 16:09 01 February 2012, Canada, Cold War, David Bowman, Earth, Groundhog, Groundhog Day, NASA, Punxsutawney Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil, risk from climate change, Stirling, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray
LATEST HEADLINES ‘Stirling’ power should propel spacecraft, experts say 23:15 01 February 2012 NASA uses plutonium to power its probes, but Cold War supplies are dwindling – a new twist on a 19th century technology could save the day First land plants plunged Earth into ice age 19:00 01 February 2012 | 1 comment When [...]
Science News
Posted: December 24, 2011 in Science NewsTags: Angelman syndrome, Cassini, Cassini–Huygens, Dione, Earth, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Saturn, Science News
Hazy Titan and icy Dione, two of Saturn’s many moons, pose in front of the giant planet’s rings. Full Story NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Inst. More SN:- Saturn moons spied from the sideCassini captures Titan and Dione against the sixth planet’s rings.Read the full story. | Dec 23rd 2011Found in: Atom & Cosmos Early animals [...]
Science News
Posted: December 17, 2011 in Science NewsTags: Acid, Animal, Biology, CERN, Gene, Gene therapy, Genetics, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, Naked mole rat, Nociceptor, Ocean acidification, Sodium channel
Naked mole rats don’t feel the sting of acid. Scientists have discovered the molecular basis for the rodents’ ability to withstand acidic environments without discomfort. Full Story Image © Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Science News:- Face deficit holds object lessonA brain-damaged man yields controversial clues to how people identify complex objects.Read the full [...]
Terminator-Style Lenses a Step Closer
Posted: November 29, 2011 in Science News, TerminatorTags: Aalto University, Contact lens, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Light-emitting diode, Science News, Terminator, Washington University
Terminator-style lenses a step closer Thursday, 24 November 2011 Alyssa Danigelis Discovery News The lens is currently made from a hard plastic that doesn’t allow airflow to the eye, limiting usage to only a few minutes (Source: University of Washington) Related Stories Trial of bionic eye within three years, Science Online, 31 Mar 2010 Nanotechnology [...]
DNA Discovery May Boost Stem Cell Safety
Posted: November 29, 2011 in Science NewsTags: Biology, Biotechnology, DNA, Embryonic stem cell, Nature Biotechnology, Science News, Science Online, Stem cell, University of Adelaide
DNA discovery may boost stem cell safety Monday, 28 November 2011 Sarah Kellett ABC Stem cells need to be grown in the best possible way to stop gene mutations(Source: iStockphoto) Related Stories Heart heals itself, with a little help, Science Online, 09 Jun 2011 US doctors usher in ‘dawn of stem cell age’, Science Online, [...]
What to expect from a Rick Perry administration: active suppression of science
Posted: November 6, 2011 in Anti-Science, Anti-Science Crazies, Republican Anti-Science, Science, Science NewsTags: Climate change, Climate Progress, Global warming, Mother Jones, Perry, Republicans, Rick Perry, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
What to expect from a Rick Perry administration: active suppression of science Regular readers know I am no fan of Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry. The reasons for this are legion, including his stance on evolution and global warming. Now there’s evidence it’s even worse than I thought: The Guardian is reporting that Governor Rick [...]
Ann Coulter – Basking In Her Own (Self-Confessed) Ignorance of Science
Posted: September 16, 2011 in American Right, Ann Coulter, Anti-Science, Anti-Science Crazies, Buffoon, Cretins, Science, Science Hatere, Science NewsTags: American Right, Ann Coulter, Anti-Science, Conspiracism, Darwinism, Evolution, Field Museum of Natural History, Fundamentalism, Michael Behe, On the Origin of Species, Religious Right, Science, Science Haters, Stephen Jay Gould
More Coulter Stupidity on Evolution by Ed Brayton Not content to show her complete ignorance of evolutionary biology once, Ann Coulter doubles down with yet another screed that would get her flunked by a competent high school science teacher. She begins with this unintentionally amusing statement: More people know the precepts of kabala than know [...]
Cannibal Mouse: The MythBusters Episode You Never Saw
Posted: December 22, 2010 in Cannibal Mouse, Science, Science NewsTags: Biotech, Cannibal Mouse, Science, Science News, Weird Science
Co-host Adam Savage tells – in grizzly detail – why Discovery Channel banned a compelling installment of their show. Presented at Maker Faire Bay Area 2010. [Click for full version of Adam's talk] Credit: FORA.tv
