This is just entirely freaking cool! Deep-sea single-celled organisms, the size of grapes, which roll along the bottom of the sea floor, leaving trails in their wake. Can you imagine seeing these blobs of squishiness just meandering along, with no internal structure to speak of. Damn nature, you [...]
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Here’s a piece I wrote over at io9, about a new type of photography. Seeing as it was pretty much a strictly news piece, I didn’t get much of a chance to natter on about the whole situation, which I’m going to take this chance to do. This is badass! Both on a consumer and [...] Here is a thing I wrote at io9, about replicating the heat and conditions present at the start of [...] Two amazing infographics for you today: The Extremes of Earth and Mars, by Peter Main
More after the jump… Iceland, still attempting to recover from being particularly hard hit by the global economic downturn, is looking to enact some of the most liberal free speech and libel laws in the world. On Tuesday, the Icelandic Parliament is expected introduce the measures, with the aim of making the nation an international haven for journalism, publishers and [...] This is why I love social sciences. It turns out that Americans have a much higher rate of support for gays and lesbians in the military instead of homosexuals. Depending on the wording of the question, support for “gay men and lesbians” is 70% support, 19% somewhat in favour, 7% oppose and 12% strongly oppose. If [...] As almost everyone is probably aware, TED2010 is currently underway. One of the presenters is Nathan Myhrvold, who is working with Bill Gates to deal with one of the most widespread and deadly diseases on the planet: malaria. The problem is — as always — killing the mosquitos. The problem with spraying is that there’s potential environmental [...] Gaussian is the premier computational software for Chemistry, and one that is used in many academic institutions. However, rumors persist that the company has a nasty habit of banning users who work with other software, or attempt to publish results analyzing its effectiveness. The website Banned By Gaussian is an anonymous group that is attempting to point [...] Generally, I fit major science stories under one of two fundamental categories: save the world; or, kill us all. This one is the latter. DARPA, the defense funding agency that throws money at all the coolest mad scientist shit you could ever think of, is trying to create immortal synthetic organisms. Oh boy. According to Danger Room [...] My occasional piece at io9, this time about corporate funding of science (sort of). Also, congrats to all the io9 folks on being listed as one of the Times’ best science blogs! [...] |
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