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Monthly Archives: December 2012

Oily Christmas to all…

December 18, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

You can’t hang ornaments on these trees, but they’re beautiful enough on their own. Artist Sachiko Kodama used science to create slick black conifers made of ferrofluid, liquid laced with ferromagnetic […]

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Physics, Technology, Weird Science

Woman controls robotic arm with her brain

December 18, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

We’re one step closer prosthetics controlled by the human brain. Jan Scheuermann, 53, worked with researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and learned to maneuver a robotic arm with her thoughts, […]

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Medicine, Science News, Technology

Lunar probe twins set to crash into the Moon

December 17, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It’s the Thelma and Louise of space exploration. Lunar probes Ebb and Flow will going out in a blaze of glory this afternoon, hurling themselves at a mountain range on the Moon’s […]

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Science News, Space

BBC proves that science can be cute

December 17, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Sure, studying animal behavior can help us make new discoveries about how animals think/how we’ve evolved/how to help endangered species blah blah blah. But did we mention scientists also sometimes […]

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Animals

Mercury rising

December 14, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Next month, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) will meet in Switzerland to discuss mercury pollution and regulation. Researchers at the Coastal and Marine Mercury Ecosystem Research Collaborative (C-MERC) are way […]

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Animals, Health, Our Environment, Science News

Hubble Space Telescope takes deepest look into the universe’s history

December 14, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

There are two things happening when you’re observing distant stars or galaxies. You’re looking through space, measured as a physical distance, but you’re also looking through time. These celestial bodies […]

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Science News, Space

There’s a new slow loris out there

December 13, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

…and you really don’t want one to bite you. That’s because the Kayan slow loris has a toxic chomp. The little guy has a gland on his arm that he […]

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Animals, Ecology, Science News

Meteor shower will light up the sky tonight

December 13, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

If your neighbor’s Christmas lights aren’t too bright, you’ll be able to witness another light show in the sky tonight. Just after sunset the Geminid meteors will begin streaking across the […]

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Science News, Space

More proof that global warming is actually happening

December 12, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Politicians, lobbyists and the media’s talking heads can hurl all the “studies” they want at each other; when it comes to global climate change there’s only one group of people […]

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Our Environment, Science News

Bats may have the key to treating AIDS

December 12, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

Bats can’t contract AIDS, but a disease that’s destroying their populations creates a similar problem experienced by those with the virus. We’ve written about white nose syndrome before and the […]

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Animals, Medicine, Science News

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