At least someone might benefit from global warming
Forget about the polar bears and indigenous people who depend on the polar ice cap for fishing, shipping could really benefit from some warming up north. Two researchers at UCLA […]
Monthly Archives: March 2013
That’s one romantic octopus
If your girlfriend tries to eat or kill you during sex, you’ll probably tend to steer clear of her sharp, pointy beak. Not a problem for you? Oh that’s right, […]
Salty water discovered on Europa’s surface
Researchers have known that Jupiter’s moon Europa is home to a vast subterranean ocean, but now it seems the salty water finds its way to the surface. That means if […]
The capuchin knows what you did
…and it’s very disappointed in you. If you thought a monkey would never judge you for being selfish or unhelpful, you thought wrong. Researchers at the University of Stirling in Scotland […]
Baby “cured” of HIV
As unlikely and miraculous as it seems, doctors have confirmed that a baby in Mississippi was “functionally cured” of HIV, which she contracted from her mother. Doctors won’t say the […]
A vortex of a different stripe
…or rather, a different configuration. University of Chicago researchers Dustin Kleckner and William Irvine created a vortex that’s the first of its kind to be seen in a lab: A […]
The evolution of speech
We can trace how different languages have evolved from each other, but what about speech in general? How did we go from animals grunting and screeching at each other to […]
Dragon makes another ISS run
SpaceX has all thrusters firing in its contract with NASA. On Friday, it made it’s third successful launch of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, ferrying supplies to astronauts […]
New Boeing drone releases only water
Boeing’s rotund new drone may be kind of cute, but it represents a big technological advance in unmanned aircraft. The Phantom Eye flew for 66 minutes this week, its second […]
Probiotics… for your face
Acne sprouting from eating greasy food or too much chocolate is a bit of an old wives’ tale; these days we’re often told that bacteria is the real culprit. Now […]
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