September 12th, 2013
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Fukushima Follow-up, Michael Mann Mitigation, Life On Mars, Gender Bender Squids, Stinky Bird Men, Fishing For Menus, Mossie Noses, Brains: Make Them, Break Them, Peer Into Them, Control Them, Keep Them Young, Get Dumb When Poor, And Much More…
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This Week in Science… coming up next
Storywatch!
Fukushima lives again!
Michael Mann gets to lawyer up!
Life on Mars?
Blair’s Animal Corner
Gender-Bending Cephalopods
Some female squids have iridescent stripes and others do not, but they all have the ability to show them off. Research hints that it may be to trick males into thinking they are one of the boys, and can therefore pass through unmolested. That takes dressing in drag to a whole new level!
Birds dig a man who smells!
It has long been believed that birds use vocal and visual cues to pick a mate, but new research suggests they actually can sniff out the good ones!
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It’s Brain Time!
We Make them!
We Break Them!
We Peer Into Them!
We Control Them!
We Keep Them Young!
Poverty makes you dumb
New research suggests that being poor actually effects your decision-making skills and essentially lowers your IQ. Talk about a positive feedback loop….
Fun Science
Restaurant Fish Help Keep Tabs On Wild Populations
Mossies Only Smell You At Night
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September 9th, 2013
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Zombie Octopus Arms, Spider In Da Haus, Freeze Dried Sperms, Born Fishy, And Much More…
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Who’s the zombie now?!
Blair’s Animal Corner
Citizen Science – for Spiders!
“Spider in da Haus” is an app for UK residents to help scientists track house spider populations. Does it count if you squish it out of fear first?
Freeze-dried animal sperm?!
This may be the answer to all extinction, or, as the Japanese scientist who’s behind this says, it may be the kay to colonizing new planets. But, do we really want either?
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Fish leaders are born that way
Fish that show leadership tendencies could be taught to follow, but follower fish could not be taught to lead. That’s right, it wasn’t your fault you lost the presidency in fifth grade, you just weren’t born a leader…
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September 6th, 2013
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This Week in The End Of The World, Dog Cat Blood Bond, Tiger Shark Attacks, Copper Causing Alzheimer’s?, Birdie Speed Limits, Gender Bender Science, Baby Eating Mommas, And Much More…
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The world, according to Isaac Asimov, gains scientific knowledge faster than society gains wisdom.
If true, we are on a trajectory of ever increasing disparity between what we have learned through science, and how we can wisely implement that knowledge through an increasingly archaic society of barbarians
While the wisdom of society may never catch up to the accelerating knowledge of science
We can at least hope that the modern day barbarian will allow science to continue its progress.
And maybe, just maybe the day will come when all wisdom is rooted in knowledge
and the barbarians tune in regularly to
This Week in Science… coming up next
Let’s start at the end… of the world
Blair’s Animal Corner
Tiger Shark attacks on the rise
Is it an odd component to climate change? Or did they only just hear about shark fin soup?
Birds know the speed limit
No, birds can’t read, but they act like living radar guns when it comes to highways in Europe.
Dog donates blood to save cat’s life
Who’s the better pet, now?!
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Birds Have Speed Limits
Copper Causing Alzheimer’s?
Beetle mothers eat needy children
Take note, kids.
Let’s Gender Swap!
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September 5th, 2013
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New Species!, Be Bright Mamma, Invertebrate Symbiosis, Don’t Got Speed?, And Much More…
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New Species!
Bright birds make better mothers
Blair’s Animal Corner
Symbiosis in Invertebrates
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Speed isn’t everything
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August 23rd, 2013
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Not Animal Style, C-Section Babies Lack Bacteria, Malaria Vaccine Successes, Spiderman Is Real, Sea Star Stomachs, Fishy Fins And Human Hands, Solar Flip, Pink Planet For Girls, Chocolate Sunblock, Exerciser Breathalyzer, Butt Vs Face, And Much More…
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Science does a lot of good things for people…
Innovations in technology, from big screen tv’s, computers, smartphones, and refrigeration to the hybrid automobile, and vehicle stability systems that prevent cars losing traction when cornering too quickly…
Were made possible through science.
Our ability to feed the world population, fend off and defeat diseases, ease the suffering of the injured, and build homes that withstand all but the worst natural disaster, is only possible through science
The knowledge that makes fertile…
the barren womb, the arid plain and the inventors imagination…
Comes to us only though science
The view of the cosmos that has gone far beyond gazing at twinkling lights at night and now encompasses planets, stars, black holes and billions of galaxies… from the big bang to robots on mars… would not be knowable or doable without science
What a wonderful thing indeed this science has been for us modern humans
And what new wonders does it have in store?
Thankfully we don’t have long to wait for the answer to that question because its…
This Week in Science… coming up next
Science Redux
Animal-less Meat Burger
Babies, Bacteria, And C-Section
Early Trial Malaria Success
Blair’s Animal Corner
SpiderMan is Real!!!
Jumping spiders use silk threads to steer and aid with a smooth landing. The video is terrifying – it’s a must watch.
Sea Star Stomachs – say that five times fast!
Scientists have discovered the molecule responsible for sea star’s unusual feeding mechanism. Now, will the information be used for good or evil?!
Of Fish Fins And Human Hands
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Let’s talk about pain
Crustacean Screams
Human development and abortion
Space headlines of interest
Solar Flip
Pink Planet For Girls
Chocolate And Sunburn
Breathalyzer For Burn
Butt Vs. Face
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August 22nd, 2013
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Ready For Flight, Cockatoos With Smarts, Spiders… with Personality!, Dolphins Have Names, Instagram… For SCIENCE!, Rats And Mice Are Nice, Stem Cells From Urine!, Exercise Changes You, Making Earth Hotter Faster, Sunlight Hydrogen Factory, And Much More…
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When we are born we are born into feeble bodies that can do very little about how and where we are in the world
Dependent on parents for everything
Only able to communicate through cries and smiles
Our first major obstacle to seeing the world around us is overcoming gravity, growing strong enough to have a look around
In time, we learn to hold our heads high, to crawl, then walk then one day run…
And this was as far as we had gotten for over a hundred thousand years…
In the last hundred years we have overcome many more obstacles.
We have mastered flight, mass communication, launched countless satellites and probes, walked on the moon, gazed upon galaxies billions of light years away and peered into the inner workings of matter itself…
In the progress of humanity it is easy to think that we are up and running
But the future may prove that we have not yet even begun to crawl
We have proven that our once feeble minds are capable of holding our heads much higher
And the least we can say, is that we have grown enough to have a look around
And what better place to start learning to crawl than
This Week in Science… coming up next
Bird Brains!
Ready For Flight
Cockatoos With Smarts
Spiders… with Personality!
A new study suggests that each individual spider has a personality distinguishable from one-another. Yet another reason to fear spiders and keep a safe distance – you never know if it’s a nice spider or an impulsive one with a mean streak!
Dolphins have names
It turns out that each dolphin within a pod responds to a specific sound, just as we respond to our own names. Just when we thought dolphins couldn’t get more terrifying…
Instagram… For SCIENCE!
Next time someone gives you guff for wasting time posting pictures on the internet, just tell them you are helping out the greater scientific community (that is, if you’re posting wild animal pics) and no, your cat doesn’t count…
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Light Implanted Memories
Brain Controlled Rats
Restoring Sight To Blind Mice
Stem Cells!
From Urine…
Urine Makes Teeth
Exercise Changes You
Earth Could Become A Living Hell… Like Venus
Making Hydrogen With The Sun
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August 9th, 2013
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Girlfriends Are Icicles, Man-Bear-Pig Update!, Dogs See In Color, Sexy Peacocks, Shark Liver Oil, Pigeon GPS, And Much More…
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It’s true – your girlfriend IS an icicle!
Women are always colder, especially at the extremities, so don’t blame your girlfriend, she can’t help it!
Man-Bear-Pig update
Some scientists want to defend this theory, but I’m still not buying it…
Just to remind you, we think this is ridiculous…
DOGS SEE IN COLOR
It turns out that dogs see color – change your dog body switch fantasies accordingly.
Peacocks – what makes them so sexy?!
Those peahens aren’t looking at what you think they are… OK, it’s the tails, but not the length, it’s the width!! (settle down…)
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Sharks use liver oil to keep up
Not fat, but liver oil keep great whites going in the ocean.
Pigeons have a mini-map in their head
Next time, don’t ask tom-tom, ask your pigeon friends! Forget magnets, they have a GPS in their brain.
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July 21st, 2013
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Jenny McCarthy Boo!, Fracking Earthquakes, Kilonovas, Hot-blooded Dinosaurs, Dino Cow, Predatory T-Rex, Flatworms Dream Of Electric Sheep, The Choosy Mammal, Fishy Relatives, ManBearPig, Bird Brains, Brain Dust, Noisy Neurons, Giant Pandora Virus, And Much More…
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Jenny McCarthy and The View… Boo!
More Evidence Linking Fracking and Earthquakes
More Supernova, Neutron star Awesomeness
Dinosaurs!
Hot-blooded… the first Foreigners
T Rex Carnivore Teeth
Utah’s Dino Cow
Flatworms keep their memories in their… umm…
Decapitated planarian flatworms sustained memories and learned behaviors once a new head and brain grew in. Does that mean their memories are stored elsewhere?
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Mammals can pick the sex of their offspring (or at least, that’s what I’m telling my mother)
It turns out that mammals may have some say in whether to “play it safe” by birthing girls, or playing high staked poker with their genes by having sons. Do you feel lucky, punk?
Brainy News
Eavesdropping on the brain with dust
Neurons hold the key to creativity
Giant Pandora Virus
Wave at Saturn on July 19th!!!
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