CURRENT ISSUE THE MAGAZINE Current Issue Next Issue Back Issues Preview the Magazine Special Issues E-mail Newsletter About the Magazine Subscribe , Renew or Give a Gift Subscriber Benefits Trips Tours Advertise Advertiser Links Sweepstakes Press Room Contact Us COLUMNISTS Bob Berman Glenn Chaple Tony Hallas David H . Levy Stephen James O'Meara NEWS OBSERVING Astronomy News Liz and Bill's Cosmic Adventures StarDome Plus Intro to the Sky Astronomy for Kids Urban Skies Astronomy Myths The Sky this Week The Sky this Month Star Atlas Ask Astro Astro Imaging Constellation Observing Glossary EQUIPMENT Products Reviews How To MULTIMEDIA Picture of the Day Reader Photo Gallery Videos Podcasts Wallpaper COMMUNITY Why Join Local Group Blog Dave's Universe Astronomy Events Astronomy Groups ForumsCURRENT ISSUE THE MAGAZINE Current Issue Next Issue Back Issues Preview the Magazine Special Issues E-mail Newsletter About the Magazine Subscribe , Renew or Give a Gift Subscriber Benefits Trips Tours Advertise Advertiser Links Sweepstakes Press Room Contact Us COLUMNISTS Bob Berman Glenn Chaple Tony Hallas David H . Levy Stephen James O'Meara NEWS OBSERVING Astronomy News Liz and Bill's Cosmic Adventures StarDome Plus Intro to the Sky Astronomy for Kids Urban Skies Astronomy Myths The Sky this Week The Sky this Month Star Atlas Ask Astro Astro Imaging Constellation Observing Glossary EQUIPMENT Products Reviews How To MULTIMEDIA Picture of the Day Reader Photo Gallery Videos Podcasts Wallpaper COMMUNITY Why Join Local Group Blog Dave's Universe Astronomy Events Astronomy Groups Forums
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: . Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS NCBI ROFL : My research involves watching pigs poop out balloons hey , why are you running away NCBI ROFL : Suicide and homicide and . fluoride Age-adjusted rates of suicide and homicide and . fluoride Using state data from 1992 and 2000 instead of 1975, the author both confirmed and extended Lester’s 1987 study . Like Lester’s study , the present replication showed for 1992 but not 2000 that the more people drinking fluoridated water , the lower the rates of crude and age-adjusted suicide partial rs : 25 and 25, respectively Crude and age-adjusted rates of homicide in 1992
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: Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS The Future of E-books–podcast of my interview on Wisconsin Public Radio Animal Friendships : My cover story for Time magazine I’ve got a story on the cover of the latest issue of Time . It’s about the evolutionary origins of friendship . For a number of scientists , friendship–in a deep sense of the word–is not limited to our own species . The fact that friendship may be a widespread biological phenomenon could help us better understand why it has such a positive effect on our own . health If you’re interested in the scientific literature , the best way in–and the way I first
Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Thursday , February 16 : Science and social media panel in New York Animal Friendships : My cover story for Time magazine The Future of E-books–podcast of my interview on Wisconsin Public Radio WPR has posted the podcast of my talk last week on the Ben Merens show on their site including a lot of interesting comments from callers . Direct link to MP3 Image : Jonathan Franzen's Freedom on an Iphone . Gasp Prepare for the Apocalypse Photo by badosa on Flickr Creative Commons Share February 9th , 2012 9:31 AM by Carl Zimmer in Ebooks Talks 0 comments RSS feed Trackback Leave a
Advances in technology have lead to the discovery of new planets outside of our Solar System, and now even new moons in our own backyard. Last September, two satellites – the smallest ever discovered – were found orbiting Jupiter. That brings the number of Jovian moons to a whopping 66. The moons – each about [...]
New Scientist had a great new feature on nine lost treasures that science wants back. I wrote about one of them – the bones of Peking Man. In September 1941, Hu Chengzhi placed several skulls into two wooden crates. Around him, China was at war with Japan, so he was sending the skulls to the [...]
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CURRENT ISSUE THE MAGAZINE Current Issue Next Issue Back Issues Preview the Magazine Special Issues E-mail Newsletter About the Magazine Subscribe , Renew or Give a Gift Subscriber Benefits Trips Tours Advertise Advertiser Links Sweepstakes Press Room Contact Us COLUMNISTS Bob Berman Glenn Chaple Tony Hallas David H . Levy Stephen James O'Meara NEWS OBSERVING Astronomy News Liz and Bill's Cosmic Adventures StarDome Plus Intro to the Sky Astronomy for Kids Urban Skies Astronomy Myths The Sky this Week The Sky this Month Star Atlas Ask Astro Astro Imaging Constellation Observing Glossary EQUIPMENT Products Reviews How To MULTIMEDIA Picture of the Day Reader Photo Gallery Videos Podcasts Wallpaper COMMUNITY Why Join Local Group Blog Dave's Universe Astronomy Events Astronomy Groups ForumsCURRENT ISSUE THE MAGAZINE Current Issue Next Issue Back Issues Preview the Magazine Special Issues E-mail Newsletter About the Magazine Subscribe , Renew or Give a Gift Subscriber Benefits Trips Tours Advertise Advertiser Links Sweepstakes Press Room Contact Us COLUMNISTS Bob Berman Glenn Chaple Tony Hallas David H . Levy Stephen James O'Meara NEWS OBSERVING Astronomy News Liz and Bill's Cosmic Adventures StarDome Plus Intro to the Sky Astronomy for Kids Urban Skies Astronomy Myths The Sky this Week The Sky this Month Star Atlas Ask Astro Astro Imaging Constellation Observing Glossary EQUIPMENT Products Reviews How To MULTIMEDIA Picture of the Day Reader Photo Gallery Videos Podcasts Wallpaper COMMUNITY Why Join Local Group Blog Dave's Universe Astronomy Events Astronomy Groups Forums
: , Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS That’s Not a Yawn . It’s a Scream Humans Can’t . Hear NCBI ROFL : Suicide and homicide and . fluoride NCBI ROFL : My research involves watching pigs poop out balloons hey , why are you running away The effect of feeding on defecation behaviour in . pigs The effect of eating on defecation behaviour was investigated in four 20-30 kg pigs . Rectal distention stimulation was performed pre- and postprandially at 10 cm from the anus with a 5 cm latex balloon . Volume was increased in steps of 10 ml up to 200 ml of air or until balloon defecation . Dependent measures were volume ,
The Lander platform for NASA’s Spirit rover has been photographed in stunning high resolution color for the first time from Mars orbit – just over 8 years after the now legendary robot survived the scorching atmospheric heat of the 6 minute plunge through the Martian atmosphere and bounced to a stop inside Gusev Crater on [...]
. Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Funhouse galaxy Volcano in taupe I’m giving a talk at Eastern Michigan University Feb . 15 Hey , guess where I’ll be Yeah , there . Well , a little to the left of that big blob . Ypsilanti , Michigan , to be exact . On February 15th I’m giving my Death from the Skies talk at Eastern Michigan University at 7:00 p.m . It’s free so if you’re in the area drop on by I lived in Ann Arbor for three years , so it’ll be cool to head back . there And if you live in the Bethlehem PA area , I’ll be at Geroge Hrab’s concert a few days later And then the live Nerdist podcast in Boulder
, : Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS A Scientific Jonah : My profile of Joy Reidenberg in tomorrow’s New York Times The Future of E-books–podcast of my interview on Wisconsin Public Radio Thursday , February 16 : Science and social media panel in New York Next week is Social Media Week during which time the American Museum of Natural History is hosting an exploration of science and social media It will take place on Thursday , 2 16, at 6 pm , and after the official panel discussion there will be a beer and wine reception in the Museum’s Hall of Minerals and . Gems The panelists for the evening include– Ben
: Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS In Flies , a Prion-Like Protein Helps Maintain Long-Term Memories Woman Receives First 3D-Printed Jawbone Transplant It’s a Small and Wonderful World : Stunning Images of Science Under the Microscope Looking down a microscope always reminds us how much we can’t see with the naked eye . The winners of the 2011 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge provide a tantalizing glimpse into the micro- and nanoscopic . world This image of a thin slice of a mouse’s eye , above , was dyed so that different tissues show up as different colors . Muscles are pale
Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Science Getaways : Update I’m giving a talk at Eastern Michigan University Feb . 15 Funhouse galaxy Sometimes , I like to think of a photon of light as a car on a road . As the road dips and curves , a car has to follow that path , dipping and curving as well . It might be weird to think of space as curving , but it does . Gravity from massive objects warps space , and a beam of light moving through that curved space curves along with it . This is the principle behind what’s called gravitational lensing A beam of light passing by an object a big galaxy , say , or a cluster of
: . Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Black Box Bot Soaks Up Heat , Then Follows You Around and Keeps You Warm That’s Not a Yawn . It’s a Scream Humans Can’t . Hear NCBI ROFL : How dogs navigate to catch . frisbees Using micro-video cameras attached to the heads of 2 dogs , we examined their optical behavior while catching Frisbees . Our findings reveal that dogs use the same viewer-based navigational heuristics previously found with baseball players i.e . maintaining the target along a linear optical trajectory , LOT , with optical speed constancy On trials in which the Frisbee dramatically changed direction ,
: Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Exoplanet in a triple star system smack dab in the habitable zone Funhouse galaxy Science Getaways : Update I love science . OK , duh , but I really do . And when I go on vacation , I can’t help but see science everywhere , and in every case it makes the trip more fun for me . Seeing local geology , biology , how the stars might look different at a different latitude it adds to the vacations , makes it . better That’s why my wife and I started a company called Science Getaways We figured there are lots of other folks out there like us who would really enjoy taking a vacation
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Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Holy aurora Science Getaways : Update Exoplanet in a triple star system smack dab in the habitable zone In the race to find the weirdest planet orbiting another star , we may have a front runner GJ 667Cc , a super-Earth orbiting one star in a triple system that’s actually relatively closeby . And oh yeah : it just so happens to be in just the right spot to be potentially inhabitable Of course , I have some caveats , so don’t get too excited . But this is a weird and pretty cool one GJ 667 is a triple star system that’s right in our back yard as these things go : it’s only about
: Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Ebooks on the radio : 6 pm ET tonight Thursday , February 16 : Science and social media panel in New York A Scientific Jonah : My profile of Joy Reidenberg in tomorrow’s New York Times For anyone in the US who likes to know what it’s like inside a giraffe hands up , people it was frustrating to discover the show Inside Nature’s Giants airing on British TV . The best we could manage were snippets on YouTube . Now the show is here in the States . The other day I spent some time with one of the main scientists of the show , Joy Reidenberg , an anatomist at Mount Sinai School of
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Operators at Byron Generating Station [around 110 miles from Chicago] declared an Unusual Event at 10:18 a.m.CT, due to the loss of offsite power and Unit 2 coming offline. The nuclear facility’s diesel generators activated as designed to provide power to the facility when there is a loss of offsite power to the facility. The facility remains in a safe ...
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Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July. iThis is only the fifth time scientists have confirmed chemically Martian meteorites that people witnessed falling. Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars- meteorite chunks that fell from the red planet over Morocco last summer. Photo: AP ...