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Friday, July 3, 2009
Moon probe returns first images
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) reached the Moon on June 23.
— BBC News
Incredible shrinking sheep blamed on climate change
Sheep living on a remote island off the coast of Scotland have been shrinking for 20 years.
— New Scientist
Jackson’s Death Provokes Memories of 'Elvis Conspiracy'
No fandom built its 'faked death' mythology with more richly honed detail than the followers of Elvis Presley.
— Underwire
Inflatable Tower Promises Easy Access to Outer Space
An inflatable tower nine miles tall and tethered to a mountain top could cut the cost to launch spacecraft.
— Discovery
In Memoriam: Lou Gentile
Paranormal investigator and syndicated radio show host Lou Gentile lost his battle to cancer.
— Dread Central
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Mile wide UFO seen by British pilots
One of the largest UFOs ever seen has been observed by the crew and passengers of an airliner over the Channel Islands.
— MINA
Nut-Size Ancient Skull Explains Our Brains' Bigness?
Scientists have created the first virtual 3-D model of an early primate brain.
— National Geographic News
Neuromancer at 25: What It Got Right, What It Got Wrong
The novel, published on July 1, 1984, predicted the World Wide Web, cyberspace, and a lot of other things.
— PC World
Salamander Discovery Could Lead to Human Limb Regeneration
Researchers have found an unexpected explanation for salamanders' seemingly magical ability to regrow lost limbs.
— Wired
Ant mega-colony takes over world
Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same interrelated colony.
— BBC News
Prey turns predator
A toad has been caught on camera eating a snake in China in a direct reversal of their normal roles.
— Ananova
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
In Annapolis, a miracle worthy of sainthood?
Woman's cancer vanishes after prayers to 19th-century Maryland priest.
— Baltimore Sun
Dinosaur mummy yields its secrets
A remarkably well-preserved fossil of a dinosaur has been analyzed by scientists.
— BBC News
The Alligator Gar Is One Ugly Fish
Texans kill crafty critters with crossbows.
— Wall Street Journal
The Evolutionary Enigma of Dream Content
Evolutionary theorists question whether there's an adaptive purpose to dreaming.
— Scientific American
Rising sea level to submerge Louisiana coastline by 2100
Scientists say between 10,000 and 13,500 square kilometres of coastal land around New Orleans will go underwater due to rising sea levels.
— The Guardian
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Hordes of hungry grasshoppers invade Utah
This year's invasion in Tooele County west of Salt Lake City is worse than anyone can remember.
— Associated Press
Disorderly genius: How chaos drives the brain
Near-chaotic states may be crucial to memory.
— New Scientist
Albert K. Bender Speech From 1967
Author described the Men in Black enigma.
— UFO Mystic
Astronauts Photograph Mount Fuji
Astronauts got a clear view of Mount Fuji as the International Space Station passed over it in April.
— LiveScience
The lost NASA tapes
Restoring lunar images after 40 years in the vault.
— Computerworld
Monday, June 29, 2009
Apocalypse Not
Behind the Swine Flu hysteria.
— Wired Magazine
The Mosquito, Revised
A new strategy involves a subtle reconfiguring of the bug's DNA.
— Newsweek
ET's Earth Appears More as Pale, Red Dot
Scientists looking for Earth-like planets in distant systems might find it more productive to focus on red dots rather than blue ones.
— Discovery
Innovation: Physics brings realism to virtual reality
Simulating physics from the small scale upwards yields impressive virtual worlds.
— New Scientist
Have we found the body of St Paul?
Scientists, by carbon dating, have come as close as possible to identifying the very bones of St Paul himself.
— Daily Mail
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sun leaves Earth wide open to cosmic rays
The sun periodically leaves Earth open to assaults from interstellar nasties in a way that most stars do not.
— New Scientist
'America's Fortress' alive and kicking
Despite common public belief that Cheyenne Mountain has shut down, the facility—famously associated with NORAD—is fully operational.
— CNET
UFO reports heating up in Kansas City area
Lots of reports of UFOs in the sky over the greater Kansas City area have been coming in recently.
— Examiner.com
Microbes plan ahead, predict future events
Bacteria and yeast learn to use one action to prepare for another.
— Discovery Channel
'Phantom kangaroos' in the United States
Strange carnivorous masupials have been sighted across the United States as far back as 1934.
— Gralien Report
Saturday, June 27, 2009
How Michael Jackson's death shut down Twitter, brought chaos to Google
The internet came alive like never before as people logged on to follow the stunning news of Michael Jackson's death.
— Daily Mail
Luxury Yacht Company Offers Pirate-Hunting Cruises
A Russian company is now offering pirate-hunting trips that promise the chance to be attacked by real sea bandits.
— Asylum.com
Telepathy or Not?
Twin sisters receive the same scores on national college entrance examination.
— Xinhuanet
India plans hot chilli grenades
Indian defense scientists are planning to put one of the world's hottest chilli powders into hand grenades.
— BBC News
Toothy 3-foot Piranha Fossil Found
If you thought piranhas were scary, be glad Megapiranha is no longer around.
— LiveScience
