So, this morning I was actually reading a cellulose-based carbon-marked news document (otherwise known as the Washington Post) as I performed my morning constitutional and found this really interesting article in the Health and Science section (this is the on-line …
Category: Science
First there was delayed focus, now there is image around corners
‘See-around-a-corner’ camera prototype unveiled
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/story/2012-03-20/see-around-a-corner-camera/53668372/1
Not ready for prime time, but it is quite interesting, none the less. In a few years I can see this being developed to the point where you can get really good images of what …
Noisy humans actually distort the forest!
Man-made noise disrupts the growth of plants and trees
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17457323
When I read the title I thought that somehow the plant and trees were being individually affected by the noise, but it seems it is ‘just’ the behavior of pollinators …
Archeology via satellite
Satellites spy thousands of ancient human settlements
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/20/satellites-spy-thousands-ancient-human-settlements/
This is a really cool idea to me. As mentioned in the article this is not the first time satellites have been used to identify archeology sites, but this is the first …
Instead of your brain on drugs…
Your Brain on Fiction
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-neuroscience-of-your-brain-on-fiction.html
Really interesting to me that the act of reading actually triggers the very neurons that would be engaged if you were experiencing the same thing in real life. Perhaps this will serve as motivation to …
Statins, not for everyone!
Do Statins Make It Tough to Exercise?
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/do-statins-make-it-tough-to-exercise/
A number of years ago after a Doctor’s visit my doctor prescribed statins for me (I think the actual prescription was for Lipotor, not that it matters). While I am not a …
A MASSIVE understatement
“Of course, our current technology takes massive amounts of high-tech equipment to communicate a message using neutrinos, so this isn’t practical now,” says University of Rochester physics professor Kevin McFarland.
Neutrinos used for communication
http://www.tgdaily.com/general-sciences-features/62099-neutrinos-used-for-communication
Now, if you could highly …
Get some sun, baybee!
Reasons That Vitamin D May Matter
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/reasons-to-place-a-bet-on-vitamin-d/
I started to become a believer in the ‘power’ of vitamin D a couple of winters ago. Through a somewhat unusual confluence of events I pretty much spent no time outside exposed to …
Several Science Articles
None alone were able to generate enough mental energy to blog about, but together had enough activation energy, so here they be…
Most Detailed View Yet of the Apollo 11 Moonwalks: Big Pic
http://news.discovery.com/space/big-pic-apollo-11-landing-site-120314.html
Take THAT moon landing conspirators! Of …
You go girl!
Will red meat kill you?
More bad news for bacon lovers — a Harvard study offers urgent reasons to eat less
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/13/will_red_meat_kill_you/singleton/
My wife, someone who eschews beef, pork, chicken (except eggs) in favor of veggies and sea food was …