Science!!!

[santiclaws]

Tadpole eye transplants reveal neuroplasticity in Tufts lab.

Tadpoles can see with eyes implanted on their butts

 

[BadIdea]

Meet Tiktaalik Roseae: When Fins Became Limbs [Video]
Read more at http://www.geeksaresexy.net/#c13qHruFQxWQ4WfI.99

 

[Bogey]

Random Scientific Facts Thread

 

[ChilledAgua]

Invisibility Cloak demoed at TED2013 | BoingBoing

It's a Nicol prism:

Nicol prism

 

[santiclaws]

Insect wings shred bacteria to pieces : Nature News & Comment

 

[santiclaws]

So many people have trouble getting enough sleep between eleven at night and seven in the morning because sleeping from eleven to seven isn’t what people were designed to do.

Elizabeth Kolbert: The Science of Sleeplessness : The New Yorker

 

[santiclaws]

Fragments of Truth: Monkeys Reject Food From People Who Are Mean To Fellow Humans

 

[LetTigerIn]

Elizabeth Kolbert: The Science of Sleeplessness : The New Yorker

I had a mandatory seminar in college about these kinds of sleep studies. One of the things we covered was the sleep cycle, and I've used that information ever since.

 

[adgy-san]

Good news, everyone!

Europa's Oceans Might Taste Like Earth's Oceans | Wired Science | Wired.com

This is according to scientists who mapped the frozen moon in greater detail than ever before and discovered a new salt compound on its surface. Their research suggests that if you could somehow get to the distant, tiny world, survive the deadly radiation at its surface, drill through its 100-km-thick icy shell, and drink the water without dying, the taste would be somewhat familiar.

 

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[santiclaws]

Chinese physicists measure speed of Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: At least 10,000 times faster than light | ExtremeTech

 

[LetTigerIn]

Chinese physicists measure speed of Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’: At least 10,000 times faster than light | ExtremeTech

As the equipment gets better, is this more likely to become a measure of how good the testing equipment is?

 

[santiclaws]

Russia finds 'new bacteria' in Antarctic lake

 

[santiclaws]

New Study Validates Longevity Pathway | HMS

A new study demonstrates what researchers consider conclusive evidence that the red wine compound resveratrol directly activates a protein that promotes health and longevity in animal models.

 

[Homer Simpson]

So we should drink like animals to live longer?

 

[FishMonger]

New Study Validates Longevity Pathway | HMS

I'm gonna live forever!

 

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[x-wingcamewest]

so you are saying we all are related directly to mitchrock? I think I may be sick.

 

[BadIdea]

so you are saying we all are related directly to mitchrock? I think I may be sick.

It's true. Mitchrock's ancestors would stick their dicks in anything.