CNRS:
Why a spider hanging from a thread does not rotate.
Times Online.UK:
How to make a sound cornflake. Crunch time.
NY Times:
Study Links Punishment to an Ability to Profit. Hmmm. And tangentially, When you’re late for the overture.
National Geographic:
You can participate in the Genographic Project, and have your ‘deep ancestral DNA’ traced. It’s my maternal line I’d like to know more about, but I will probably participate anyway. Via Futurismic.
The Independent.UK:
Just wait ‘til hybrids go lithium-ion. But do recycle; lithium is quite poisonous [scroll down].
NY Times:
One of the ‘destroyed’ Gospels, the Gospel of Judas, resurfaces after 1,700 years.
NY Times Europe:
Article on Bird Flu Criticizes Effort to Monitor Cats and Dogs. American pet owners, I suspect, would risk dying of bird flu to keep their pets ... until the disease started carrying off their children and grandchildren. I’m jumping the gun, however, there’s no factual information yet. Some have even reported that a majority of cats even reject the virus. In the meantime, there’s a Bird Flu page for Pets you might be interested in.
NY Times Science:
Scientists Call Fish Fossil the ‘Missing Link’. Tween idol.
BBC:
‘Sarcasm’ brain areas discovered.
Reuters:
Huge 1,500-year-old pyramid discovered in Mexico. But you’ll never get to see it.
Discovery Channel:
Here’s a full-blown gonzo moral conundrum: environmentally-friendly explosives.
Wonder if they’ll combine it with depleted uranium slugs ...
Boston Globe:
Measuring emotion at the symphony.
Discovery Channel:
Secret of Mona Lisa’s Smile Revealed?
Discovery Channel:
Cave Art: Prehistoric Teen Graffiti? Rather than picture them as “teenage boys”, shouldn’t we look at them as “middle aged”?
The Chronicle of Higher Ed:
The Case for Evolution, in Real Life.
Discovery Channel:
Smart Lubricant Slashes Oil Need. I wonder if they can manufacture it out of renewables ...
Yahoo News:
Caribbean Coral Suffers Record Death.
SeattlePI.com:
Archaeologist links ancient palace, Ajax.
CSM:
A scourge of the ‘70s returns to Great Lakes. “Nonpoint sources of phosphates, such as regionwide fertilizer runoff, could be part of the reason, he and others say. So could storm runoff from urban areas.” Hmmm. We should all insist on organic corn, sugar cane, etc. for our ethanol.
NY Times Science:
Scans Show Different Growth for Intelligent Brains. Apparently you don’t want to be ‘thick’ to early ...
NY Times Health:
Doubt Cast on Stockpile of a Vaccine for Bird Flu. Population, mutation, manufacturing capacity ... all these things mitigate against stockpiles.
Reuters:
Protein linked to cancer spread identified.
Discovery Channel:
Whale Songs Resemble Human Language. “For example, a text consists of paragraphs; a paragraph consists of sentences, a sentence consists of clauses, etc.”
Times Online.UK:
Okay, one. After more than 200 years, science admits it: Adam Smith was right. “Smith saw sympathy (compassion and commiseration for another person, even if you don’t share his troubles), or empathy (if you do), as an innate characteristic of man. It served, Smith suggested, as man’s moral compass, was difficult to overcome, and from it flourished an unwritten code of ethics that held society together.”
