testing a post from ping.fm
Posted by: Kat on: Friday, 24 October 2008
What researchers thought were the most-threatened corals were actually taking care of their species by breeding hybrids. This makes me happy, but it doesn’t mean that we can go on ruining reefs. Remember, these creatures take ages to grow.
clipped from www.sciencedaily.com
hundreds of corals are now on the red list of threatened species. [...]
Posted by: Kat on: Wednesday, 22 October 2008
I need to start crediting clippers whose clips I share on my blogs. Original clip and headline by balthazarus.
clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk
Stone Age man took drugs, say scientists
Scientists have discovered evidence suggesting Stone Age man used herbal mixtures to get high.
It has long been suspected that humans have an ancient history of [...]
Posted by: Kat on: Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Go get your granny on Google!
clipped from www.livescience.com
For middle-aged and older adults, searching the Internet could be a boost to the brain, a new study suggests.
looked at the brain activity of 24 neurologically normal volunteers between the ages of 55 and 76 as they searched the Internet. Half of the participants had experience [...]
Posted by: Kat on: Monday, 13 October 2008
♪ Oh, little tank in Stony Brook…
clipped from www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists have confirmed the second-ever case of a “virgin birth” in a shark, indicating once again that female sharks can reproduce without mating and raising the possibility that many female sharks have this incredible capacity.
Scientists did not even know that Tidbit was pregnant until after [...]
Posted by: Kat on: Thursday, 9 October 2008
Messing with your body clock may have bad effects on learning and retention. (I’m looking at you, Gella and Mikko.)
clipped from www.sciencedaily.com
The circadian rhythm that quietly pulses inside us all, guiding our daily cycle from sleep to wakefulness and back to sleep again, may be doing much more
hamsters whose circadian system was disabled by a [...]
Posted by: Kat on: Thursday, 9 October 2008
Another fun fact (not in the article): mitochondrial DNA can be used to tell who his mom was, too.
clipped from www.sciencedaily.com
developing techniques which may one day allow police to work out someone’s surname from the DNA alone
Doctoral research by Turi King has shown that men with the same British surname are highly likely to be [...]
Posted by: Kat on: Thursday, 9 October 2008
clipped from www.guardian.co.uk
Fertile women raise their voice pitch
Women’s voices rise and fall in tune with their fertility, according to research by psychologists.
Recordings of women taken at different times in their monthly cycle show that the female voice rises perceptibly a day or two before ovulation, when women are most likely to become pregnant.
The findings are [...]
