I know, I’m a bad man for not updating this site more often. After all, the whole point of it was to stop my main blog being so unfocused, by posting all my science related stuff here. Unfortunately, as it turns out, I don’t post about science anywhere near as often as I do about everything else!
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No trackbacksA breathtaking new picture just released by NASA, from their Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Launched in 14 December 2009, WISE finished its testing phase on January 14 2010. In the two months since then it has already produced some spectacular data, and more than a few gorgeous images.
Comments disabledNo trackbacksI know I post too many faeces related stories. I can’t help it. We British are culturally hardwired to find poo hilarious, and thus interesting:
This discovery is a couple of years old, but I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how humanity can improve itself (or as some folks call it “transhumanism”).
From a Cell press release:
Durham University is predicting that the UK, already famous for being a rather damp place, is likely to get moister still in the coming years.
Cerro Paranal, home of ESO’s Very Large Telescope, is certainly one of the best astronomical sites on the planet. Stunning images, obtained by ESO staff at Paranal, of the green and blue flashes, as well as of the so-called ‘Gegenschein’, are real cases in point.
GENEVA (AFP) – Forget retail therapy for some relief from that winter cold — a study by Swiss scientists revealed on Wednesday that the flu virus can nestle and survive on banknotes for more than two weeks.
Just a couple of quickies today:
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