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Started by Adriana. Last reply by doone 17 hours ago. 392 Replies

This discussion is to have a recurrent thread for science news, tidbits, quick facts, videos, photos, etc, that do not merit their own separate discussion. I think it's better to post here than in the Comments section where it may be more difficult…Continue

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Rare neurons linked to empathy and self-awareness discovered in Some Atheist brains

Started by doone. Last reply by Keely on Thursday. 2 Replies

Rare neurons linked to empathy and self-awareness discovered in monkey brains…Continue

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TWO SCIENTISTS WALK INTO A BAR..

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Here is a thread for science humor.Only people in this group will "get" the jokes!!…Continue

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86 million year-old bacteria still alive in deep ocean mud

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This is not the first time that living bacteria have been discovered many meters into…Continue

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Rare genetic variants plague our genomes

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Two back-to-back very extensive genomic studies just published in Science show that the human genome is full of rare variants, found in ~0.5% of the population, that…Continue

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The gene duplication that changed our brains

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Extra copies of a gene involved in brain development and making neuronal connections, called SRGAP2, may have allowed our evolving brains to make more neural connections at a greater distance, perhaps shaping our brains into what they are now. The…Continue

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Ten Things You Probably Didn’t Know About DNA

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Of course this doesn't apply to our own Prof. A. (she prolly knows about them things =) and we can count on her to debunk any pop-sci myth that could have crept in the list.-------------------…Continue

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Were humans cooking 1 million years ago?

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Fascinating new evidence of 1 million year old plant and animal ash in a South african cave suggests that our ancestors were already cooking their food. Judging from the age of the ash, it is likely that the cooks were Homo erectus. Paleontologists…Continue

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Comment by Michel on Thursday

Healing weaving wins Bio-Art image competition

Anyone who has had a cartilage injury knows that it heals slowly and often painfully, with joint swelling and stiffness. Frank Moutos and Farshid Guilak of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, are engineering tissues that could speed up cartilage repair. They have created this woven biomaterial scaffold to support the growth of new cartilage and then break down naturally.

The image was among the winners of the Bio-Art competition announced this week by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). This is the first time FASEB has run this image competition - the idea is to promote the biomedical research of laboratories associated with the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) or members of the 26 FASEB societies.

The winning images from this year's competition will go on display at the NIH main campus in Bethesda, Maryland, and can be viewed online at the competition web page.

New Scientist

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Check out some of the winners (click to enlarge.)

More winning images with descriptions at the FASEB

This is a MUST SEE.

Comment by Adriana on May 23, 2012 at 9:57am

Comment by doone on May 23, 2012 at 9:52am

funny science news experiments memes - Party Time! 

Comment by doone on May 22, 2012 at 10:55am

May. 22, 2012

funny science news experiments memes - Chemist-Mobile

Comment by doone on May 20, 2012 at 4:20pm

May. 20, 2012

funny science news experiments memes - Forever Skeptical

Comment by Neal on May 18, 2012 at 12:04pm

Read "Censoring Science" if you can get a copy. It's all about how during the Bush years NASA was silenced and censored. It's basically about climate change and James Hansen. Gets unreal when Bush non-science appointees start rewriting the science to downplay the theories.

Comment by Chris on May 17, 2012 at 3:13pm

While reading about how the Bush administration censored climate change scientists and edited reports I came across a list of political interference in science. I didn't realize the problem was as bad as it appears. The articles I read indicate that Climate Change Denial started with President Bush.

Comment by Michel on May 16, 2012 at 5:34pm

@DG - Looking at who's interested in developing brain-computer interfaces, I bet you that in no time flat we'll perform all sorts of miracles even the Vatican couldn't dream of.

Comment by Dallas Gaytheist on May 16, 2012 at 5:21pm
Comment by Neal on May 14, 2012 at 9:59am

Great article doone, you'll be seeing that one again. =)

 
 
 

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