The 145thhththth Carnival of Space is up now at Crowlspace! Lots of fun space and astronomy blog posts, and, for a first, it may be slightly NSFW (thanks to Amanda, who is saucier than I knew!).
Today’s Podcasts | The Loom
The other Zimmer at the Times: On On Point.
This one, talking about the secret life of plants, carnivorous and otherwise on WNPR’s Colin McEnroe Show.
“Amateur” geologist finds a South American crater | Bad Astronomy
This is very cool: a guy got a grant to comb through satellite imagery to look for terrestrial craters, and found one hidden in plain sight! The Planetary Society has all the details. The man who found it studied geology in college, but is now a systems analyst!
This is a perfect example of citizen science. There’s too much real estate — on Earth and in the sky — for what we normally think of as geologists and astronomers to examine carefully. And this shows there’s plenty of room for "amateurs" to help out… and that word always makes me laugh. I know a lot of amateur astronomers who know far more than I do about pointing a telescope. You’ll almost always find that at their borders, most definitions are pretty fuzzy.
Tip o’ the Whipple shield to David Kessler.
Watch a Neuron Go Bad [Neurology]
Just as hard drive sectors can fail, neurons, too, can fail as data processing, memory-storing units in your brain. In this video, a neuron lacks the protein needed to make connections with other cells, essentially becoming a bad sector. More »
Magnets and Metal Nano-Particles Can Build You a New Liver [Health]
Between alcohol-fueled holidays and everyday health issues, some of us might eventually wind up needing new livers or some other organs. Turns out scientists could build us those new organs using metal nano-particles suspended in a magnetic field. More »
What Happens (Online) When We Die: Twitter [Memory]
One day, you're going to die. And when you do, your online presence—like your social network profiles, your blog comments, and your web services—will serve as your very first memorial. Here's how it'll play out. More »
Sony Gets Catty About the Competition in PlayStation Move Ad [Sony]
We're used to feeling oddly insulted by Sony ads, but for once it's everyone else who might need a hug. Because in this PlayStation Move ad, the competition gets named, shamed, and leaves crying for mommy. [Ars Technica via Kotaku] More »
8 Things Made Out Of Carbon Fiber That Really Shouldn’t Be [Wrongmodo]
Things made of carbon fiber tend to be appealing-looking, light-weight, and durable. But sometimes we just plain wonder how on earth someone decided to choose the often pricey material for a particular piece of gear. More »
Dubai’s Ferrari World Roller Coasters: Please, Please Don’t Break [Dubai]
Okay, Dubai. Your largest building gets shut down for "electrical problems." Your two million gallon shark tank sprang a leak. So what do you do to bounce back? Build the fastest roller coaster ever. This is terrifying. More »
CMU names founding dean of medical school – The Morning Sun
CMU names founding dean of medical school The Morning Sun Yoder is innovative in ways of teaching medicine, and as CMU is an "emerging medical school," the selection committee was impressed with his ideas for ... Medical college dean appointed behind closed doorsCentral Michigan Life CMU names medical school deanThe Morning Sun |
Study: Chemical in Bananas Could Help Fight HIV – FOXNews
 The Hindu | Study: Chemical in Bananas Could Help Fight HIV FOXNews ... to be a more affordable and more affective form of vaginal microbicides, according to the study conducted at the University of Michigan Medical School. ... U-M Med School researches bananas as an HIV inhibitorExaminer.com An HIV Vaccine Made From Bananas?Inventorspot Chemical in Bananas Might Combat HIV InfectionBusinessWeek eMaxHealth -TopNews United States -dBTechno all 123 news articles » |
University of Miami medical school reaches grants milestone – MiamiHerald.com
University of Miami medical school reaches grants milestone MiamiHerald.com The University of Miami's medical school has moved into the top one-third of all US medical schools that receive money from the NIH, gaining major market ... UM improves to 41st in NIH fundingBizjournals.com |
Eugene B. Brody – Baltimore Sun
Eugene B. Brody Baltimore Sun He wrote that life with his mother conflicted with much of what he was taught about mental illness in medical school. "With patience and love, ... |
NFL Names New Co-Chairs of Head,Neck and Spine Committee – NFL GridIron Gab (blog)
 Bizjournals.com | NFL Names New Co-Chairs of Head,Neck and Spine Committee NFL GridIron Gab (blog) He is a graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. “I am deeply honored to have been selected for this important role by Commissioner ... Texan to co-chair NFL medical committeeDallas Morning News (blog) PRO FOOTBALL: Central grad will co-chair panel for NFLSan Angelo Standard Times |
Arnall Patz, a Doctor Who Prevented Blindness, Is Dead at 89 – New York Times
 New York Times | Arnall Patz, a Doctor Who Prevented Blindness, Is Dead at 89 New York Times Arnall Patz with a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004. Dr. Patz, right, with Helen Keller and Dr. V. Everett Kinsey, who shared a Lasker Award with him ... Dr. Arnall Patz dies at 89; helped eliminate major cause of blindnessLos Angeles Times Baby Blindness Pioneer Dr Arnall Patz, ex-W3ECV (SK)ARRL Doctor gave tots the gift of sightThe Age Philadelphia Inquirer all 13 news articles » |
Uganda Cabinet Urged to Reject New Press Legislation
In a country that suffers from an increasingly restrictive media environment, proposed legislation amending the 1995 Press and Journalist Act in Uganda will further stifle freedom of expression, according to Freedom House.
NCBI ROFL: St. Paddy’s Day special: Surprise! Drinking makes the Irish more aggressive! | Discoblog
Cross-cultural comparisons of Irish and American adolescent drinking practices and beliefs.
“The drinking behavior and alcohol expectancies of 168 Irish adolescents aged 15-18 were compared with those of a group of American adolescents matched on age and sex. The Irish adolescents reported less frequent social drinking and less problematic drinking. However, unlike American adolescents, those Irish youth who did drink in a social, frequent manner also reported drinking-related problems. Irish adolescents expect less social benefit, less improvement of cognitive and motor functioning and less sexual enhancement, but greater increase in aggression as a consequence of drinking. These findings are discussed as possible etiological clues to established differences between Irish adult drinking and drinking by adults in other countries.”
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GM’s Enhanced Windshield Uses Lasers to Make Your Road Trips Safer [Automotive]
It makes it feel like you're in the middle of Tron, but GM's new heads-up display's not just a way to play out childhood fantasies. The system projects laser-generated images onto windshields, providing a great looking enhanced vision display. More »
This Is the Cloud: Inside Microsoft’s Secret Stealth Data Centers [Memory Forever]
"The cloud" isn't some nebulous thing existing just beyond your computer's consciousness. As Microsoft showed us, it's stacks of hard drives packed into shipping containers, parked in secret data centers all around the world. Physically real, but still beautiful. More »
Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: What’s Next Edition [Remainders]
In today's Remainders: the next step. For John Grisham, it's e-books. For the television-viewing public, it's viewing television while surfing the web. For Google, it's controlling the internet. And for NVIDIA, it's releasing GeForce drivers that don't melt your rig. More »
