Interview with Dr. Michael Levitt, flatulence expert. This is a nice overview of Dr. Levitt’s field of study and recent work. Its is strange how little the average person knows about the science behind their ass gas, especially considering how often it comes to our attention. And the attention of others. I am truly surprised […]
Another item from BBD’s Insesct News Desk; it turns out modern beetles appeared on earth about 70 million years before those famous and much loved “terrible lizards”. Article here.
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University ran an experiment with male Fruit Flies to study the effects of alcohol on sexual inhibitions. The researchers build a custom fly lock-down booze facility called the ‘Flypub’ in which to run the trials. There is a video too, for all you fly-voyeurs out there. Randy flies reveal how booze […]
What better way to start the New Year than with some Monkey news? Smithsonian.com has a feature on Laurie Santos, an experimental psychologist and researcher who specialised in Monkeys. She has been doing experiments on primate cognition at Cayo Santiago, an island off the coast of Peurto Rico that is a controlled home for rhesus […]
I was watching Daily Planet on the Discovery Chanel last night, and there was a brief segment on the new Audi R8. Well, relatively new to North America, at least. What is new with regards to cars, anyways? It was new to me, anyways. Back off! I know many people more interested in Automobiles then […]
A recent study has shown that one in three Canadians has kept some old-school fridge around, probably in their basement or garage, in order to store beer. Admittedly, I can’t think of any other good reason to keep an old fridge around other then to maybe provide a suitably cold death trap for the neighborhood […]
Can a moth brain drive a robot? Hell yeah! Researchers at the University of Arizona have built a robot that has its motion guided by neural impulses from a moth’s brain. Article: Researchers Create Robot Driven by Moth’s Brain The robot’s motion is guided by a tiny electrode implanted in the moth’s brain, Higgins said, […]
Seriously… Mexico is considering a space agency. The matter has to go to the Mexican Senate first but what the hell, that’s fantastic! Viva Mexico!The Mexican Space Agency would also work with Mexican firms to bolster the country’s competence in a host of areas, from meteorology, telecommunications, disaster prevention, and remote sensing to space robotics […]
So apparently Poo donation can save lives. People suffering from C. Difficile infection, one of the “superbugs” causing so much trouble these days, can benefit from “fecal transplants”. That’s right, take my poo and put it in you. My poo-bacteria will then make themselves at home in your poo tract and fight off the nasty […]
Marvel has unveiled a new subscription service . For as little as $5 a month you can have access to all your favorite Superheroes. Mine is Major Mapleleaf. The second one, not the first one. He was so good he didn’t need any superpowers, only a super powered horse. Yeah that’s right, a horse. Wolverine […]
