This is brilliant. I’ve heard intimations of it on various websites for the last few months, but it’s always good to see a published paper backing it up. In short, it says that running shoes are not actually necessary for… Read more ›
According to Nature, we’d be in trouble… I love it when serious publications take a walk into the slightly more whimsical. Let me clear, here – I firmly believe that there is intelligent life out there. I also firmly believe… Read more ›
One wonders if this doesn’t have IgNobel potential. Of course, it’s not particularly useful, so I doubt it, but it does have that slightly silly appeal :) Vauxhall Motors commissioned a University of London researchers by the name of Simon… Read more ›
Humanity is now the proud owner of some 13,000 photos of Mars taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Monitoring Seasonal Albedo Patterns on South Polar Residual Cap (ESP_014405_0945) Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona The photos were taken by the most powerful… Read more ›
I’m gobsmacked. And highly amused, as well (it’s the immature part of me, apologies). Credit: Phil Myers (photographer, copyright holder), Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. More info here and here. (I tried to find a picture of sperm in… Read more ›
Stonehenge is something of an enduring mystery. We’ve been fascinated by the how and why of it, and both dimensions have seen their fair share of possible explanations. For an interesting explanation of how, have a look here: I remember… Read more ›
Yes, you read the title correctly. In a fascinating paper written by George Ellis, of me ol’ alma mater the University of Cape Town and Tony Rothman, from Princeton University in New Jersey, they posit that the place where this… Read more ›
To celebrate the start of a brand new year, Sciblogs is pleased to provide all of you with a brand new blogger. Matt Wood, of Journeys to the Ice, is going to be blogging about Antarctica and Antarctic science. Having… Read more ›