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Feast your eyes on these early Soviet spacecraft

Rob Ketcherside, a hardware and software program manager in Seattle, has a truly amazing photo series hiding on his Flickr page. The photographs I am talking about were taken by his grandfather, David C. Cook, in Pavilion No. 32— called “Kosmos”—at the All-Russia Exhibition Center in Moscow. And I am very glad that I found…

Space & Spaceflight Attila Nagy

Hasselblad Camera, Used on the Moon, Sells For Nearly a Million Bucks

The Hasselblad 500 is perhaps one of the coolest film cameras you could ever own, and this one—which has been to the moon and back—is even cooler. Which perhaps explains why it just sold for a cool $910,00. https://gizmodo.com/the-only-film-camera-i-would-kill-to-own-5910957 The Hasselblad wasn’t the first camera to reach the moon; that honor goes to the one…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

MIT’s Living E. Coli Materials Could Provide Self-Aware Surfaces

Researchers at MIT have been busy creating a new type of biolfilms—sheets of living E. Coli cells combined with materials such as gold nanoparticles and quantum dots—that could provide large, self-aware surfaces. The new materials are grown using E. Coli bacteria as a substrate. E. Coli naturally forms itself in thin sheets, known as biofilm,…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe

About That Giraffe and the Dying Zoo Worker: Your Questions, Answered

By now you’ve probably seen news articles showing a giraffe in a Dutch zoo sharing a tender moment with a terminally ill zoo worker. Do the claims that this giraffe was kissing its human friend goodbye hold up to scientific scrutiny? Let me break it down for you. On Gawker: http://gawker.com/giraffe-kisses-dying-zoo-worker-goodbye-1549515790 Animals: they’re just like…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

The Jade Rabbit: not quite dead yet

I never predicted zombies would be a problem in space, but we’re starting to get a lot of undead activity near Earth. First, the Kepler planet-hunting space telescope returns from the dead. Now, the Chinese lunar rover Yutu, the Jade Rabbit, isn’t quite as dead as we thought! https://gizmodo.com/kepler-is-a-planet-hunting-powerhouse-1543642014 https://gizmodo.com/hell-yes-nasa-aims-to-revive-kepler-mission-with-cleve-1472501333 https://gizmodo.com/chinas-jade-rabbit-moon-rover-has-been-lost-1521264033 After making headlines with…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon

Now I Want to Nuzzle A Baby Penguin

The Oregon Zoo is home to some Humboldt penguin chicks. The baby birds need routine check-ups from the zoo vets, which means adorable videos for everyone. [Oregon Zoo]

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Think a Loose Tooth is Bad?

Try having a loose antler. Here’s what we need: (1) a string, and (2) a really strong door.

Biology Jason G. Goldman

A Glitch in the Hubble Telescope Makes Beautiful Modern Art

You’ve seen all the mind-boggling space images from the Hubble telescope, so this might seem… bizarre. What looks like a light painting or a computer rendering is an actual image sent back during the Hubble’s observing session. This is what happens when the telescope locks onto a bad guide star. The European Space Agency explains:…

Space & Spaceflight Sarah Zhang

Why Do Animals Adopt?

Is adopting a child a benevolent or a foolish act? If you were taking a cold evolutionary perspective, it would appear to be the latter. So why do many animals, including elephant seals and humans, do it all the time? For foster parents, there are huge costs involved, with no promise of passing on genes.…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Disordered Hyperuniformity: A Weird New State of Matter in Chicken Eyes

Despite what you learned in school,there are way more than four states of matter. One possible new one, disordered hyperuniformity, was recently found in the weirdest place – the eyes of chickens. Classical States of Matter To better understand an exotic state of matter like disordered hyperuniformity, it may be helpful to review the characteristics…

Physics & Chemistry Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com

This Is the Clearest Infrared Panorama of the Milky Way Ever Captured

You’re looking at the clearest infrared panorama of the Milky Way ever captured. At 20 gigapixels, it’s going to take you a long time to check the whole thing out. Unveiled at the TEDActive 2014 Conference in Vancouver, Canada, yesterday, the panorama of our galaxy is constructed from more than 2 million infrared images taken…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Chocolate Is Good For You Thanks to Gut Bacteria

On the heels of great news that dark chocolate really is good for you, researchers have found out some new crap. A study about why chocolate is good for you points to the bacteria that lurk inside your colon. https://gizmodo.com/new-study-confirms-that-dark-chocolate-is-very-good-for-1532869871 “It’s a rather disgusting process,” food science professor John Finley apologizes in advance. (Maybe save…

Health Sarah Zhang

What Do Animals Sound Like In Different Languages?

It’s reasonable to assume that American dogs can communicate perfectly well with Japanese dogs, but try using “bark bark” to describe the sound that dogs make to a Japanese person, who would say “wan wan,” and you might have trouble. That’s because different languages represent the sounds of animals in different ways, even though in…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Of Flies And Men: What Scientists Are Learning About Insect Aggression

If you look really closely next time a group of fruit flies invades your kitchen, you might notice that some flies fight more than others. Male fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, are more aggressive than females, and the latest research from David Anderson’s Caltech biology lab suggests that’s because they have a unique cluster of neurons…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Astronomers Think They’ve Discovered Waves on Titan

Saturn’s moon Titan, everyone’s favorite Earth-like orbiter, just got a little more Earth-like. That is, if astronomers’ latest findings are correct. Based on strange reflections off the surface of Punga Mare, one of Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes, they think they’ve found liquid waves on the moon. If confirmed, this would be the first time we’ve discovered…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Clark Estes

A Tequila Sweetener Could Help Reduce Diabetes and Obesity

Tequila is the answer to many of life’s problems—and now, a sweetener made from the stuff might just be the answer to our diabetes and obesity pandemics, too. New research suggests presented at the 247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) suggests that a sweetener made from agave—the plant used to make tequila—can…

Health Jamie Condliffe

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Looking Like a Swirl of Cream in Your Coffee

This might look like a splash of cream in your coffee—but in fact it’s Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, imaged by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft. It’s swirling rather faster than the spoon in your cup could manage, too—in fact, the winds that carry the clouds that create the spot move in excess of 400 mph, creating…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Is Gluten Actually Bad For You?

These days, just casually strolling down a grocery aisle, one can find a multitude of gluten-free products. From gluten-free whole grain bread to gluten-free beer to gluten-free Betty Crocker chocolate brownie mix, the market for food items without gluten has exploded over the past decade. But is gluten all that bad for you? Should a…

Health Matt Blitz - TodayIFoundOut.com

Can A Dog Really Ride A Motorcycle?

Thanks to operant conditioning, any animal can be trained to do just about anything as long as the individual actions that comprise the larger, complex behavior are within the animal’s natural abilities. Including teaching a dog to “drive” a motorcycle. B. F. Skinner referred to this process as shaping. In 1953, he described it this…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Here’s Why The Sea Snake Should Be Called The Sea Camel

“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Was the Rime of the Ancient Mariner actually about sea snakes? New research suggests that the serpents, unlike other marine reptiles like iguanas and turtles, can’t quench their thirst by drinking sea water. The problem is that fresh water alleviates thirst (you knew this) but the briny,…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Feast your eyes on these early Soviet spacecraft

Hasselblad Camera, Used on the Moon, Sells For Nearly a Million Bucks

MIT’s Living E. Coli Materials Could Provide Self-Aware Surfaces

About That Giraffe and the Dying Zoo Worker: Your Questions, Answered

The Jade Rabbit: not quite dead yet

Now I Want to Nuzzle A Baby Penguin

Think a Loose Tooth is Bad?

A Glitch in the Hubble Telescope Makes Beautiful Modern Art

Why Do Animals Adopt?

Disordered Hyperuniformity: A Weird New State of Matter in Chicken Eyes

This Is the Clearest Infrared Panorama of the Milky Way Ever Captured

Chocolate Is Good For You Thanks to Gut Bacteria

What Do Animals Sound Like In Different Languages?

Of Flies And Men: What Scientists Are Learning About Insect Aggression

Astronomers Think They’ve Discovered Waves on Titan

A Tequila Sweetener Could Help Reduce Diabetes and Obesity

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Looking Like a Swirl of Cream in Your Coffee

Is Gluten Actually Bad For You?

Can A Dog Really Ride A Motorcycle?

Here’s Why The Sea Snake Should Be Called The Sea Camel

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