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DOGS AWAY! Pups Go Parachuting to Sniff out the Taliban
Discover, November 10 2010.
Man’s best friend can also be man’s best tandem parachuting partner. The Guardian reports that UK forces have been sending Taliban-hunting dogs into Afghanistan. Dogs have been used previously by American and Austrian paratroopers, which sheds.. →
And the Prize for World’s Largest Testicles Goes to… the Bushcricket!
Discover, November 10 2010.
A cricket’s constant chirping may seem a bit ballsy, but just wait until you hear about their testicles. For at least one species of cricket, the tuberous bushcricket (Platycleis affinis), the testicles take up 14 percent of the insect’s body mass! The Daily.. →
Nanogenerator Takes Us One Step Closer to Power-Generating Clothing
Discover, November 10 2010.
Devices that use the wasted mechanical energy from clothing movements or even a heartbeat seem far out, if not just a bit creepy, but new advances in nanogenerators are making such energy-scavenging electronics possible.
Now researchers at Georgia Tech have.. →
“Story of Stuff” Crusade Takes on E-Waste and Planned Obsolescence
Discover, November 9 2010.
The Story of Electronics has made its debut today (teaser above), following the form of the original Story of Stuff video in 2007. The Story of Stuff, written and narrated by Annie Leonard, created waves of discussion about the environment and consumption in classrooms,.. →
Step 1: Pee on Stick. Step 2: Ask Your Phone if You Have an STD
Discover, November 9 2010.
Pee-on-a-stick sexually transmitted disease tests could be making their way onto pharmacy shelves and bathroom vending machines in the UK soon. And in this system, a cell phone can take the place of a clinic doctor. The country’s burgeoning STD problem has got.. →
Why People of Other Races “All Look Alike” to You
Discover, November 9 2010.
Some may say it as a joke, others might find it offensive, but it turns out there’s some truth to the idea that people of other races “all look alike.” A new study demonstrates that people have more trouble recognizing faces of people of other races… →
The Monkey Snuggle Market: How Much for a Quick Nuzzle?
Discover, November 8 2010.
In some monkey species, monkey moms use snuggle time with their babies as a commodity. Mothers will “sell” time with their children to other females in their colony for the price of several minutes of grooming. As Science News puts it, they have.. →
Toasty Testicles From Laptops Could Make for Less Fertile Nerds
Discover, November 8 2010.
Being a computer nerd just keeps getting worse. Not only can being addicted to the interwebz make it hard to meet chicks, but now research is showing that a man’s relationship with his laptop computer can affect even his most intimate of areas. The study, titled.. →
Going Direct: Researchers Change Skin Into Blood With No Stops in Between
Discover, November 8 2010.
It may not be as miraculous as turning water into wine, or as wealth-generating as turning dirt into gold, but we still think this is a very cool trick: Researchers have transformed mature skin cells directly into mature blood cells. Crucially, this was done without.. →
What It Takes to Make a Fancy Hand Ax: A Fancy Brain
Discover, November 5 2010.
In anthropology departments, the debate has long simmered: Was it an improvement in manual dexterity or intelligence that allowed our human ancestors to begin making sophisticated stone tools? According to one group of scientists, figuring out the answer required.. →