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Study: A “Pessimistic” Dog Is More Likely to Destroy Your Slippers
Discover, October 12 2010.
Doggie separation anxiety–the whining, scratching, and general misbehaving that happens when some dogs are left home alone–is somehow linked to the dog’s general outlook on life, new research says. Coauthor Emily Blackwell explains that she wondered.. →
Offshore Wind Farming Gets a Giant Google Boost
Discover, October 12 2010.
A huge offshore wind energy project took a leap forward today with the announcement that Google and the investment firm Good Energies are backing the mammoth underwater transmission lines that would carry clean electricity up and down the East Coast. The $5 billion.. →
Google’s Self-Driving Cars Are Cruising the California Highways
Discover, October 11 2010.
Google announced this weekend that it has been driving automated cars around California’s roads, and that the vehicles have already logged about 140,000 miles. A fully automated car just finished a big trip–all the way from Google’s campus in Mountain.. →
“Whale Wars” TV Show Leads to Real-Life Feud Between Activists
Discover, October 11 2010.
It’s not so surprising that the violent destruction of a $1.5 million boat would lead to an argument. But you would expect the argument to be between the owners of the boat and the vessel that rammed it. Instead, members of the activist group Sea Shepherd Conservation.. →
Paint + Sound Waves + High Speed Cameras = Mind-Boggling Beauty
Discover, October 8 2010.
Who would think a printer would inspire such beautiful art?
A collaboration between the ad company Dentsu London, Canon printers, and photographer/biochemist Linden Gledhill created these “sound sculptures” which use high speed cameras to catch.. →
Digital Retouching Reaches a Whole New Level, and a New Cup Size
Discover, October 8 2010.
Dudes: are you looking to get that Baywatch body without all the pumping of iron? All you need is a little “MovieReshape” and you can be virtually buff! Just don’t let anyone see you in person. MovieReshape is a program created by Christian Theobalt at.. →
A New Exoskeleton Allows Paralyzed People to Walk Again
Discover, October 8 2010.
Hugging someone standing up. Going on a hike. Making eye contact with someone at their level, instead of always being looked down upon. These are simple things that people stuck in wheelchairs don’t have a chance to experience in daily life.
Berkeley.. →
Green Living Meets Vertical Farming in Wacky “Edible House” Design
Discover, October 7 2010.
In our buzzword world we hear a lot about things like green living, but the architectural firm Rios Clementi Hale Studios wants to really bring the hype home. Spurred by a challenge from The Wall Street Journal to build the “Green House of the Future,”.. →
Tropical Animals May Get a Dangerous Metabolic Jolt From Climate Change
Discover, October 7 2010.
While the temperature effects of climate change are expected to be less dramatic in the equatorial regions, the cold-blooded tropical animals that live there may be in for a dramatic shock. A study published this week in Nature focused on these cold-blooded animals–including.. →
Alcohol Makes You Think Everyone Is Out to Get You
Discover, October 7 2010.
Drunk fights are a typical occurrence at some bars–but why does drinking make us more likely to fight? Kate Shaw over at Ars Technica gives us a good example of a typical confrontation:
If you’ve ever had one (or ten) too many drinks at a bar, you’re.. →