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Mother’s Fatty Diet Makes Baby Monkeys Afraid of Mr. Potato Head
Discover, November 19 2010.
What monkey mothers eat has a large impact on how skittish their offspring act in stressful situations like stranger danger–or the presence of a Mr. Potato Head in their cage. According to researchers, even normal monkeys find the toy’s large eyes to.. →
Is This the Peak of Peak Panic? Peak Chocolate, Peak Maple Syrup, & More
Discover, November 19 2010.
PEAK CHOCOLATE
Chocoholics, be afraid. Be very afraid. Peak chocolate is coming.
Soon, humanity’s appetite for chocolate will increase to the point where there just isn’t enough chocolate in the world to sustain it. Researchers and chocolatiers.. →
Peeping Tom Camera Uses Lasers to Peer Around Corners
Discover, November 19 2010.
A new camera being developed at MIT has the ability to see around corners–without the use of periscopes or mirrors. The camera works by bouncing ultra-short bursts of laser light off a solid surface (like a floor or an open door). Most of the light is reflected.. →
Hopping Mars Rover Could Run on Isotopes and Martian Air
Discover, November 18 2010.
Rovers that roll are so 2004. This year’s designers are bringing the heat with fashionable Mars hopper designs, dreaming of explorers that can go the distance one half-mile hop at a time. The British team that described its design in the journal Proceedings.. →
In the Glorious Future, Could Space Travel Be Poop-Powered?
Discover, November 18 2010.
Since we’re experimenting with using human excrement to power all kinds of things on earth, from buses and cars to natural gas for our homes, why not try renewable poop power in space? That’s the mission adopted by a team at the Florida Institute.. →
The Sweet Sound of Seepage: Listening to the Oil Spill
Discover, November 17 2010.
We all heard about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But what if scientists could have actually HEARD it? In the wake of the disaster, several scientists are working to develop new ways to spot and monitor spills over time using sonar–by.. →
LHC Particle Physicists to World: Our New Album Drops December 6th
Discover, November 17 2010.
The particle physicists at the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider aren’t just searching for the elemental forces of the universe; they are also looking for a #1 Christmas single. Several groups of physicists-turned-musicians from ATLAS are gearing.. →
Let Loose the Coyotes? Chicago Embraces Rat-Hunting Predators
Discover, November 16 2010.
The coyote to the right was caught on video running loose in the middle of Chicago at 3:00 am on Monday morning. The police didn’t seem to know what it was doing there, but Brad Block, a supervisor for the Chicago Commission on Animal Care and Control told Chicago.. →
Movie Soundtracks Use Animal-Like Sounds to Tug on Your Emotions
Discover, November 16 2010.
You might not be able to pick them out, but in the hectic noisiness of a movie’s battle scene there are a few primordial sounds of distressed animals. These types of sounds are used by audio engineers, knowingly or not, to elicit emotional reactions from viewers,.. →
The Little Space Probe That Could: Hayabusa Brought Home Asteroid Dust
Discover, November 16 2010.
Seven years after launch, Japan’s Hayabusa researchers can finally celebrate their success: The little asteroid probe has, really and truly, succeeded at its mission. Researchers announced that the probe’s payload capsule, retrieved in June, contains.. →