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Science Doesn’t Sleep (9.2.08)

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Touchdown! The Tigers Win the Game!
He’s excited because he’s getting smarter.
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So here’s what went down after you logged off.

Crew aboard the International Space Station had a bit of excitement over the long weekend (on top of the presumably high levels created by living in space) – as they had to fire the station’s thrusters in a “debris avoidance maneuver.” This is a fancy way of saying they were about to be hit with space trash.

Not really a “team player?” No worries – even watching sports improves brain function.

The Rodney Dangerfield of the solar system: Astronomer Heidi Hammel wants you to know why the Icy Giants deserve more respect.

Even geniuses make mistakes: Einstein made at least 23 of them.

He was only 18 when he died, but King Tut may already have been a father – of twins.

Rap + Physics = awesome. A rap video about the science behind CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has been viewed over 600,000 times. It’s no dramatic hamster – but for a video about science, that’s pretty solid.

Meltdown: The Houston Chronicle weighed in on climate change today – what are your thoughts?

Science Doesn’t Sleep (7.22.08)

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So here’s what went down after you logged off.

More than 100 species of bat have been found in only 5 acres of Ecuadorian jungle.

Getting your teeth cleaned gives you a panic attack? No worries – the pick-and-mirror routine might soon be replaced by light.

The latest unintended consequence of global warming: kidney stones. That’s right – and you can read more about our thinner, hotter, smoggier future in Popular Science.

Before CERN’s Large Hadron Collider can start colliding, it’s got to get really, really cold.

When you suddenly fall into the category of “might cure cancer,” sometimes you really deserve a new name. Researchers are currently looking at pond scum as a possible source of new cancer therapies.

The presence of a mirror makes people less likely to cheat. Scientists are using mirrors in a surprising number of ways to test brain function with often surprising results.

The Houston Zoo has a new resident: Vincent, a rare St. Vincent Amazon Parrot.  

If you’ve been following Chris Linder‘s posts from the Greenland Ice Sheet, check out KUHF’s story on the WHOI science team’s live-from-Greenland call to our summer campers yesterday.

Science Doesn’t Sleep (7.14.08)

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They miss you, too.
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So here’s what went down after you logged off.

Miss the Muppets? Check out Jim Henson’s Fantastic World - a new exhibit at the Smithsonian.  

A Japanese team is developing a device that could enable you to hold a 3D image in the palm of your hand.

If you decide to “sleep on” a big decision – you’re doing yourself a favor. Sleep can have a lasting effect on brain function.

Would you wear a caterpillar watch? What if it told time by crawling around your wrist ?

Why do we need a study telling us that people catch the flu in winter? To prove it. Popular Science points out how and why science confirms the obvious.

Can’t tell transition metals from inert elements? Scientist vloggers are posting a Periodic Table of Video on YouTube – short clips that illustrate and explain each element.