Monthly archive

October 2009

Apollo 17 from 50 kilometers

Submitted by Yoo on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 02:09
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The Apollo 17 landing site as viewed from 50 kilometers above from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Beam is Back! The LHC Restarts

Submitted by Yoo on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 23:52
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This past weekend saw the first beam particles in the Large Hadron Collider since the magnet quench incident of September 2008.

How humans started a bacterial pandemic in chickens

Submitted by Yoo on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 00:05
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A pandemic of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium among chickens may have gotten its start by jumping from a human 38 years ago.

Fake cleaner fish dons multiple disguises

Submitted by Yoo on Sun, 10/25/2009 - 00:57
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The bluestriped fangblenny switches disguises to both approach unsuspecting prey and fool predators.

Breaking the Link - Darwinius revealed as ancestor of nothing

Submitted by Yoo on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 08:39
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A comprehensive analysis of the bones of 117 primates, both living and extinct, throws Ida's supposed direct line of ancestry to humans into serious doubt.

Lasers used to write false memories onto the fruit fly brain

Submitted by Yoo on Wed, 10/21/2009 - 05:07
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Aversive memories in a fruit fly are dependent on a tiny cluster of neurons which can be manipulated using light.

Self-doubt turns bosses into bullies

Submitted by Yoo on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 12:47
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Self-perceived incompetence could provoke a person in power to abuse their authority.

First Images of LCROSS Centaur Impact Plume Released

Submitted by Yoo on Sun, 10/18/2009 - 07:41
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NASA has released new images of the LCROSS impact, where the plume appears to have just been less spectacular than expected.

The placebo effect affects pain signalling in the spine

Submitted by Yoo on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 00:34
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Scanning backbones with fMRI confirms that decreased neuronal activity in the spine is involved with the placebo effect.

Guerrilla reading - what former revolutionaries tell us about the neuroscience of literacy

Submitted by Yoo on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 23:55
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A comparison between adult ex-guerrillas that have just completed a literacy program in Spanish and those who have not started one reveals changes in the brain that are exclusive to reading.