Apostolos Doxiadis * 1953
Christian Goldbach (18 March 1690 – 20 November 1764)
Apostolos Doxiadis * 1953
Christian Goldbach (18 March 1690 – 20 November 1764)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) |
"In the world there are various categories of scientists: there are people of a secondary or tertiary standing; there are also those of high standing who make discoveries of great importance to science; then there are geniuses like Galileo and Newton. Well, Ettore was one of them." Enrico Fermi |
Despite being busy with proof-reading his 1669 pages short opus magnum "Pre-Assyrian Philately in a Nutshell" my friend Tetrapilotomos – after all – gave 15 minutes of his precious time to invent a wormhole. Obviously. The evidence – thanks to Ashley Lily Scarlett – is to be found in a courtyard downunder. Just go, check, come back, and thus become witness of an unbelievable scientific seansation. Doubts? In case you have any question re this very fascinosum: Just ask. Tetrapilotomos will have all answers, easy to understand. |
There have so far about 1.000 human disease genes been found. 77 % of those have been found in drosophila melanogaster, too. Following the 'logic' of 'intelligently designed primates' humans are 77% fly. ... And now let us not start speaking about bicycles. |
A little bit of stress goes a long way and can have far-reaching effects. Neuroscientists from the University of Washington have found that a single exposure to uncontrollable stress impairs decision making in rats for several days, making them unable to reliably seek out the larger of two rewards.Well, who - when reading this - wouldn't come to think of all those stressed bankers & brokers, politicians & other stressed out decision makers.
"Decision making, both large and small, is part of our lives. People are prone to make mistakes under stress. Look at what has been going on with the stock market. People are under huge amounts of stress and we have to question some of the decisions that are being made."Some people might call the following nitpicking, thus just to make sure: This blogger would take up the cudgel on behalf of basic research, whenever politicians would refuse tax-funded (sic!) support, as long as there would not at least the invention of a teflon pan be guaranteed.
Full Science article here.
No one would mistake the Stone Age ivory carving for a Venus de Milo. The voluptuous woman depicted is, to say the least, earthier, with huge, projecting breasts and sexually explicit genitals.
Full article here.
A kind of European caterpillar can garner royal treatment from ants by mimicking the ch-ch-ch-ch of their queen, says an international research team.
Ants of the species Myrmica schencki can be fooled into carrying certain caterpillars into the colony nurseries where the fakers enjoy full care and five-star dining, explains Jeremy Thomas of the University of Oxford in England. An interloper caterpillar gains most of its body mass while luxuriating in ant care, and then turns into a Maculinea rebeli butterfly.
Learn more 'antazing' details at ScienceNews.
Today German lawmakers agreed to allow broader embryonic stem cell use. But they signaled their ambivalence by refusing to completely do away with restrictions.
Hear hear!Germany's science minister, Annette Schavan, said reforming the law was key to fostering research in Germany.
“This is a good day for both protecting life and also for research in Germany,“ Schavan, of the Christian Democratic Union, said after the vote Friday. *