a travelogue
Photos, books, links and writing related to discovery
Everything tagged discovery
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01/08/08
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Babies Gravitate Toward Good Samaritans
So does this mean we get more gullible and less astute in our observations as we age? I know this news is a bit old, but it’s worth linking too anyway: Six- and 10-month-old babies are much more capable judges …continue reading »
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09/20/07
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Head-mounted Device is the Cat’s Whiskers
Get your spidy sense in realtime. A pretty remarkable project of the Japan that gives you 360 degree sensory awareness: A series of infrared sensors positioned around the device act as invisible whisker or antenna sensors. When these detect an …continue reading »
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09/18/07
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Out-Of-Body Experience Recreated
Scientists are now able to trigger an out-of-body experience (without subjecting volunteers to near-death): Two teams used virtual reality goggles to con the brain into thinking the body was located elsewhere. The visual illusion plus the feel of their real …continue reading »
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08/14/07
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Ancient Forest Found in Hungary
From the BBC: “An ancient forest of cypress trees, estimated to be eight million years old, has been discovered in Hungary. “Archaeologists found the 16 preserved trunks in an open cast coal mine in the north-eastern city of Bukkabrany. “The …continue reading »
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08/03/07
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MIT Finds Cure for Fear
This does not seem like a good thing to me, I’ve yet to hear a ethicist weight in on this, but I can think of a few arguments against this discovery ever being used. Yes, it would be nice to …continue reading »
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07/27/07
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Giant Penguins Once Roamed Peru Desert
From National Geographic News: “Penguins about the size of humans roamed South America some 35 million years ago, and they didn’t need ice to survive.” “That’s the result of a new study by North Carolina State University paleontologist Julia Clarke …continue reading »
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06/18/07
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Iron Age ‘Mickey Mouse’ Found
Proving once again that everything Disney is a second rate knockoff (from Discovery): “One thousand years before the cartoon character Mickey Mouse was even a glint in Walt Disney’s eye, a French artist created a bronze brooch that looks remarkably …continue reading »
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05/24/07
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New Evidence of Water on Mars
“Based on photographic evidence from the Mars rover Spirit, NASA scientists conclude that water must have flowed over an area on Mars. The ground exposed by Spirit’s tire tracks shows an area so rich in the brightly-colored silica that ‘water …continue reading »
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05/24/07
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Marine Species Suggest Antarctic “Cradle of Life”
From Reuters: “Carnivorous sponges, 585 new species of crustaceans and hundreds of new worms have been discovered in the dark waters around Antarctica, suggesting these depths may have been the source of much marine life, European researchers reported on Wednesday.” …continue reading »
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05/24/07
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Strange Alien World Made of “Hot Ice”
From the New Scientist: “A bizarre world of scorching hot ice shrouded in a steamy atmosphere may have been found, according to new observations. Characterising the Neptune-size planet is an important milestone on the way to detecting and characterising Earth-like …continue reading »