http://discovermagazine.com Science, Technology, and The Future http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works/ Happy Fourth to my fellow countryhumans. Go out and be your own ... Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/04/fire-works//key_image Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:15:57 +0000 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:15:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/jackolonimbus/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/jackolonimbus/ The other day while at the gym, the TV was showing CNN. I couldn’t ... Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/jackolonimbus//key_image Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:34:46 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:34:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/homeopathetic/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/homeopathetic/ I can rant and rail against homeopathy, how it’s useless, how ... Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/homeopathetic//key_image Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:00:51 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:00:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/03/off-to-nyc-for-research-in-the-name-of-kissing/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/03/off-to-nyc-for-research-in-the-name-of-kissing/ The results from the preliminary kissing survey posted here a few weeks ... Sheril Kirshenbaum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/03/off-to-nyc-for-research-in-the-name-of-kissing//key_image Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:23:02 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:23:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/nasas-plan-b/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/nasas-plan-b/ According to Discovery News, NASA has a "Plan B" program in case something ... Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/nasas-plan-b//key_image Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:15:36 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:15:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/03/weird-science-roundup-invasion-of-the-jellyfish/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/03/weird-science-roundup-invasion-of-the-jellyfish/ • Between global warming and trans fats, there are plenty of things to ... Allison Bond http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/03/weird-science-roundup-invasion-of-the-jellyfish//key_image Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:08 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:00:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/03/the-survey-data-on-science-and-religion/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/03/the-survey-data-on-science-and-religion/ Jerry Coyne has a new post–really, a long quotation–about this ... Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/03/the-survey-data-on-science-and-religion//key_image Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:30:35 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:30:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/what-must-et-think-of-us/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/what-must-et-think-of-us/ What must aliens think of us when they pick up our TV signals? Abstruse ... Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/03/what-must-et-think-of-us//key_image Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:04:17 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:04:17 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/cFFm9CgdlgE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/cFFm9CgdlgE/ Scientists have identified the “master” stem cell that gives ... Allison Bond http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/cFFm9CgdlgE//key_image Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:13:07 +0000 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:13:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon/ A lot of books are coming out right now to celebrate the 40th anniversary ... Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/voices-from-the-moon//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:30:05 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:30:05 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/GcaiQ_5pPJo/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/GcaiQ_5pPJo/ Don’t be alarmed, but on a remote island in Scotland the sheep are ... Allison Bond http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/GcaiQ_5pPJo//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:15:22 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:15:22 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/teY8wMm-iyA/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/teY8wMm-iyA/ Computers powered by frickin’ laser beams just came a step closer. ... Eliza Strickland http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/teY8wMm-iyA//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:35:58 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:35:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/astrology-is-taurus-feces/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/astrology-is-taurus-feces/ Tonight on Showtime, Penn & Teller take on astrology! You can take a ... Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/02/astrology-is-taurus-feces//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:00:21 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:00:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/07/02/the-tangled-bank-the-best-eo-wilson/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/07/02/the-tangled-bank-the-best-eo-wilson/ My publisher has been sending out copies of The Tangled Bank: An ... Carl Zimmer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/07/02/the-tangled-bank-the-best-eo-wilson//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:29:26 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:29:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/02/just-seen-in-princeton/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/02/just-seen-in-princeton/ I guess some stores do have the books now, considerably sooner than we ... Chris Mooney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/02/just-seen-in-princeton//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:21:44 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:21:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/07/02/arxiv-find-the-local-density-of-dark-matter/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/07/02/arxiv-find-the-local-density-of-dark-matter/ One of the big hopes of particle- and astro-physicists over the next few ... Sean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/07/02/arxiv-find-the-local-density-of-dark-matter//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:44:08 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:44:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/02/unscientific-america-has-arrived-in-stores/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/02/unscientific-america-has-arrived-in-stores/ I was strolling down 9th Street in Durham this afternoon, when I stopped ... Sheril Kirshenbaum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/02/unscientific-america-has-arrived-in-stores//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:44:58 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:44:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/02/obama-administration-is-urged-to-save-giant-worm/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/02/obama-administration-is-urged-to-save-giant-worm/ It’s time the face the facts: a three-foot-long, lily-scented ... Allison Bond http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/02/obama-administration-is-urged-to-save-giant-worm//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:38:50 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:38:50 +0000 http://discovermagazine.com/photos/10-great-views-memories-from-the-moon http://discovermagazine.com/photos/10-great-views-memories-from-the-moon 40 years after the first moon landing, 24 men have made the journey there and back. See their journeys, and learn the truth about their thoughts, joys, and fears during these incredible trips. http://discovermagazine.com/photos/10-great-views-memories-from-the-moon/key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:00 -0500 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:00 -0500 Photo Gallery http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/02/super-power-built-in-echolocation-among-the-humans/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/02/super-power-built-in-echolocation-among-the-humans/ We all know the routine with super powers: a mutated gene, alien origin, ... Eric Wolff http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2009/07/02/super-power-built-in-echolocation-among-the-humans//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:59:37 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:59:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/02/worlds-hardiest-cell-phone-survives-water-blasts-elephant-trampling/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/02/worlds-hardiest-cell-phone-survives-water-blasts-elephant-trampling/ Cell phones that just make phone calls are so last millennium. Today, ... Allison Bond http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/02/worlds-hardiest-cell-phone-survives-water-blasts-elephant-trampling//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:32:25 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:32:25 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/GPOhMYnDX1A/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/GPOhMYnDX1A/ Although ethical debates about the use of embryonic stem cells continue to ... Eliza Strickland http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/GPOhMYnDX1A//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:18 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:43:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/02/pz-your-book-is-en-route/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/02/pz-your-book-is-en-route/ Our book, Unscientific America, is not out yet. True, it is already ... the intersection http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/07/02/pz-your-book-is-en-route//key_image Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:13:33 +0000 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:13:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/01/new-document-reveals-nixon-prepared-for-aldrin-armstrong-deaths/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/01/new-document-reveals-nixon-prepared-for-aldrin-armstrong-deaths/ Former U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon may or may not have been a crook, but one ... Allison Bond http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/07/01/new-document-reveals-nixon-prepared-for-aldrin-armstrong-deaths//key_image Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:20:28 +0000 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:20:28 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/Vo64o2BLm8A/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/Vo64o2BLm8A/ The question of how salamanders regenerate their legs when amputated is an ... Allison Bond http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/80beats/~3/Vo64o2BLm8A//key_image Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:08:06 +0000 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:08:06 +0000