No gnews is not good gnews…
- A forgotten branch of the family tree – Scientists link neanderthals and modern humans through common ancestor.
- A multi-colored celestial birth, courtesy of Hubble on its 100,000th orbit.
- Microbial Life on Venus? And me without my dog-eared copy of the Venusian Secret Science…
- The Arctic meltdown is happening even faster than the last re-adjusted timeline.
- Did a California UFO (from Topanga Canyon) suddenly appear in Oregon? Check the video and judge for yourself.
- Forget alternative fuels and go fly a kite. Or a flexible nanoantennae array, if you prefer.
- Are iron cyclones in the Earth’s core the reason the lab-coats still find it baffling?
- Toto, we’re not in Kansas any more… we’re under it.
- What else lies beneath? How ‘bout a 2.5 million year–old Mastodon, recently unearthed in Romania?
- Turning your big wheel into a green machine.
- Will melting ice bring more mollusks? A pair of scientists and Nat. Geo seem to think so (along with Ween, of course)…
- Invisibiliy cloak for Muggles one step closer to reality. More here. And here (w/ cool photo).
- A recently excavated British grave from the Iron Age reveals ancient links to Rome.
- Japan unveils new bendable, stretchable, conductive nanotube material… Must’ve been leftover from Roswell.
- Speaking of… Is West Virginia the new Roswell?
- In the battle of Polar Bears vs. Great White Sharks, no one wins. Sadly, not a joke.
- The Perseid Meteor Shower will peak tonight and tomorrow night. A light-show not to be missed!
- Tired of meteors? Then keep an eye on the Cassini Probe as it flies within 30 miles of Enceladus, Saturn’s ice geyser-covered moon (w/ video from Nat. Geo.)
- More on a potential (albeit scientific) fountain of youth.
Quote of the Day:
“The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do…”
Walter Bagehot