Ancient Megafish Had First Bite Strong Enough to Snap Prey in Half

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Ancient Megafish Had First Bite Strong Enough to Snap Prey in Half

"What a big BITE you have Grandma!" ... Well .. Little Red Riding Hood, may not have been involved with this one ..... :)

3Dconnexion Expands Line of Navigation Tools

3Dconnexion Expands Line of Navigation Tools - Company adds entry-level and midrange controllers, drops price on SpacePilot and adds support for Google Earth, SketchUp and more - Cadalyst AEC

Works with Google Earth and Google SketchUp.

More HERE.

Astronomers find first ever gamma ray clock

Astronomers find first ever gamma ray clock

Appears to be a Black Hole, in a binary orbit, with a massive blue star, twenty times the mass of our sun. They are separated by a distance, that varies from about 18.6 to 37.2 million miles ...

Taking wheat to its wild side boosts nutrients

Taking wheat to its wild side boosts nutrients | Health | Reuters.com

Sah-Wheat!! .... ;-)

Human DNA is far more varied than thought

Human DNA is far more varied than thought - being-human - 22 November 2006 - New Scientist

SO .. It appears we are more unique than we thought .... :)

More HERE and HERE.

Ultraintense laser blast creates true 'black metal'

Ultraintense laser blast creates true 'black metal'

Can I help you Sir? ... YES ... I'd like to look at your Pitch-Black Solid-Gold Rings ...

Supercomputer study shows Milky Way's halo of dark matter in unprecedented detail

Supercomputer study shows Milky Way's halo of dark matter in unprecedented detail

Halos within halos within halos ... hmm ...

More HERE and HERE.

And this is the Amazing Halos Page ...

WHAT is going on with these FILAMENT-LIKE STRUCTURES in the Early Universe ? ...

Twin Star Explosions Fascinate Astronomers

Twin Star Explosions Fascinate Astronomers

C'mon! ... Am I the ONLY ONE who can see Dr. Who's face, in this picture?? .... ;-)

Geologists Find New Origins of Appalachian Mountains

Geologists Find New Origins of Appalachian Mountains

Part of MY Appalachian Mountains .... ARE IN SOUTHERN MEXICO !?!?! ... Amazing! ....

Nanotech tools yield DNA transcription breakthrough

Nanotech tools yield DNA transcription breakthrough

Interesting how the DNA is pulled into that RNA polymerase, like a rope being uncoiled ....

Dark energy existed in infant universe

Dark energy existed in infant universe

Comprises 70 percent of the Universe ... and we don't know what it consists of ....

How to get your genes switched on

How to get your genes switched on - health - 16 November 2006 - New Scientist

RNA activation, may turn out to be a more powerful tool, than RNA interference ...

Neandertal DNA Partially Mapped, Studies Show

Neandertal DNA Partially Mapped, Studies Show

We share 99.5 percent of our DNA, with our Neandertal cousins ... they branched off, between about 500,000 and 700,000 years ago. With that close a percentage, you HAVE to wonder, if interbreeding could have occured, and whether this accounts for their disappearance from the historic record.

Electron beams shrink carbon nanotubes to order

Electron beams shrink carbon nanotubes to order - tech - 13 November 2006 - New Scientist Tech

May come in very useful ....

Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva

Natural-born painkiller found in human saliva - health - 13 November 2006 - New Scientist

Something six times more powerful than Morphine, ... in Spit! .... Opiorphin ... Might be why dogs lick their wounds ... perhaps it works very well ...

You are what your grandmother ate

You are what your grandmother ate - health - 13 November 2006 - New Scientist

I've had a feeling for many years, that something similar to this was operating ... Now I know that “epigenetic” changes to DNA, actually DO occur, in response to environmental factors ...

Hi tech T-shirt really rocks

Hi tech T-shirt really rocks - Technology - theage.com.au

A Real Air-Guitar ... At Last ... :)

More HERE.

Heart Valves Grown From Womb Fluid Cells, First Heart Valves Grown From Amnio Stem Cells, Offering Hope for Defect Repairs in Babies

Heart Valves Grown From Womb Fluid Cells, First Heart Valves Grown From Amnio Stem Cells, Offering Hope for Defect Repairs in Babies - CBS News

Promising Concept ...

What's in an Isotope? Quite a Lot

Whats in an Isotope Quite a Lot

Scientists develop an new chronometer via Manganese-53, that can tell how many million years ago, an rock sample was exposed to the open sky. It works, because cosmic rays from space, can change minute amounts of iron into Manganese-53.
This amazing process, will allow you to dig up rocks, that have been buried underground for millions of years, and determine the last time they were exposed to air and sky!
It will work in a time frame going back 10 to 15 million years.

From the article:
"Whenever the first rock samples come back from Mars, this could be the prime tool for understanding when water stopped flowing across the planet surface," said Schaefer.

The microscopic hitchhikers' guide to the Galaxy

The microscopic hitchhikers' guide to the Galaxy

You are certainly Crafty, when you can figure out, what was happening in the skies, 140 Million years ago, and even further back ....

Wireless Energy Transfer May Power Devices at a Distance

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Wireless Energy Transfer May Power Devices at a Distance

Great Shades Of Tesla!!! ........ :)

More HERE.

The dark energy mystery ... answered?

SciGuy: The dark energy mystery ... answered?

NASA reveals Thursday, that the Dark Energy, that constitutes 70 percent of the Universe ... has been around for most of the entire history of the Universe....

More HERE.

Supercomputing's Next Revolution

Wired News: Supercomputing's Next Revolution

GPUs doing 20-40X, the calcs of a CPU .... Sign Me UP! ..... ;-)

"'Nanorust' Cleans Arsenic From Drinking Water"

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: "'Nanorust' Cleans Arsenic From Drinking Water"

This should be welcome news to people living near India. I understand that well-water there, is often contaminated with high levels of Arsenic.

More HERE.

Decoded Sea Urchin Genome Shows Surprising Relationship To Humans

ScienceDaily: Decoded Sea Urchin Genome Shows Surprising Relationship To Humans

Amazing .. The Sea Urchin has sense-related proteins, that in humans, are used for hearing and vision --- YET --- the Urchin has neither eyes nor ears. They are utilized in the Urchin's tube foot, where they likely have some sensory function, possibly even light-sensing.

More HERE.

For Docs Stumped for a Diagnosis, Google May Be the Cure

Dr. Koop - For Docs Stumped for a Diagnosis, Google May Be the Cure

Crime-solver ... Medical diagnosis ... WHAT can't Google do? .... :)

More HERE.

Surface Gassing May Be Evidence of Volcanically Active Moon

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Surface Gassing May Be Evidence of Volcanically Active Moon

Guess this proves there are many things we have yet to figure out, especially when we haven't figured out, our closest neighbor in Space....

More HERE.

Cell transplant may restore lost sight

Cell transplant may restore lost sight - health - 08 November 2006 - New Scientist

I hope this works ...

Engineers develop revolutionary nanotech water desalination membrane

Engineers develop revolutionary nanotech water desalination membrane

Good move ... a very needed technology ...

Solved: the perfect way to cut a cake

Solved: the perfect way to cut a cake - 06 November 2006 - New Scientist

Gonna have to ponder this one, for a while ... How can several pieces of mangled cake, be the optimum solution, for each party? ... OR several disjointed/disconnected pieces of property, within a whole.

Y2K-like fears create shuttle scheduling crunch

Y2K-like fears create shuttle scheduling crunch - space - 06 November 2006 - New Scientist Space

Day 366 .... and Counting ....... :)

Boffins show off 'silent' aircraft

Boffins show off 'silent' aircraft

These Boffins are always showing off Something .... :)

This SAX-40 is SAXXY Baby... Yeah! ..... ;-)

The Utah LouseBuster Massacre

The Utah LouseBuster Massacre

Very serendipitous, how this inventor stumbled upon a method to eradicate head lice. Like any good thing ... it is always two years away ... ;-)

Hopefully, this will lead to the total extermination of head lice, among school children ...

Zapping sleepers’ brains boosts memory

Zapping sleepers’ brains boosts memory - health - 05 November 2006 - New Scientist

REM-arkable ... ;-)

Raw digital image files focus on better photos

Raw digital image files focus on better photos - Newsday.com

Good pointers on using the Raw format, for encoding digital pictures ....

Dolphin may have 'remains' of legs

Dolphin may have 'remains' of legs - USATODAY.com

What a beautiful creature ....

Being Cool Could Be the Key to a Longer Life

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Being Cool Could Be the Key to a Longer Life

This MUST MEAN that the Fonz .... Will Live Forever !!!! ....... ;-)

[Left thumb UP] .... Ay! ..... [Right thumb UP] .......... :)

Overfishing Could Take Seafood Off the Menu by 2048

Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Overfishing Could Take Seafood Off the Menu by 2048

Looks like something we learned from our prehistoric ancestors .... considering the demise of the Mega-Fauna ...

Venus's surface may be much older than thought

Venus's surface may be much older than thought - space - 02 November 2006 - New Scientist Space

It may be pseudo-color ... but I love the way Scientists today, colorize images and highlight 3D data .....

Samsung stuffs 16 chips into one package

Samsung stuffs 16 chips into one package | Tech News on ZDNet

Well ... they COULD HAVE stuffed the 16 chips into a package to ME ... but I'm thinking it's NOT going to happen ... ;-)

Swirling Seas, Crystal Balls

Swirling Seas, Crystal Balls: Science News Online, Oct. 21, 2006

Interesting concept ... One of topology's many wonders ....

One for the Ages: A Prescription That May Extend Life

One for the Ages: A Prescription That May Extend Life - New York Times

Tough call ... to consider, somewhat to starve oneself a bit ...

Nanotube Computing Breakthrough

Technology Review: Nanotube Computing Breakthrough

Neat that things just seemed to fall in place, for the discover of this breakthrough ...

Commentary: Long live Hubble

Commentary: Long live Hubble - CNN.com

Terrific News! .... :) ... We need to reconsider our NASA policy of destroying (de-orbiting) Historic items from the beginning of our Space Age ....

The DATA isn't the only significant contribution ... some day, our spacefaring great-grandchildren will wonder why they can't view these relics, in an orbital museum .....

More HERE.

Fossilized Bee Creates A Buzz

The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA

This fossilized 100 Million-year-old, trapped in amber, shows traits common to wasps, from which they descended. I also just found out, that honeybees evolved from bumlebees .... Interesting ...

More HERE.