Parasites and Films
Just working on an article about how parasites control the behaviour of their hosts and just had to share this video of the creatures that burst out of their host […]
Monthly Archives: December 2012
New insights from air pollution readings on your phone
Ever wondered what air you’re breathing in when you go past that smoggy road? Or maybe just want to see if your healthy bike ride to work is really that […]
Weird Science News – December 2012 Edition
Originally posted on nontrivial problems:
While I try to be diverse in sources, I have to link to The Atlantic again. The November/December had a great article/short fiction piece about recent…
Molecular interactions… through the medium of interpretive dance!
Biomedical Engineer David Odde and Carl Flink from BLM dance company joined forces to model molecular interactions within cells using dancers. The dancers were given rules to follow to mimic […]
It’s in his DNA
Okay, bear with me on this one…. DNA by Little Mix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3h-lLj3xv4 came on the radio today and the lyrics made me think about some interesting questions about the science behind […]
Gotta recognise ’em all?
Pokemon combined with state-of-the-art brain imaging could be a new tool for understanding how we recognise faces! Scientists at Indiana University found that when shown pokemon characters, kids who played a […]
Hagfish slime : new super-strong biomaterial?
Hagfish slime : new super-strong biomaterial? Apparently the slime that hagfish make by the bucketload could be made into a mega strong and sustainable fibre. Mmmm fish slime armour…. Here’s […]
