Feb 21
You wake up, tired and groggy, and you can think of only one thing: coffee. But in reality, first thing in the morning isn’t the best time to hit hit the caffeine—and it’s science that says so.
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Feb 21
Everyone knows that as men age so do their sperm, slowing a little and becoming less… potent. But research suggests that sperm actually mutate with age—which in turn could increase the chances of fathering a child with a genetic disorder.
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Feb 21
How Does Your Memory Work?
Posted in: Today's ChiliBadly, perhaps. But even if you struggle to recall information on a daily basis, all our brains are wired in much the same way—and it requires quite a few steps to remember anything at all.
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Feb 20
Synthetic muscles are generally expensive, weak, and not very durable—not exactly a welcome replacement for natural muscle. Thankfully, a research team led by University of Texas at Dallas Professor Ray Baughman just turned all of that around, making wickedly strong artificial muscle fibers from nothing more than fishing wire.
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Feb 20
Study turns selfies into a science
Posted in: Today's ChiliSeflies — images one takes of him or herself, often with the front-facing camera on their smartphone — has become a digital world staple so common the word has made … Continue reading
Feb 20
It’s funny watching dogs do human things. It’s funny to watch them drive cars
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Feb 20
I’m just a simple guy. I can’t decipher scientific jargon. I can’t recite more than like four digits of Pi, etc. And I’m okay with that. But if you do know an egghead or are one yourself, check out these neat brainy cutting boards for science types.
These lovely works of art on wood come from Gerald and Summer at Elysium Woodworks, a woodworking studio in Santa Rosa, California. They make custom cutting boards that have scientific themes, and they’re quite reasonably priced – $35 for an 8″ x 12″ board, and $45 for a 10″ x 15″.
Minds brighter than mine will certainly appreciate the math, astronomy and chemistry designs on these while they are cooking up dinner.
I do agree that Pluto is a planet.
[via Neatorama]
Feb 20
Pain is a hard problem. Sure, we can throw a little morphine at pain in the short term, but researchers continue to struggle with solutions for chronic pain. New research from Stanford’s futuristic Bio-X lab looks like a light at the end of the tunnel—literally!
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Feb 20
What are some of the necessary evils in life? Can you lump whole body scans in a cancer screening process under that category, especially when we are talking about kids? Traditional radiation scanners such as PET and CT do a pretty good job when it comes to locating the presence of cancer, they are also double edged swords since they would expose patients to radiation which could be potentially harmful, not to mention being a trigger for cancer many years down the road. This is especially true in younger patients, simply because their cells are still dividing at an accelerated rate, with so many more theoretical years ahead of them, the risk of being exposed to additional radiation in due time also increases. Is there a safer alternative? Perhaps, as it will involve merging MRI scans with a “contrast agent” (or diagnostic dye). This solution seems to be as effective as locating cancer sans the risks that radiation carries.
Radiation-Free Cancer Scans A Possibility original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 20
When the Universe came into being, it was a kind of hot soup of elementary particles—and now scientists believe it could have been rumbling with thunder caused by Higgs boson bubbles.
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