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more about #science more comments → Roklimber: No offense, but you folks are way behind on some news... I posted a tip about this here on io9 back a full 2 weeks. more » TotalFanGirl: First, this made me think of the little flashy things from MiB. Second, rather than helpful medical applications I thought of the possible military a... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: There already are light activated medicines: [en.wikipedia.org] There are also medicines which increse sensitivty to sunlight and risk of sunburn. more » Perhaps Not: I wish my cat had a pause button like this. more » ManchuCandidate: Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche, a nematode in the night Madman nerdboys nerdgirls, Labcoats in the laboratory with a box full of micro... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Mousie Has Two Mommies -- and a longer lifespan. more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I need to be That Guy on the Internet: Lake Agassiz. After the famous geologist. Respect! #lakeagassiz more » LittleDragon: Is there a way to isolate this gene and remove it, without turning the entire population into twitards? As a female I like being able to hold this ove... more » Starwatcher: Where are the requisite "Mickey Has Two Mommies" jokes? more » aubreyf: The researchers were going to originally try this experiment with two male specimens but decided not to for fear of being labeled miceogynists. more » twophrasebark: Researchers in Japan manipulated mouse eggs to grow mice that were bi-maternal, having genetic material from two female parents, but no male parent. ... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: You get a similar effect if you have just one jewish mother. You don't actually live longer, it just feels longer. more » NotChoinski: Minnie has Two Mommies (who are bad poets) more » RandomFrequentFlierDent: Bad knees, premature greying and shorter life too? Thanks for all the genetic gifts, Dad . . . . more » rek: There are a few species (at least one fish, and one lizard) where all members are female. I remember reading something, somewhere, which asserted rea... more » -
#madscience
Paralyzed By Light
Just one beam of ultra-violet light left this nematode worm completely paralyzed. A second beam of visible-spectrum light allowed it to move again. That's right - scientists have created behavioral "light switches," a way to control animals with light. More » -
#madscience
Mice With Two Mothers and No Father Live Longer
What happens when mammals have two mothers? In the case of mice, it seems that they live longer than mice with one male and one female parent. It could help explain why women typically live longer than men. More » -
#iceage
There Could Be an Ice Age Two Months from Now
Everyone knows disaster movies are totally unrealistic — massive climate change doesn't just happen in a few months, right? Wrong. Some Canadian scientists have figured out that it did once, and very easily could again.
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#madscience
Naked Mole Rats' Latest Superheroic Feat: Surviving Without Oxygen
Ugly though they may be, the naked mole rat might be the animal kingdom's greatest superhero. And their most recently discovered superpower — the ability to survive lengthy periods of oxygen deprivation — could help save human brains. More » -
#spacesuitporn
One Size Will Fit All With New Shrinking Spacesuit
No longer will astronauts have to spend hours making sure their spacesuits fit properly for missions. Engineers are working on a suit that'll use pneumatic muscles to seal the suits shut automatically... as well as all manner of other value-adds. More » -
#megaengineering
The Wild Center Of Our Galaxy Could Support A Mega-Civilization
Could a super-advanced civilization live inside the acretion disk, the super-dense area around the black hole at the center of a galaxy? Author Mike Brotherton has played with this idea, and a couple of scientific papers say it's possible. More » -
#monstersamongus
Deadly Worms and Ravenous Sea Stars Engage in a Monster Feeding Frenzy
It's a once in a decade occurrence: a bounty of meat falls to Antarctica's ocean floor, prompting it voracious inhabitants to descend in a frenzy of flesh-skewering sea worms, pulsating sea stars, and giant underwater spiders. More » -
#madmaterials
Build a Post-Apocalyptic Shelter Out of Cloth: Just Add Water
Concrete Cloth makes the perfect addition to your apocalyptic shopping list. The flexible cloth is easily transported, but transforms into a sturdy concrete shelter after it gets wet. More » -
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#madscience
Vat-Grown Meat Alive in the Lab, But Not Ready to Eat
Want real meat that's completely cruelty free? For the first time, scientists have grown a pork chop in a laboratory, a breakthrough that could lead to a future of meat that could be harvested without killing animals. More » -
#mothersmilk
Scientists Claim Victory For Mother's Milk
Breastfeeding may be vital to a child's development, claims a new study suggesting that it contains stem cells promoting the immune system and growth of both muscle and bone tissue. Take that, bottle-fed weaklings. More » -
#deepsealife
Beautiful and Terrifying Creatures From The Edge Of Light
Deep in the ocean, beyond where light reaches, thousands of new species are being documented by the Census Of Marine Life. From the tiny and adorable to the nightmarish, all of these creatures from the Cthulian depths are entrancing. More » -
#madscience
New Evidence Points to Fossilized Life on Mars
Thirteen years ago, a team of researchers studying the Allan Hills meteorite found evidence that the rock might contain fossils of Martian bacteria. Now, fresh evidence makes a stronger case that Mars once contained life very similar to Earth bacteria. More » -
#physicsoftheimpossible
The Science Of Science Fiction Gets Its Own Mythbusting Show
Will we ever get real-life teleportation devices? How invisible will an invisibility cloak make you? What are the rules for plausible time travel? A new television series will look at technologies found in science fiction and what could become fact. More » -
#madmedicine
Man Thought to Be in a 23-Year Coma Was Conscious the Whole Time
It's a nightmarish medical scenario: a man spent 23 years paralyzed but conscious while his doctors believed he was in a vegetative state. And his situation might be more common than we'd like to think. More » -
#madscience
Lava Caves Filled with the Most Beautiful Excrement in the World
For years, scientists believed that the colorful deposits found in lava caves around the world were mineral deposits, but more recently they've discovered that the collections — ranging from blue-green drips to shimmering pink hexagons — are actually microbe poop. More » -
#madscience
Undeterred by Time-Traveling Saboteurs, the LHC Begins Colliding
Take that, bread-dropping bird. Despite numerous delays and the suggestion that the Large Hadron Collider is being sabotaged from the future, the LHC is up and running. And, for the very first time, it has collided two proton beams. More » -
#awesomeness
All Systems Go For Large Hadron Collider - Stay Tuned for Collisions!
Discover has a blow-by-blow account of today's tests on the Large Hadron Collider, the massive physics experiment that will eventually recreate the conditions during the Big Bang. Everything worked perfectly. Get ready for particle collisions next week! [via Discover] -
#madscience
Gene Therapy Creates Superstrong Monkeys
It's not quite a supersoldier serum, but researchers have increased strength and muscle mass in monkeys with a small genetic tweak. And human trials for the technique are just on the horizon. More » -
#futurism
Intel Is Developing Brain Implants So You Can Channel Surf With Your Mind
Chipmaker Intel is throwing a ton of cash into developing brain implants to help people send text messages with their minds. They are also predicting these implants will be the main way you turn on the TV in 10 years. More » -
#madscience
Get Ready for the Next Generation of Painkillers
Why do injuries continue to hurt, even when they are healing? New research reveals why we feel certain kinds of post-injury pain - and possibly how to stop it. More »
