Category Archives: General science

The sixteenth edition of The Giant’s Shoulders is up at Quiche Moraine!  A hearty thanks to Greg for assembling it! The deadline for the next edition is November 15th, and it will be held at The Primate Diaries.  Entries can … Continue reading →

New mega ring around Saturn discovered using Spitzer. The big news in astronomy this week is the discovery of a BIG, hidden ring around Saturn! Dave at Exploding Galaxies and other Catastrophysics gives us the details. Nano Anglerfish Snag Orphan … Continue reading →

The other day I was mulling over one of my recent ‘history of science’ posts, on an early physics crank whose work dates back to 1891.  About the same time, I was thinking about other ‘challenges’ I could pose for … Continue reading →

There’s 10 days left until the deadline for The Giant’s Shoulders #16!  It will be held at Quiche Moraine, and entries can be submitted through blogcarnival.com or directly to the host blog, as usual!

This was a very good week for my section of ResearchBlogging, and I had a hard time picking selections! In the news this month: discovery of water on the moon. Here, Megan at Rigel describes the recent, and independently confirmed, … Continue reading →

The Antikythera Mechanism: Art or Science? The Antikythera Mechanism is a remarkable ancient machine which was discovered off the coast of the island of Antikythera in 1901; recent research has shown it to be more complicated than originally appreciated. Alun … Continue reading →

(Cross-posted at ResearchBlogging.org news.) This week I hereby declare an unofficial theme of “science and the public” for my editor’s selections; at least that’s the way it turned out when I was choosing posts! What motivates the Zooites? In 2007, … Continue reading →

The fifteenth edition of The Giant’s Shoulders is up at Entertaining Research!  Many thanks to guru for putting it together! The deadline for the next edition is October 15th, and it will be held at Quiche Moraine.  Entries can be … Continue reading →

Next they’ll tell me that pigs can fly. You may have heard a few years back about researchers levitating frogs with powerful magnets.  But why should amphibians have all the fun?  Christie at Observations of a Nerd describes recent research … Continue reading →