Category Archives: General science

Quasar light switches. You don’t want light switches like this at home! Emma at we are all in the gutter talks about recent research concerning quasars and active galactic nuclei — after powering down, they can sometimes start back up … Continue reading →

There’s 9 days left until the deadline for The Giant’s Shoulders #15!  It will be hosted at Entertaining Research, and entries can be submitted through blogcarnival.com or directly to the host blog, as usual!

Binocular adaptive optics simulator: the future of vision assessment now! (or the end of phoropters?) At Optics Confidential, Pablo Artal discusses his own research on adaptive optics, which could in the end finally change the 100-year old use of the … Continue reading →

Did sleepwalking once serve as an adaptive function? For most people, sleepwalking seems like an annoying — if not downright dangerous — disorder. William at The Quantum Lobe Chronicles explores whether or not this behavior might have served an important … Continue reading →

(Cross-posted at ResearchBlogging.org News.) Bipedalism: From the ground up or trees down? Chimpanzees and gorillas both walk on their knuckles, but do so in subtle but significantly different ways.  Brian at Laelaps discusses recent research on this subject, and its … Continue reading →

(Cross-posted at ResearchBlogging.org News.) Suminia getmanov: A false primate: Over the past few months, you have probably heard a lot about “Ida”, a magnificently-preserved fossil of a 47-million year old primate.  You may not have heard about the fossils of … Continue reading →

Here it is: your monthly reminder that deadline for The Giant’s Shoulders is coming up, to be held at The Dispersal of Darwin! There are 8 days left to submit before this month’s deadline. Entries can be submitted through blogcarnival.com … Continue reading →