Ants Do Poop and They Even Use Toilets to Fertilize Their Own Gardens - Do ants poop? Discover how these social insects have developed ingenious methods to manage their waste.

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Inflatable Technologies for Deep Space - [image: Inflatable Technologies for Deep Space] One idea for deep space probes that resurfaces every few years is the inflatable sail. We’ve seen keen int...

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Designing Intelligent Aliens - At least in Iron Sky — The Coming Race he was an alien! Good movie, go see it. Designing Intelligent Aliens Those of you who know me know that I spend a lo...

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The streets of R'lyeh (under construction).... - Hey internet people, here's the partly finished acrylic version of the prototype piece I posted about last time: For reference this isn't the first time...

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Mice given dasatinib-quercitin lived 36% longer and in better health - Mayo Clinic anti-aging researcher James Kirkland published about a drug combination that can slow and reverse senescent cells in mice. A leukemia drug dasa...

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Free Speech - You may be aware of the current academic discussion, deciding who gets to be called a woman. Some professors are speaking publicly, defining their view of...

6 years ago

In the journals… - Here are some recent and soon-to-be published articles from the journals that have caught my eye this month. I’ve concentrated on articles covering objects...

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