SoT 95: Bacterial Hugs

April 2, 2013 By 2 Comments
Roller Derby game between the Cherry Bombs (Green) vs Rhinestone Cowgirls (Red) on Aug 27, 2011, in Austin, Texas. Image: Earl McGehee / WikiMedia Commons

Where’s Voyager? Roller derby and bacteria, 3-donor IVF, bacteria that commit suicide and the real age of the Universe.

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SoT 93: An Extremely Large Telescope

March 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
An architectural concept drawing of the European-Extremely Large Telescope. With a 39.9m primary mirror, it is the largest of the planned new generation extremely large telescopes. Image: Swinburne Astronomy Productions/ESO via WikiMedia.

Women in space, HIV Baby ‘cured’, 60 Second Science, new telescopes and diamonds from the sea floor!

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SoT 88: Monkeys In Space

February 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Iran has successfully launched a live monkey into space. Comedian Jon Stewart described the monkey as "seen here doing it's best 'Han Solo frozen in Carbonite' impression". Image: Comedy Central via inothernews.

Older stars can make planets, Iran sends a monkey to space, an old English king found in a car park and much more!

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SoT 84: The Mad, Bad Uncle

December 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When koalas infected with the koala retrovirus reproduce, they pass the viral DNA along with their own to their offspring.

James Cameron’s deep dive results, the healing power of maggots, koala evolution and a rover twin set to join Curiosity. Plus moon tourism, moon mapping and the passing of Sir Patrick Moore.

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Book Review: Astronomy Without A Telescope

December 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Astronomy Without A Telescope

Astronomy Without A Telescope provides an easy-to-digest introduction to modern astronomy and cosmology, with a few of the author’s speculations about alien biology and the ultimate fate of the universe thrown in. This book is packed with spectacular images and hyperlinks to in-depth background articles that will satisfy both novice and expert.

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SoT 81: You Asexual Bdelloid!

November 25, 2012 By 1 Comment
Total Solar Eclipse, 14 November 2012

Total solar eclipse experiences, a planet without a star, and the bacteria in your belly button. Plus great apes with mid-life crises, nasal hope for paralysed dogs and a rant about speculation in the media. Also, the Bdelloid Rotifer: 80 million years without sex and still genetically diverse.

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SoT 80: Indiana Jones on a Spaceship

November 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
An artist's impression of PH1, the exoplanet in a quadruple-star system. Image credit: Haven Giguere/Yale

Planets around 4-star systems, concrete that repairs itself, and see-through mice. Plus the Prime Minister’s Science Prizes, bird speciation and a vaccine for the Hendra virus.

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SoT 77: Wobble

October 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A handout photograph released by Red Bull Stratos on 14 October 2012 shows Austrian stunt daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumping out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA, 14 October 2012. Credit: Jay Nemeth / Red Bull Stratos

World record skydive, slime moulds, Jurassic Park, and the exoplanet in our backyard! Also Nobel chocolate, a control for invasive sea stars, and the Curiosity rover finds an ‘unusual’ rock.

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SoT 73: Monkeys on Crack

September 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Newly discovered Cercopithecus lomamiensis, or Lesula. Image:

Newly discovered monkey: cute or creepy? Bacterial gene swaps, GRAIL probe results, bubble-free boiling, and more!

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SoT 71: The Least Strange Thing About Christopher Walken

September 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mars One plans to build a colony on Mars, partly funded by reality television

Reality TV on Mars, beer, Denisovan genome, brain destroying bacteria and more!

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