SoT 127: There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!

December 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A close-up view showing the Ara-3 population and two others from Richard Lenski's long-term evolution experiment. The middle Ara-3 population is more turbid because it evolved the capacity to use citrate. Image: Brian Baer and Neerja Hajela / Wikimedia Commons

MAVEN launches for Mars, the long-term evolution experiment shows no signs of stopping, new species of bacteria found in spacecraft clean-rooms, and when and where did dogs come from?

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SoT 125: Timescales of the Argy-Bargy

November 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Elephant and Baby

The Milky Way is wobbly, elephant culling has long-term traumatic effects, more Earth-like exoplanets than expected & left vs right tail-wagging in dogs!

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SoT 103: FAOUN

May 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Maguey worms served at Restaurante Villa Maria in Polanco, Mexico City. A United Nations report recommends an increase in insect-farming to help boost nutrition and reduce pollution. Image: Andy Sadler / WikiMedia Commons

Eating insects, new kind of stem cells, endangered ecosystems and Ancient Egypt’s ‘sexy time’.

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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 68: Wet Dog Shaking

August 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Wet Finnegan 2: Shaking

Dogs shaking dry, multiple ancient humans, allergies reducing brain cancer and more!

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SoT 56: Our Chimps Are Very Nice

May 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
OurChimpsAreVeryNice

Dogs Feel Your Pain Stone-Throwing Chimp Is Back – And This Time It’s Personal Anti-bacteria coating.

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SoT 55: Who Owns An Asteroid?

May 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
WhoOwnsAnAsteroid

Mining asteroids, doggy brain scans, endangered koalas, liver-related jetlag, and more!

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SoT 40: U R Dumped, lol

January 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Octopuses Rewrite Their RNA to Beat the Cold In the Eyes of a Dog NASA Wants to Power Robots.

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SoT 14: I don’t think the rats are happy

June 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Should pregnant women sleep on their left? End of the Sunspot Cycle?

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