Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Edheads Interactive - The Compound Machine


http://www.edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/index.shtml

When the Nose No Longer Knows


Clown fish raised in acidified waters don’t respond properly to smells. 
 For example, they swim toward the scent of a predator instead of away from it. 
Credit: Simon Foale, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

An Unbreakable Touch Screen for Your Phone

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Photo: Nature Nanotechnology/Sukang Bae

Threatened Coral Get Fishy Rescue

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When toxic seaweed (green at right) gets too close to a type of coral (yellow structure), this fish, a broad-barred goby (Gobiodon histrio), responds to a distress signal sent by the coral and nibbles the seaweed away. 
Credit: Danielle Dixson

Forget Mars, NASA Probe Finds Ice and Organics on Mercury!

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http://blogs.discovery.com/inscider/2012/11/nasa-mercury-announcement.html

Parasites Use Sophisticated Biochemistry to Take Over Their Hosts

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Biogeoscience
When infected by thorny-headed worms (the orange spot), gammarids swim toward light. At the water's surface they become easy prey for birds, the next creature the worm needs to infect to complete its life cycle.

Copyright 2012 The New York Times Company

DNA Mutation Diseases

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http://www.exploredna.co.uk/dna-mutation-diseases.html

The Claim: Vinegar Can Remedy Jellyfish Stings

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Leif Parsons

Monday, December 3, 2012

The Blood Typing Game -Interactive


http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/bloodtypinggame/
What happens if you get a blood transfusion with the wrong blood type? Even though a patient's own blood type is the first choice for blood transfusions, it's not always available at the blood bank. Try to save some patients' lives and learn about human blood types!

NASA- Beyond 2012: Why the World Won't End

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A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Suomi NPP satellite. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth's surface taken on January 4, 2012. 
 Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring 

By A Whisker

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Ten times more nerve endings surround a seal whisker than a rat whisker. Scientists believe whiskers help seals make smart choices when hunting in the wild. 
Credit: Fastily/Wikimedia Commons

Cancer Cells Self-Destruct in Blind Mole Rats

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Blind mole rats fight cancer by killing off cells in a messy type of cellular suicide known as necrosis. 
Credit: Courtesy of Andrei Seluanov

Trunk In Cheek, Elephant Mimics Korean

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An Asian elephant named Koshik in a South Korean zoo has managed to mimic the sounds of human words, though there is no evidence he uses the sounds with any grasp of what they mean. 
Credit: KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty Images

Reading A Mind's Memories

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Researchers accurately predicted participants' locations (labeled below by letters) in this virtual room by looking at patterns of brain activity. 
Credit: Hassabis et al., Current Biology 2008

Sea Monsters 1 -YouTube Video

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National Geographic : Sea monsters a prehistoric adventure.
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How To Make Fire Using Only An Orange -YouTube Video

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