Dec 10 Playing with Owl Puke, and Other Science Inspired Holiday Gifts Owls, like this one seen at an animal pet fair in Stuttgart, Germany, swallow their prey whole and then regurgitate what they can't digest. Photo by Marijan Murat/AFP/Getty Images. File this one under unusual science-inspired kids toys. And… Continue reading
Dec 07 Farewell, Little Space Spider Nefertiti, the Johnson jumping spider hunting for flies inside her space flight habitat on board the International Space Station. Photo by NASA. Nefertiti, the courageous space spider who soared into low-Earth orbit on a Japanese HTV spacecraft, spent three… Continue reading
Dec 05 Swarming Lights and Tadpole Trains Bring Public Transit to Life This week, a co-worker introduced me to a series of time-lapse animations that visualize a 24-hour stretch of public transit in various cities. Here's New York, which resembles a frenzied swarm of LED ants, or as Mashable describes… Continue reading
Dec 03 Tiny Flying ‘Bengal Tigers’ invade Brooklyn Common green darner dragonfly. Photo By Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG Via Getty Images. Once a week, I arrive home to find the New Yorker magazine on the floor, partly shredded by my dog, who devotes part of her lunch… Continue reading
Nov 30 Lunch in the Lab: Mars Rover Tells Fans to ‘Chill’ A type of sea slug, called a Spanish Shawl, or Flabellina iodinea. Photo by Kent Treptow. Welcome to Lunch in the Lab, a virtual platter of science news, delivered fresh by the NewsHour every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Continue reading