Monthly Archives: February 2003

supersensitive sharks

As if it’s not scary enough that sharks can smell a drop of blood in an Olympic-sized swimming pool, or that they can sense the electric field given off by a hidden prey’s heartbeat; it seems they can also detect … Continue reading

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new in print: “from conception to birth” delivers marvels

Sometimes dazzling, sometimes startling, sometimes disturbing, From Conception to Birth: A Life Unfolds, is the visual diary of a human embryo, following its growth from a single cell to a newborn infant. We are witness to images never before seen … Continue reading

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stone age brits got milk

Six thousand years ago, neolithic Brits might have enjoyed sips of milk with their steaming haunches of meat. Researchers from England’s University of Bristol report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they have discovered milk-fat residue … Continue reading

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groundhogs: checking out ladies, not weather

Forget the shadow, male groundhogs are looking for love when they emerge from their burrows in early February. Stamatis Zervanos, a biologist at Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College, studied 32 free-ranging groundhogs over four hibernation seasons. He found that male … Continue reading

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teleportation passes another milestone

It’s not “Beam me up, Scotty,” just yet, but teleportation has taken another step forward. Scientists from the University of Geneva in Switzerland and the University of Aarhus in Denmark have taken particles of light, destroyed them, and reconstituted them … Continue reading

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