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Shifty Eyes. Influencing Moral Decisions By Tracking the Gaze

17/03/2015

Moral decisions can be influenced by tracking moment to moment movements of the eyes during deliberation...

Tilting trees for better biofuel

15/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”Y/dropcapou’re gonna BURN, you beech! Take 2: You’re gonna Burn, you birch! Why the willow wept…. Imperial researchers...

clouds by MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

Turbulent times : The Physics of Clouds

14/03/2015

Being based in London, Trebuchet gets quite a lot of practise with clouds. Next up: The physics of black nose-crust/Tube bogies? In 1941, Russian physicist Andrey Kolmogorov developed a theory of...

Breaking the Galactic Speed Record

11/03/2015

The white dwarf is thought to have turned into a 'thermonuclear supernovae' and exploded...

A world of new beers! Raise a glass to the Finns

09/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”H/dropcapelsinki. Lakes. Rally drivers. Awkward silences. Prolonged awkward silences. That’s all we knew about Finland. But now...

Wipe Your Pants Down, this is gonna get sticky

08/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphink of the applications! A paint that makes the coated object self-cleaning. Pure sci-fi. Wonder if you slopped it onto a vinyl if...

Avoiding the Zombie Apocalypse : Where to Hold Out

05/03/2015

Zombie apocalypse. Yawn. Frankly, if the droning emo stumblemonkeys can detect brain activity on a turgid March Tuesday such as this one, they’ve earned it. Tuck in. A team of Cornell...

Composing With Particle Interactions. How Does the Invisible Sound?

04/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphere is a lot going on in Q07, particularly for a record which qualifies wholeheartedly as ambient noodling. Thanks to the obliging...

Ideological Fractals, Elite Conspiracies and Hard Rock. Starset UK dates

03/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”I/dropcapt’s been a while since we’ve had a proper concept album. Startset look set to change that with Transmissions, exploring...

Advanced Indian Industrial Design (200 years ago)

13/02/2015

Conservationists from Italy and the UK joined forces to study a curved single-edged sword called a shamsheer. ...

Un-boiling Eggs. Finally Some USEFUL Science!

28/01/2015

"Yes, we have invented a way to unboil a hen egg,"...

Learning Lessons From Scorpions

27/01/2015

Scorpions can teach us a lot about the benefits of prolonging nerve impulses....

So Why Do These Tears Fall at Night? The Sad Side of Success

23/01/2015

Consumers who use products to boost their sense of self-worth tend to dwell on their shortcomings ...

Now You Don’t See It, Now You Do! Reactions to Restored Sight

19/01/2015

Recent scientific advances have meant that eyesight can be partially restored to those who previously would have been blind for life....

nose by freedigitalphotos.net and luigi diamanti

Towards An Electronic Nose

17/01/2015

Scientists develop a new generation of biosensors with an acute ability to sniff out problems. ...

Trust me, I Smell Like an Old Lady

15/01/2015

Aromatherapy researcher Roberta Sellaro's recent findings suggest that the smell of lavender promotes trust....

Two New Earthlike Planets Found

07/01/2015

Astronomers identify two planets that are the most similar to Earth of any known exoplanets to date. Report...

What is Fun, and Why Do We Need It?

06/01/2015

Play is an effective mechanism for encouraging creativity since creativity also involves breaking away from established patterns of thought and behavior...