May 2009 Archives

Fisherman are playing god when it comes to cod.

Over-fishing could mean the end for the dear old chip-friendly fish.

Our mind-bending series continues with a look at the new Star Trek film.

Spoilers beware!

Japanese scientists have been working on creating small monkeys which glow in the dark.

What the? This is the kind of weird science I can really get behind.

Astronomers will be soon peering through their space telescopes - looking for oceans on alien planets.

Scientists have come up with a new technique that will allow them to detect liquid water on Earth-sized worlds.

This colourful globe is a gravity map of the Earth.

If you remember school physics lessons, you might recall our planet's gravity is around 9.8m/s2.

Well OK, I can't guarantee you millions of pounds. After all, I am not living with Playboy bunnies on a luxury yacht moored off Monaco.

However, science can give us a few insights into people's behaviour that means if you do happen to win, you hopefully won't have to share the jackpot.

All those bearded ladies out there can rest easy - scientists have pinpointed the gene for making women overly hirsute.

Science Now reports a Chinese study has been looking into the disorder snappily-called congenital generalized hypertrichosis terminalis, also known as 'werewolf syndrome'.

OK, so I admit these pics aren't too sciencey - but they're cool!

Throw your photoshop away as these shots show you don't need digital tricks to create an amazing picture.

Now the media has got bored with the swine flu pandemic that never was, it's a good time to look at the next nasty virus waiting in the wings for its chance to wipe us all out.

Where will it come from? According to Wired Science, future superbugs are out there already, caged in ice. And we're gonna let them out. And dinosaur descendants are going to help too.

Are you a 'people person?' Well science now has a way of knowing for sure.

Sadly, I have to admit I'm not. This is why I'm quite happy to be left alone to write my blog. In my, limited, experience people you don't know tend to be slice or two short of a loaf. So it's best to keep away.