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White Board Tip 19 Aug 2013 | 11:41 am
If you can’t erase the ink on your white board (if you leave ink there for a long time this often happens) if you write over the ink with you white board pen again you can erase it easily. If a bit re...
Another Bee Study Finds CCD is Likely Due to Combination of Factors Including Pesticides 10 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
Abstract of open access science paper funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Crop Pollination Exposes Honey Bees to Pesticides Which Alters Their Susceptibility to the Gut Pathog...
Hyperloop – Fast Transportation Using a Better Engineering Solution Than We Do Now 7 Aug 2013 | 11:26 am
Elon Musk (the engineer and entrepreneur behind Tesla electric cars and before that he helped create PayPal) has a very cool idea of how to provide fast long distance transportation (faster than a pla...
Go Slow with Genetically Modified Food 3 Aug 2013 | 10:28 am
My thoughts on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), specifically GM foods, basically boil down to: messing with genes could create problems we tend to (and especially those seeking to gain an advan...
3d Printers Can Already Save Consumers Money 31 Jul 2013 | 04:58 pm
I first wrote about 3d printing at home here, on the Curious Cat Engineering blog, in 2007. Revolutionary technology normally takes quite a while to actually gain mainstream viability. I am impressed ...
Learn About Biology Online 27 Jul 2013 | 08:13 pm
Very cool site for learning about biology. I have tried the courses offered by Coursera but they are too structured for my taste. I want to be able to learn at my pace and dip into the areas I find in...
Medical Study Findings too Often Fail to Provide Us Useful Knowledge 24 Jul 2013 | 08:14 pm
There are big problems with medical research, as we have posted about many times in the past. A very significant part of the problem is health care research is very hard. There are all sorts of intera...
Home Engineering: Automatic Screen Door Closer 21 Jul 2013 | 11:30 pm
A simple solution to a common problem. Using a small pulley, some nylon string and a bottle of sand to create an automatic sliding patio door. It is wonderful to see how creative people can find solut...
Exercise Reduces Anxiety While Also Promoting the Growth of New Neurons 18 Jul 2013 | 09:35 pm
Exercise reorganizes the brain to be more resilient to stress These findings potentially resolve a discrepancy in research related to the effect of exercise on the brain — namely that exercise reduce...
Tropical Lizards Can Solve Novel Problems and Remember the Solutions 16 Jul 2013 | 12:44 am
Brainy Lizards Pass Tests for Birds [Duke biologist Manuel Leal] tested the lizards using a wooden block with two wells, one that was empty and one that held a worm but was covered by a cap. Four liz...
