They hope the new devil worm will inspire others to search for complex life in the most extreme places—both on Earth and elsewhere. Read more »
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Science: What’s It Up To?
When a male finds a female, he bites into her skin, and releases an enzyme that digests the skin of his mouth and her body, fusing the pair down to the blood-vessel level. Read more »
Science: What’s It Up To?
Those alty boners studying at Te Aro might have a fair idea about the ins-and-outs of 3D printing, I’m sure not everyone is familiar. Basically, you design your ashtray or whatever it is you want to print out on some modelling software like CAD, then send it to the printer. Read more »
Science: What’s It Up To?
The Apophis asteroid is predicted to come dangerously close in 2029, and again in 2036 if it was just teasing the first time, which isn’t great news for those of us investing in Kiwi Saver or collecting limited edition My Little Pony toys, in the hope that one day they will be worth millions. Read more »
Science—What’s It Up To?
Doing science by fucking shit up. Read more »
Science: What’s It Up To?
Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. Read more »
Science: What’s It Up To?
Any radioactive iodine goes straight through your body. The scientists reckon that, if there’s radioactive fall out around, potassium iodide could reduce the number of victims of thyroid cancer from fifty per cent to five per cent. I like those odds. Read more »
Science: What’s It Up To?
the Anthropocene Those of you who have taken ESCI 112 are more than familiar with ...Read more »
Science: What’s It Up To?
A Bug’s Life Insects. To most people they are but a minor annoyance, to others ...Read more »
Science: What’s It Up To?
Domo Arigato Mister Roboto Singularity is the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human super intelligence through ...Read more »
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