Science/Nature

Human v. Horse Marathon

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/21/2015

Many animals are faster than humans at short distances, but are they faster than humans over long distances?

Caffeinated Bees

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/20/2015

Farmer Finds a Woolly Mammoth

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/13/2015

A Michigan soy farmer made the astonishing discovery while he and a friend were digging in his soy field. James Bristle, from Lima township just south-west of Anne Arbor, told media that what he initally thought was a fence post turned out to be a rib bone and the first part of a woolly mammoth…

Nature, Science/Nature, Space

Canyons of a Plutonian Moon

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/02/2015

Via Space.com.

Nature, Science/Nature

Rare Nautilus Spotted for the First Time in 30 Years

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/28/2015

About 30 years ago, biologist Peter Ward and his colleague discovered a new species of nautilus, and, for the first time since, Ward recently laid eyes on the rare creature again. About 30 years ago, biologist Peter Ward and his colleague discovered a new species of nautilus, Allonautilus scrobiculatus, notable for the thick layer of…

Government Spending, Science/Nature, Waste Digesters

Cold Fusion Research Wasn’t Bad Because It Was a Budget Buster

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/25/2015

There’s a brief discussion at the end of Whitewater City Manager Clapper’s state of the city address from 9.17.15 that comes to mind this morning. (I’ll get to the substance of his specific remarks about a digester-energy project another time.) For today, I’ve a different perspective to offer. Consider this question: was cold fusion a…

Nature, Science/Nature, Space

To Scale: The Solar System

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/20/2015

On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe. A film by Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh

Nature, Science/Nature

Zombie Spiders

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/14/2015

Animals, Science/Nature

“Why Elephants Don’t Explode: How Nature Solves Bigness”

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/09/2015

See, Why Elephants Don’t Explode: How Nature Solves Bigness @ Noticing.

Extra-Special Bonus: The link above about animals’ sizes includes a video trailer of the legendary B-movie, The Killer Shrews.

Science/Nature, Space

The Scale of the Universe (a Three-Minute Animation)

by JOHN ADAMS • 09/07/2015

Animals, Science/Nature

Why Do Some Bees Die After Stinging?

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/03/2015

Animals, Science/Nature

The Very, Very Clean Ant

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/28/2015

Food, Poll, Science/Nature

Friday Poll: Bacon-Flavored Seaweed?

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/17/2015

Bacon-Flavored Seaweed?Scientists in Oregon have created bacon-flavored seaweed: What grows quickly, is packed with protein, has twice the nutritional value of kale and tastes like bacon? The answer, according to scientists at Oregon State University, is a new strain of seaweed they recently patented. Dulse is a form of edible seaweed that grows wild along…

Science/Nature, Space

Live Coverage and Background on the New Horizons Mission to Pluto

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/14/2015

America’s New Horizons probe is today at its closest point to Pluto, photographing and taking other measurements to learn more about that distant world. It’s much to America’s credit as a civilized place that she uses her technology not merely for her own interests, but also to advance human understanding. Over at The Verge, there’s…