Tag: Scishimi

March Sci-shimi: waves from the Big Bang and more

Welcome to Sci-shimi, my monthly roundup of  great science online! Like a delicious, fresh platter of sashimi, these tasty links are meant to be shared —どうぞめしあがれ ! 

This month’s mind-blowing science moment: Gravitational waves—remnants of the birth of the universe—detected for the first time. Read how the discovery is exciting physicists, challenging old models, and leaving us in awe. (also, Sean Carroll’s excellent take, and follow up piece, When Nature looks unnatural.)

Best long-read: How malaria defeats our drugs, by Ed Yong

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October’s Scishimi: Slaying Krakens and taking names.

Brian Switek destroys the lovely image of an artistic Kraken, and Kevin Zelnio rightfully calls him out for it.

Carl gushes over the world’s biggest virus.

The best abstract ever. No, really. You’ll see.

Because one can never hear enough about hagfish slime.

I simply can’t top a title like “Piercing the Paleolithic Penis”.

The death of a whale, in paper cut-outs.

Glowing review of the scientific importance of glowing creatures.

Apparently, placebos are kind of like marijuana.

Oh yeah – and there are over 7 billion people on Earth now. Just FYI.

Vertebrates used to have a sixth sense.

Bathrooms are gross. Though we could try and make them less gross.

Extinction slows evolution.

Your friends are screwing with your head.

Important information: you can chuck a bone spear through a car (oh, and something about mastodons).

Settled, not settled – or neither.

Can we use fMRI to catch pedophiles? Should we?

Sperm donors have great personalities.

Science fiction donates terms to science.

Birth control pills don’t make your relationship better.

Also, Halloween happened. Apparently vampires are addicts – though Layla Eplett has a good recipe for drinking blood.

And finally, a little love:

This Week’s Scishimi: Spoiler Alert

What’s your favorite scientific name? I still put my vote on Crepidula fornicata.

Science graffiti. Nuff said.

Turns out spoilers don’t actually spoil the fun – go figure.

Aug 11th was Passions of Food Day at SciAm Blogs. Check out all the posts!

Climate change is killing off oysters.

Who says petitions don’t work? Food Network stops using shark meat in response to 30,000 signatures.

Yodel-e-hi-hoo…. The science of yodelling.

Did you hear? Gossip affects your vision.

5 things you really don’t want hacked. Hint: your iPhone isn’t one of them.

Scientists want more kids, but don’t have them.

Antioxidants. What are they good for? Absolutely nothing.

Planet of the Apes portrays bad scientists.

Apparently, no one likes bookstores anymore.