- New German Antarctica station opens
Germany unveiled its new permanent station in Antarctica today, Neumayer III, which cost around €40 million and is built on a stilt-carried platform that keeps it ‘dancing’ on the shifting ice beneath. The old Neumayer Station will have to be abandoned soon, as it has sunk twelve meters into the ice since it was built in 1992. - The Superior Civilization
The New York Review of Books turns its discerning eye on Bert Holldobler and E. O. Wilson’s ant-colony homage, The Super Organism. (via 3quarksdaily) - Crop Scientists Say Biotechnology Seed Companies Are Thwarting Research
In a statement submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency, a group of crop scientists claim that biotech companies like Syngenta are stopping university scientists from fully researching the effectiveness and environmental impact of the industry’s genetically modified crops. - LIGHT PILLAR PICTURES: Mysterious Sky Shows Explained
The upside to this never ending and frigid winter: these light pillars streaking vertically through the night sky over Victor, Idaho. Typically seen in polar regions, light pillars have been appearing along with the colder temperatures at lower latitudes. - Human Eye Could Detect Spooky Action At a Distance
A team of physicists in Switzerland are considering using the photon-detecting abilities of the human eye to measure spooky-action-at-a-distance, the ability of entangled photons to influence each other. This means participants would be the first humans to experience entanglement.
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Originally published February 20, 2009
