Science Etcetera, Jupiterday 20090101

January 1st, 2009

When an electric current is put through a Quantum Cascade Laser it produces a new type of photon stream that is uniform, and will lead to new medical diagnostic and environmental sensing tools.

Quantum Cascade Laser
Credit: Frank Wojciechowski

Men outnumbered women in the human exodus from Africa.

Honey bees not only pollinate plants, but scare away caterpillars as well.

Our subconscious mind does the best it can with the information it has.

Stereophotoclinometry is a technique where three satellite images of a location or celestial object are put into a computer, and an incredibly detailed topographical map is produced.

Scientific American article on the future of human evolution.

The West Wing: Galileo Teaser (HT TGAW)