Could Tapping Geothermal Energy Cool the Earth’s Core?
So, the original article that was posted Tuesday, September 9, 2008, posited the question as to whether the tapping of the Earth geothermal energy for power generation might have any…
Harder Faster
Using QTC (quantum tunnelling composite) in the buttons for lifts and pedestrian crossings could finally lead to rewards for those insistent individuals who push again and again in the hope…
Nanotech Paint Will Jam Your Cellphone
The original article offered just one thought about this use of nanotechnology to limit signals—use it to cover the walls at a suburban shopping mall; watch panic ensue. But given…
Bats Make Loud Noises You Can’t Hear
According to a study carried out by a team at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, the noise emitted by thirteen species of bats studied was louder than the…
Fluorescent Green Monkeys
Scientists created a transgenic line of monkeys carrying a gene encoding green fluorescent protein integrated into their DNA for the first time in 2008, kicking off a new path for…
Weapons of Musical Destruction
The principle of Data Sonification involves taking non-audio information and presenting that data back in an audible format. Generally, that mode of translating data into a “musical” state requires that…
Physicists Plan to Recreate “Big Bang”
More than 15 years ago, Glowing Monkeys tuned in to ongoing reports about the Large Hadron Collider and upcoming experiments to chart the existence of the theoretical Higgs boson—a quest…
Normal Pancreatic Cells Made to Produce Insulin
Posted September 13, 2008, the headline of the original didn’t necessarily do justice to an article on the genetic manipulation of cells to functionally transform from one state to another.…
Beware of the Wide-Faced
According to studies of male ice hockey players, one of the earliest articles on Glowing Monkeys — posted September 13, 2008 — pointed to a tendency for wide-faced men to…