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	July 12th, 2012 泉 Posted about 22 hours ago by Koichi Mitsui to s a s u r a u 1 こんこんと。 ¿Y si los sueños dependieran del tipo de antifaz que uses para dormir? Posted about 18 hours ago by Maestro Limbo to Conozca Más Se aceptan sugerencias, pero uno de Catwoman no nos molestaría. Más informes aquí. See the full gallery on Posterous Under attack, caterpillars fatten up Posted about 16 hours ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! Unlike most animals that stop growing when faced with a predator, hornworm caterpillars actually develop faster, even though they slow or completely stop munching on a meal. “We usually think that you can either grow really fast and not defend yourself, or defend yourself but pay a physical penalty. That wasn’t happening here," says Ian Kaplan of Purdue University. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Motion sensors spot lame horses faster Posted about 15 hours ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! Small motion sensors placed on horses can detect lameness sooner than veterinarians using the traditional method of a subjective eye test. Embedded media -- click here to see it. “There are two reasons why the Lameness Locator is better than the naked eye,” says Kevin Keegan, a professor of equine surgery at the University of Missouri. “It samples motion at a higher frequency beyond the capability of the human eye and it removes the bias that frequently accompanies human subjective evaluation.” Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Carl Sagan's reading list Posted about 10 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! Carl Sagan will go down in history as a great astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist and, perhaps the rarest of all species, a scientist who effectively brought the magic of his very complex work to the masses. This ability to bring big ideas to the public shouldn’t be all that surprising, though, seeing that Sagan was something of a Renaissance Man when it came to his reading list, which includes works of history, social science and philosophy as well as the expected scientific tomes. The list, penned in 1954, recently came into the hands of the Library of Congress with a collection of his papers. Full story at Library of Congress via Brain Pickings. Celebrities of science. Sent by Posterous. Change your email settings or unfollow. Other questions? We'd love to help.