Definitely NOT a Daily Science Haiku - Turing Test

I am not AI.
You all believe me, don't you?
Bring on Turing Test!

A Chatbot Has Passed the Turing Test for the First Time

No More Daily Science Haikus

Hi, all. I've decided to stop writing daily science haikus for a couple of reasons.

1. While it was fun at first, the challenge has sort of gone out of it. Rather than being a fun thing I do every day, it has become a chore, and I have enough of those already.
2. It encourages me to faff about the Internet, rather than getting actual work done.

That said, I will likely still post haikus from time to time, because faffing happens anyway. We'll see...

Thanks to everyone who's been following and commenting.

Daily Science Haiku - Theia

Theia, Mars-sized world,
crashed into the Earth, shattered,
reformed as our Moon.

We've Found Traces of the Massive Impact that Created the Moon

Daily Science Haiku - Hybrid Star

Neutron star spirals
close to its companion,
merges into one.

Astronomers Discover A Weird "Stellar Hybrid" - A Star Within A Star

Daily Science Haiku - Filtration by Starlight

Each star's unique light
selectively pushes atoms,
filtering for worlds.

Starlight Could Be What Makes Planets So Different From Each Other

Daily Science Haiku - Beyond the Screen

How we interact
with technology changes.
Biohacking's next.

Forget Robots. We'll Soon Be Fusing Technology with Living Matter

Daily Science Haiku - Curbing Carbon Emissions in 25 Years

Can we stop burning
to heat, cook, illuminate?
Can we give up coal?

Obama to Take Action to Slash Coal Pollution

Daily Science Haiku - Orders of Magnitude

Humans drive species
extinct one thousand times more
quickly than normal.

Humans Are Driving Animals to Extinction at a Shocking Rate

Daily Science Haiku - Citizen Space Probe

Who needs ground control?
Citizens contact space probe.
Prepare for orbit!

Success! Private Group Makes Contact with 36-Year-Old NASA Spacecraft

Daily Science Haiku - Lyme Disease

At least forty times
older than humanity,
Lyme disease persists.

Amber discovery indicates Lyme disease is older than human race

Daily Science Haiku - Early Cancer Detection

Designed by a teen,
nanotubes, antibodies
can detect cancer.

The teenaged scientist revolutionising cancer detection

Daily Science Haiku - Boom

A sudden bright flash:
two neutron stars colliding?
A hungry black hole?

Was That Just a Gamma Ray Burst in Andromeda?!

Daily Science Haiku - Moustronauts!

Defy gravity,
rodents! Blast off, pierce the sky!
Our hopes fly with you.

Mice in the Dragon's Hold

Daily Science Haiku - Dancing Moons

Watch the Martian sky,
where two moons execute their
strange, exotic dance.

Martian Moons Jockey for Position

Daily Science Haiku - Anti-biofilm

Bacteria form films,
encasing organs, feeding.
New peptide fights back.

Promising discovery in fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Daily Science Haiku - Smog-Eating Cement

Ultraviolet
light bathes the building, turning
smog to harmless salt.

Milan building will pioneer smog-eating cement

Daily Science Haiku - Camelopardalids

Streaking through the sky,
Camelopardalids sing
of a passed comet.

We May Get a Major Meteor Shower Friday May 23-24

Daily Science Haiku - Electricity from Waste Heat

Heating batteries
while charging increases the
energy when cool.

A New Way to Harness Waste Heat

Daily Science Haiku - Solar Roads

Replace asphalt with
glass panels soaking up sunlight,
power for us all.

Solar roads that could power the entire U.S. are on the horizon

Daily Science Haiku - Blue Strawberry

Would you like some fish -
genes, that is - in strawberries?
Bonus: turns them blue.

Scientists have come up with a blue strawberry by splicing them with fish genes

Daily Science Haiku - Replicator Tech?

Light into matter,
like a genie from a lamp,
grants all our wishes.

Scientists discover how to turn light into matter after 80-year quest

Note: This hasn't been done. It's just been proposed. But if it works... 3D printers will look like manual typewriters.

Daily Science Haiku - Ultrasonic-Ready 3D Printed Cast

Shower-proof, custom
printed to fit, cast allows
LIPUS bone healing.

Osteoid is a 3D-Printed Cast that Uses Ultrasound to Heal your Bones 40% Faster

Daily Science Haiku - Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism

Denying facts won't help.
Vaccines don't cause autism.
They save precious lives.

Study of 1.3 Million Kids Reveals Vaccines Aren't Associated with Autism

Daily Science Haiku - Not So Great Red Spot

Centuries-old storm,
a swirling, world-sized red fist,
shrinks like fading rage.

NASA's Hubble Shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot is Smaller than Ever Measured

Daily Science Haiku - Hoverbike!

Will we need sea lanes
for hoverbike commuters
skimming in to work?

World's first functional hoverbike is taking preorders

Daily Science Haiku - Planetary Parade

Lined up in the sky,
a celestial brass band of
worlds, on view tonight.

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and More: Don't Miss the Planet Parade Tonight's Sky

Daily Science Haiku - Collapsing Ice

Antarctic ice sheet
releases its ancient grip
upon the frozen land.

West Antarctic Ice Sheet's Collapse Triggers Sea Level Warning

Daily Science Haiku - Sonic Tractor Beam

Ultrasonic waves
focused in a Bessel beam
can move small objects.

Sonic Tractor Beam

Daily Science Haiku - Take the Train to Beijing

'Neath the Bering Strait,
China wants to tunnel rail
straight to Alaska.

China's Batty Proposal for an Under-Sea Train to the United States

Daily Science Haiku - Saturn in Opposition

If the clouds would part,
we'd see a blazing Saturn.
Come and count the rings.

Saturn Shines at Its Best Tonight. Watch it Live Online.

Daily Science Haiku - Sister Sun

Born of the same cloud,
this star sister to our sun.
Could it shelter life?

We've Finally Found Our Sun's Long-Lost Sister

Daily Science Haiku - Nutrition Losing Ground

Rising CO2
causes rapid plant growth but
lowers nutrients.

Less Nutritious Grains May Be in Our Future

Daily Science Haiku - Fractal Solar Wind

Fractal solar wind
hints at sustainable
fusion reactions.

Sun's fractal surprise could help fusion on Earth

Daily Science Haiku - Greenhouse on Mars

Green tendrils shoot up
from rusty soil, warmed by
glass from Martian sun.

NASA May Put Greenhouse on Mars in 2021

Daily Science Haiku - Young Blood

Young blood more useful
than metaphor. Inject to
revive older brains.

New blood ' recharges old brain,' mouse study suggests

Daily Science Haiku - Solar Jet Fuel

Carbon dioxide
and water, transformed by light,
becomes a jet fuel.

Synthesized "solar" jet fuel: Renewable kerosene from sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide

Daily Science Haiku - Heavier than Lead

Ununseptium,
the heaviest element
discovered - rename!

Scientists confirm the existence of the heaviest element ever seen

Daily Science Haiku - Liquid Metal Nerves

Severed nerves regrow
along liquid metal wires,
restoring control.

Terminator-style liquid metal connects severed nerves

Daily Science Haiku - Replacing Fukushima with Orbiting Solar Arrays

Fukushima rusts.
Without nuclear power,
we turn to the sun.

Japan Has a Plan to Start Using Space-Based Solar Power by the 2030s

Daily Science Haiku - Sexist Lab Mice

Lab mice get nervous
around male researchers, so
can we trust that data?

Lab Mice Become Stressed and Timid Around Men - But Not Women

Daily Science Haiku - Thin Film Batteries

Flexible power?
Nanoporous thin film makes
bending battery.

Flexible battery, no lithium required

Daily Science Haiku - Bicyclist Hand Gestures Recognized by Autonomous Cars

Self-driving cars can
understand your waving hands,
wary bicyclists.

Google's self-driving cars can now understand cyclists' hand gestures

Daily Science Haiku for Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 3D-Printed Cartilage

Deep in my left hip,
cartilage wears away. Can I
print myself some more?

Cartilage, made to order: Living human cartilage grown on a laboratory chip

Daily Science Haiku - Ice Cold Star

So close, yet so far.
Too small to ignite, brown dwarf
is an ice-cold star.

Astronomer Finds a Brown Dwarf Literally as Cold as Ice... And It's Right Next Door

Daily Science Haiku - Self-Organizing Criticality

Shifting piles of sand
make models of conscious thought,
neural avalanche.

A Fundamental Theory to Model the Mind

Daily Science Haiku - Frog Antibiotics

Put a frog in milk.
Find new antibiotics
to fight resistance.

How to Keep Milk from Spoiling Without Refrigeration

Daily Science Haiku - Depression

A single protein -
REDD1 - may block brain healing,
causing depression.

Protein that shrinks depressed brains identified

Daily Science Haiku - Blitzar

Heavy. So heavy.
Must resist becoming a
black hole by spinning!

Unexplained Intergalatic Radio Bursts Confirmed by Arecibo

Daily Science Haiku - Misunderstood Myelin

For a friend recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Myelin sheathes nerves,
but recent evolution shows
less of it, not more.

Finding turns neuroanatomy on its head: Researchers present new view of myelin

Daily Science Haiku - We Can Now Clone Humans

You can clone yourself
using embryos or stem cells.
How many? How soon?

We now have the potential to clone a human adult (using donor embryos)
Researchers Clone Stem Cells from Human Adults (not using embryos)

Daily Science Haiku - The Gynosome

The gynosome is
not a penis, nor even
a stylized cigar.

Your Penis is Getting in the Way of My Science

Daily Science Haiku - Artificial Blood

Slightly artificial
blood made from fibroblasts may
someday flow in you.

Artificial Blood is Patient-Ready

Daily Science Haiku - Saturn's New Moon

We think moons are old,
yet, by accretion, Saturn's
rings birth a new moon.

Saturn May Have Just Spawned a New Moon

Daily Science Haiku - Hepatitis C: Cured

Hepatitis C,
once a death sentence, now cured,
but at a steep price.

Hepatitis C: New Drug Treatment is a "Breakthrough"

Daily Science Haiku - Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight!

Alas! Cloud cover
may obscure lunar eclipse
starting 2am.

How to Watch This Week's Total Lunar Eclipse

Daily Science Haiku - Tetraquark

Exotic particle
Tetraquark's balanced colors,
give rise to quark stars.

Scientists detect a particle that could be a new form of matter

Daily Science Haiku - Portable Printer

Pocket-sized printer
scoots Roomba-like across sheets
of paper, any size.

This robot printer runs around the page laying down ink

Daily Science Haiku - Regenerating Organs

In transgenic mice,
a single protein triggers
regrowth of organs.

First Successful Organ Regeneration in a Living Animal

Daily Science Haiku - Asteroid Impact Scars

Earth bears the scars of
a bigger impact than the
dinosaur killer.

Asteroid that Dwarfed Dinosaur Killer Punched Earth Three Billion Years Ago

Daily Science Haiku - Autism Linked with Prenatal Lipid Levels

Prostaglandin starts
fevers, induces labor, and
triggers autism genes.

Lipid levels during prenatal brain development impact autism, study shows

For Rob

Daily Science Haiku - Origami Robots

DNA robots
fold up to hold molecules,
uncurl to release.

DNA nanobots deliver drugs in living cockroaches

Daily Science Haiku - Cosmic Lightning

Would lightning occur
without cosmic rays forming
ions in our air?

Shocking Study from Largest Cosmic Ray Physics Experiment in the Northern Hemisphere

Daily Science Haiku - Mars Opposition April 8th

Mars opposition -
Earth between Mars and the Sun -
occurs April 8th.

Your Guide to Witnessing the Biggest, Brightest Mars in Six Years

Daily Science Haiku - How to Make Embryos

God-like, we can make
new life from stem cells: organs, 
even embryos.

Stem Cell Researchers Just Figured Out How to Create New Embryos

Daily Science Haiku - Water on Enceladus

Enceladus hides
an ocean under its crust.
Could it harbor life?

Cassini spacecraft finds sign of subsurface sea on Saturn's moon Enceladus

Daily Science Haiku - Microbial Armageddon

Microbes may have caused
the Permian extinction,
death by greenhouse gas.

Small microbes almost killed all life on earth

Daily Science Haiku - Reboots for Transplant Patients

Need organ transplant?
Reboot your immune system
to curb rejection.

Reboot the immune system to avoid transplant rejection

Daily Science Haiku - Surgical Robots

Fantastic voyage?
Astronauts may soon rely
on robot surgeon.

Mini robot space surgeon to climb inside astronauts

Daily Science Haiku - A Ninth Planet After All?

Distant planetoid,
your orbital wobble hints
at a ninth planet.

Newly discovered dwarf planet could challenge what we know about our solar system

Daily Science Haiku - Aurora

Erupting plume of
superheated gas heads our way
to dance the night sky.

Aurora Alert: Powerful Solar Flare This Weekend Could Spark Show Tomorrow

Daily Science Haiku - Post-Antibiotic Age

Once, we feared no cut,
performed surgery, replaced
organs, and lived well.

When We Lose Antibiotics, Here's Everything Else We'll Lose, Too

Daily Science Haiku - Asteroid with Rings

Humble asteroid,
gaudy with rings, shepherd moons,
imitates Saturn.

We've Discovered the First Asteroid with Rings

Daily Science Haiku - A Tale of Two Fossils

Giant turtle bone
matches a puzzle piece found
sixteen decades past.

Both Halves of a Giant Sea Turtle Fossil Found 160 Years Apart

Daily Science Haiku - 3D-Printed Skull

3D-printed skull
used to save a life. How soon
'til we replace bones?

Watch a Woman Get a New 3D-printed Skull

Daily Science Haiku for Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - Bone structure

Bones are made of goo.
Osteoporosis may
just be goo shortage.

Your Bones Don't Shatter Because They're Made of Goo

Daily Science Haiku - A Second Earth

The Goldilocks zone
of a red dwarf star contains
a quite earthlike world.

Scientists Home In on Earth-sized Exoplanet

Daily Science Haiku - 3D Printed House

Modular too slow?
Rail-mounted cement sprayer
3D prints your house.

3D Printer Builds House in 24 Hours

Daily Science Haiku - Seven Particles

Seven particles,
caught gently, crowd-detected,
might predate the sun.

Spacecraft Returns Seven Particles from the Birth of the Solar System

Daily Science Haiku - Water Bears in Space

The tardigrade can
survive heat, dessication,
cold, vacuum of space.

Absurd Creature of the Week: The Incredible Critter that's Tough Enough to Survive in Space

Daily Science Haiku - Anzu wyliei

Anzu wyliei,
oviraptorosaur,
cassowary-ish.

Imagine Trying to Outrun This 600-pound "Chicken from Hell"

Daily Science Haiku - Waves on Titan

Waves lap at the shore,
viscous hydrocarbon curls.
Surf's up on Titan.

First hints of waves on Titan's seas

Daily Science Haiku - Inflation Revealed

Rippling microwaves
reveal cosmic origin:
the Big Bang, confirmed.

Space Ripples Reveal Big Bang's Smoking Gun

Daily Science Haiku - Incredible Shrinking Planet

Mercury ages.
Its core cools. Its skin shrinks, too,
wrinkles up mountains.

Mercury is our solar system's incredible shrinking planet

Daily Science Haiku - Binary Hypergiant Star

Hypergiant sun,
orbiting a twin so close
you share a navel.

The largest ever yellow hypergiant star discovered

Daily Science Haiku - Map the Moon

The Moon is out there,
just waiting for you to map.
Crater counting, ho!

Cosmoquest's Moonmappers Shows Everyday People Can Map the Moon

Daily Science Haiku - Relief from Migraines

Place band on forehead.
Electrical stimulation
of nerves, less migraines.

This migraine preventing space tiara was just approved by the FDA

Daily Science Haiku - Journey to the Oceans at the Center of the Earth?

Vast oceans exist
beneath Earth's crust. Do they feel
the distant Moon's pull?

Water-rich gem points to vast oceans beneath Earth's surface

Daily Science Haiku - Electric Moss

Plants are solar cells.
Why not harness them to make
electricity?

These Mad Scientists Want to Replace Solar Panels with Potted Plants

Daily Science Haiku - Viral Warfare

A virus infects
Ukrainian computers,
harbinger of war.

A powerful new virus is infecting computers in Ukraine

Daily Science Haiku - Synthetic Spider Silk

Breast implants are not
the first use I thought of for
new synthetic silk.

Get excited - spider silk finally looks ready for commercialization

Daily Science Haiku - Holes in Mars

There are holes in Mars.
How did they form? Do they teem
with protected life?

Astronomy Picture of the Day: A Hole in Mars

Daily Science Haiku - Collapsing Universe

Does the cosmos bloom
then fade, collapsing inward
to reignite again?

Revised Cosmological Constant

Daily Science Haiku - Kin Selection

Family matters.
Non-parents can influence
next generation.

Honeybees reveal that evolution is stranger than you ever realized

Daily Science Haiku - T. Gurneyi

With teeth like curved knives,
Torvosaurus gurneyi
ruled the Jurassic.

New dinosaur found in Portugal, largest terrestrial predator in Europe

Daily Science Haiku - Mammals by Weight

You're a land mammal?
Then you are human, serve us,
or nearly extinct.

XKCD: Land Mammals

Daily Science Haiku - Habitable Exoplanets

Not so unique, Earth.
All those goldilocks zone worlds,
awaiting tourists.

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Habitable Worlds

Daily Science Haiku - Barchan Dunes

Such a small object
can sculpt a sand dune into
Rorschach test for geeks.

Martian dunes: Formation of barchan dunes

Daily Science Haiku for Sunday, March 2, 2014 - Exoplanet Hoard

All those years we thought
we were alone. Fools. The skies
are crowded with worlds.

Kepler's Latest Exoplanet Hoard

Daily Science Haiku - The Habitable Epoch

What if we've come late
to the cosmic life party,
not alone, just slow?

What if We've Completely Misunderstood Our Place in the Universe

Daily Science Haiku - Life on Mars (again)

"Biotic activity,"
meaning "not really sure, but...."
Will we ever know?

Mars Meteorite with Odd "Tunnels" and Spheres Revives Debate

Daily Science Haiku - We are Viral

Skin, muscle, and bone
require cell fusion to grow.
We are all viral.

Origin of Organs: Thank viruses for your skin and bones

Bonus Haiku! - Water on a Gas Giant

Just to make up for being lame over the weekend...

Floating in the mist,
natives of tau Bootes dream
of life tied to land.

Water detected in a planet outside our solar system

Daily Science Haiku - Three Parent Embryos

Will three-parent kids
promote mitochondrial
rights, three-fold marriage?

The FDA is Considering Creating Three-Parent Embryos

Daily Science Haiku - Asteroid!

The Moon is our shield.
Asteroid plows a new scar
amid multitudes.

Watch a huge asteroid crash into the moon

Daily Science Haiku - Oldest Crystal on Earth

Ancient sandstone formed
of beach sand, crystals a mere
billion years older.

At 4.4 Billion Years Old, Oz Crystals Confirmed as World's Oldest

Daily Science Haiku for Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 - The Art of Planetary Geography

Reticulate plains,
pastel escarpments, lovely
map of Ganymede.

A Second Look at the First Map of Ganymede

Daily Science Haiku - The Chocolate Universe

Sound waves undulate
through the cosmos as if through
chocolate syrup.

The Universe shares an important property with chocolate syrup.

Daily Science Haiku for Friday, February 21, 2014 - Quasars and Free Will

Due to technical difficulties - the author falling over at 9pm from sheer exhaustion - this post is a day late.

Can we trust our eyes?

Bell's theorem suggests free will

is just illusion.

Closing the Bell's Theorem Loophole

Daily Science Haiku - Artificial Muscle

Coil up fishing line
tightly, and you get muscle.
Ready for your mech?

Scientists just created some of the most powerful muscles in existence

Daily Science Haiku - Some Sea Animals Use Less Oxygen

Breathing in, we burn
oxygen. How much do we
need to grow and thrive?

Theory on the Origin of Animals Challenged

Daily Science Haiku - Mars on a Budget

A trip to Mars costs
less than Hollywood's Gravity.
How much for a ride?

From India, Proof That a Trip to Mars Doesn't Have to Break the Bank

Daily Science Haiku - Liquid Battery Electrodes

Recharge batteries
by refilling electrodes.
Safer, farther, soon.

Liquid Battery Electrodes

Daily Science Haiku - Climate Change Denial Explained?

Don't fear climate change.
Just keep burning fossil fuels
so we can expand.

Oh, good, a freaky brain parasite has found its way to the Arctic

Daily Science Haiku - Microbe Power

Can Geobacter
or Shewanella power
your device and car?

The Mysterious Electronic World of Microbes

Daily Science News - All Native Americans are Clovis People

Fragile bones are roots.
Clovis boy, indigenous
cousin, family.

Prehistoric Montana Toddler the "Missing Link" to All Native Americans

Daily Science Haiku - World's Largest Solar Plant

What to do in drought?
Make some electricity
from all the sunlight.

World's Largest Solar Plant Started Creating Electricity Today

Daily Science Haiku - Venus by Day

Twinkling Venus peeks
through the veils of atmosphere,
visible by day.

Rare Sight: Venus Visible in Daylight

Daily Science Haiku - Climbing Crocodilians

Crocodilians
seeking sun in shady spots
will climb trees. Look up.

Crocodilians can climb trees

Daily Science Haiku - Oldest Known Star

A ghost of the past,
starshine thirteen billion years
old, perceived at last.

Astronomers discover oldest star

Daily Science Haiku - Pull of Prometheus

Hardly fire-bringer,
Prometheus lures ice from rings:
gravity at work.

Prometheus Practices Its Pull

Daily Science Haiku - Quantum Teleportation

A photon changes.
Two memories, instantly
entangled, emerge.

Quantum Internet: First Teleportation to Solid State Quantum Memory

Daily Science Haiku - The Earth from Mars

Brightest object that night
hanging in the Martian sky
was Earth, seen anew.

Curiosity captures first photo of Earth from Mars

Daily Science Haiku - Making Stem Cells

Need a new kidney?
Grow one from stressed human cells.
Regenerate now.

Extraordinary stem cell method tested in human tissue

Daily Science Haiku - Bill Nye

Bill Nye, Science Guy:
I applaud your spirit, but
leave the trolls alone.

Watch Bill Nye debate creationism

Daily Science Haiku - The Big Freeze

Big Bang or slow thaw,
how can we know which is true?
The universe laughs.

New theory suggests the universe emerged from a long, cold deep freeze

Daily Science Haiku - Severe Western Drought

Five hundred years since
a drought this bad hit the West.
When will the rain come?

Severe Drought Has U.S. West Fearing Worst


Also related to climate change weirdness:

• Snowy owl hit by bus in Washington D.C.
• Tumbleweeds devour NM town

Daily Science Haiku - Seedling Circuitry

Grow your computer?
Conductive seedlings make
sustainable wires.

First Tests of Prototype Organic Wires Grown from Seedlings

Daily Science Haiku - Citizen Science Opportunity

Find the baby stars
hidden in gorgeous pic by
Hubble Telescope.

Project Stardate M83

Daily Science Haiku - Darwin Day

Vote for Darwin Day?
Survival of the fittest,
played out by Congress.

"Darwin Day" is being officially considered by Congress

Daily Science Haiku - Magnetic Monopole

A coin with one face,
Mobius strip, Klein bottle,
Magnet with one pole.

Physicists create synthetic magnetic monopole in lab

Daily Science Haiku - Apologies to the Axolotl

Poor axolotl.
Be glad we kept some of you
to hack off your limbs.

Mexico's axolotl water monster may be extinct in the wild

Daily Science Haiku - Magma Power

Handy molten rock
provides the power we need.
Let's tap Yellowstone!

The world's first magma-powered generator

Also cool:

• http://io9.com/early-europeans-had-dark-skin-and-blue-eyes-1509585826
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25913568#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
• http://www.technologyreview.com/news/523686/a-96-antenna-system-tests-the-next-generation-of-wireless/

Daily Science Haiku - Jade Rabbit Lost

Alas, Jade Rabbit.
Your bright wings remained unfurled,
frozen in moon's night.

China Moon Rover Hits Snag

Daily Science Haiku - There Are No Black Holes

There are no black holes,
firewalls, event horizons,
just quantum chaos.

Stephen Hawking: There Are No Black Holes

Bonus Science Haiku! - Ten-Year Anniversary of Opportunity

Ten years of red dust,
sandstorms, limping wheel, odd rocks.
Exploring Mars: priceless.

NASA's Opportunity Rover Celebrates a Decade on Mars

Daily Science Haiku - One-Wheeled Motorcycle

Uni-motor-cycle,
gyroscopic'ly balanced.
Cooler than Segway?

This One-Wheeled Electric Motorcycle Actually Feels... Safe

Daily Science Haiku - Peak Supernova

Peak supernova
is two weeks away. Pull out
backyard telescope!

The closest supernova observed in 25 years is getting brighter

Daily Science Haiku - Water Vapor from Ceres

Spewing volcanoes
or icy sublimation,
Ceres has water.

Water Found on Dwarf Planet Ceres

Daily Science Haiku - Sugar Batteries

Powered by sugar,
batteries refillable,
sustainable. Yum!

Energy-dense sugar battery created

Daily Science Haiku - The Cosmic Web of the Universe

Cosmic filaments,
like mycelia or neurons,
entangle reality.

Our First Glimpse of the Web that Connects All Galaxies

Daily Science Haiku - Waking Rosetta

Sleeping Rosetta,
will you wake as planned,
harpoon a comet?

Billion-dollar call: Waiting for Rosetta

Daily Science Haiku - Dancing on the Heads of Pins

Standing between these -
red blood cells, red giant stars -
we are tiny, huge.

Red blood cell balanced on the head of a pin
The size of planets and stars

Daily Science Haiku - Flying Jellyfish Robot

Four swift-flapping wings
ensure stability for
jellyfish in air.

The Bizarre Experiment that became a Flying Jellyfish

Daily Science Haiku - Poof! It's a rock.

Mysterious rock,
are you ejecta or just
some bored god's lame joke?

Mystery Rock "Appears" in Front of Mars Rover

Daily Science Haiku - Your Quantum Brain

Quantum vibrations
echo in the brain's pathways,
forming consciousness.

Discovery of quantum vibrations in microtubules of the brain

Daily Science Haiku - Genome Sequencing for $1000

Just four molecules,
infinite combinations,
sequenced for $1k.

Breakthrough: Now we can sequence a genome for $1000

Daily Science Haiku - Bonus Meteor Shower

This is how showers
form: passing comets crumble,
littering the sky.

A Possible Meteor Shower from Comet ISON

Daily Science Haiku - Drink Your Coffee

Along with its scent,
coffee stirs memory. Drink
for a stronger mind.

Two Espressos Enhance Memory

Daily Science Haiku - Just Your Average Unknown Toxin

Yes, we made this stuff.
We spilled it in your water.
No clue how toxic.

Chemical Guesswork in West Virginia

Daily Science Haiku - Commercial Space Travel

Virgin Galactic
at Spaceport Authority,
New Mexico: boarding.

Will Commercial Space Travel Blast Off in 2014?

Daily Science Haiku - Touch the Universe

All the sky is black
to the blind. Now print to
touch the universe.

3-D Printed Hubble Images

Also cool: Black hole's big meal could spark fireworks

Daily Science Haiku - Why do we still call this thing a phone?

Everything you want
to do in a pocket-sized
packet of magic.

CES 2014: Phones morph into 'stun guns' and 'tricorders'

Incidentally, this has been an amazing day for science news. Here's just a few things I found in my feed this morning:

• American Bison back from the brink of extinction 
• West African Lions on the brink of extinction
• Sharks live much, much longer than we thought
• Elephant sharks evolve veeerrrrryyyyy slllloooowwwwllllyyyy
• Minnesota judge finds solar power more cost-efficient than natural gas
• Watch the launch of an ISS supply rocket
• NASA spots another potentially hazardous asteroid
• Actual image (not interpolation) of an exoplanet
• The mystery of the Feynman sprinkler
• Hunting wormholes in a Soviet-era science city
• Universe measured to 1% accuracy
• Hubble sees infant galaxies at edge of universe
• New form of spacecraft propulsion proposed for visit to Uranus

Whew!

Daily Science Haiku - Print Your Food

Chocolate lattice,
frosted fractals, hypercubes
from 3D printers.

CES 2014: 3D food printers create sweets and chocolates

Also cool:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/01/08/260742131/nasa-reportedly-gets-ok-to-keep-space-station-going-until-2024?ft=1&f=1007
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24831-learning-drugs-reawaken-grownup-brains-inner-child.html?cmpid=RSS|NSNS|2012-GLOBAL|online-news#.Us1qhLSij74
http://www.space.com/24202-huge-solar-flare-delays-private-rocket-launch.html

Daily Science Haiku - No Evidence of Time Travelers on the Internet

Would time travelers
leave tracks in obsolete tech,
Internet fossils?

Michigan researchers hunt for Internet time travelers

Daily Science Haiku - Peak Dark Matter

The gentle, swirling dance
of sun and earth has unseen
partners: dark matter.

Dark Matter Near Earth Peaks Every March

Daily Science Haiky - Penitentes

Penitentes form
from slow sublimation, souls
rising from the ice.

What causes these spooky ice formations?

Daily Science Haiku - Perihelion

Deep in snowy drifts,
we're now closest to the sun:
Perihelion.

Perihelion 2014

Also cool:
http://www.space.com/24152-asteroid-discovery-2014-hit-earth.html
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/04/259552442/want-perfect-pitch-you-could-pop-a-pill-for-that?ft=1&f=1007

Daily Science Haiku - Secrets of Snow-Diving Foxes

As we dig out of the snow today, this seemed appropriate.

Snow-diving foxes
home in on meager meals by
Earth's magnetic field.

'You're Invisible, But I'll Eat You Anyway'

Daily Science Haiku - Andromeda Rising

Spinning galaxy,
crown that dwarfs the moon, alas,
too faint to be seen.

The Incredibly Huge Size of Andromeda

Daily Science Haiku - Big Space Missions of 2014

We extend our reach,
touch our moon, Mars, a comet,
with cold metal hands.

Big Space Missions to Watch in 2014