Departments have already begun collecting iris scans, in anticipation of a searchable national or even local database, but privacy advocates say there's reason for law-abiding citizens to worry. picked by doggylives 2 years ago

Their identities, causes of death and unique burials have been shrouded in mystery for over a century. But now pioneering teams from different continents have taken a phenomenal glimpse beneath the bindings of two Egyptian mummies on the same day. These extraordinary images, obtained by museums in New York, U.S. and Sydney Australia using cutting-edge medical technology, reveal minuscule details... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Traditionally, it is a grainy scan picture brought home from the hospital that proves a newborn is on the way. But new technology is making the experience much clearer for expectant mothers. They can now download highdefinition video pictures of their unborn baby to their mobile phone or iPod - and send them to friends and family in seconds. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Paleontologists have long known that dinosaurs had tiny brains, but they had no idea the beasts were such airheads.

A new study by Ohio University researchers Lawrence Witmer and Ryan Ridgely found that dinosaurs had more air cavities in their heads than expected. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

In a follow up to a story from last year, MRI scans on Jill Price, 43, who in 2006 was the first person confirmed to have "super memory," reveal two abnormally large areas in her brain. That discovery could lead to breakthroughs on how memories are formed and kept. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Disney thought it would be a good idea if they created a finger scan, along with a ticket, to make sure that tickets were not resold or exchanged or from one visitor to another. picked by arrch8 4 years ago

Ancient fossilised, spider-like species have been imaged in 3D using thousands of X-ray scans and imaging software.

The two species, Cryptomartus hindi and Eophrynus prestvicii, lived 300 million years ago but are closely related to modern spiders. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Scans, with an article, of an old VW brochure, that claims "The built-in heater furnished as a standard accessory at no extra cost, can also be regulated to give the exact amount of heat desired." Among other things.

Anyone ever privileged enough to drive a beetle in the winter knows better. picked by barwench 2 years ago

Scans from Jack Kirby's comic book adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

While a normal CT scan of the chest is the equivalent of about 100 chest X-rays, some scanners were giving the equivalent of 440 conventional X-rays. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

William Ayers, his wife Bernardine Dohrn, and two other Weather Underground members, wrote their manifesto while hiding from authorities and dedicated to RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan. Here is info on the book along with scans of several pages. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

From Franciscan nuns to Buddhist practitioners, to Sikhs and Sufis -- as well as everyday people new to meditation -- believing in a higher power alters your grey matter, says a neuroscientist with the scans to prove it.

More here. picked by cb__ 11 months ago

Beautiful CT scans, some animated, of objects of cultural significance. Who knew stuffed bunnies suffer from rabbit pellets? picked by suckersklub 1 year ago

Looking for product ideas to sell
in your hospital-based gift shops? Simply rip
off this fantastic idea: glue some MRI scans to
a few wooden blocks, and it'll make a great
puzzle that your patients can take home as a
lovely souvenir of their brain cancer
experience. (props to b3ta) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Primatologist Dr. Jatna Supriatna scans the treetops in a national park on the island of Java, looking for gibbons. This area is home to about 150 of the remaining 4,000 Java gibbons. picked by karenben 2 years ago

"In the past, experts had been able to detect decisions about making physical movements in advance. But researchers at Berlin's Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience claim they have now, for the first time, identified people's decisions about how they would later do a high-level mental activity _ in this case, adding versus subtracting." picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Scans of sandwiches for education and delight. picked by suckersklub 1 year ago

While writing a blog article on my comic book memories, I chanced upon this website where you can browse and view image scans of thousands of comic book covers. Oh, the nostalgia of it all! picked by RTCA 3 years ago

This is the wave of the future and it is starting in San Fran. 'The e-passport contains a chip with the holder's biographic information, such as name, date of birth, passport number and citizenship'. It has no other identifying factors such as eye scans. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Thousands of comic book cover scans. All bondage. picked by Hoosker 3 years ago