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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a . . . jellyfish?

Researchers have built a small vehicle that is able to fly through the air using graceful, undulating movements similar to those of a jellyfish swimming through water.

The work, which will be presented at the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting on November 24 in Pittsburgh, demonstrates a new method of flight that could transport miniaturized future robots for surveillance, search-and-rescue, and monitoring of the atmosphere and traffic.
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And nutty inventions – Now that we’ve reached 2010, we can look back at some of the most embarrassing scientific discoveries of 2009. As you might expect, quite a number ofthem have to do with male sex. But that’s far from the whole story.Beyond ridiculous current studies, the past also has a greatdeal to offer. Nothing like a glass of radioactive water tocure your impotence, for example. All you need for that is aRevegator.
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Scientists have complained for years about junk science in the Bush White House. Now the pope is preaching the same thing!

One of the world’s most prestigious medical journals, the Lancet, has accused Pope Benedict of distorting science in his remarks on condom use. It said the Pope’s recent comments that condoms exacerbated the problem of HIV/Aids were wildly inaccurate and could have devastating consequences and that he had “publicly distorted scientific evidence to promote Catholic doctrine on this issue.” The Pope had said the “cruel epidemic” should be tackled through abstinence and fidelity rather than condom use.
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When the November election is over, will this ALSO be the end of junk science in the White House?

In the September 10th edition of New Scientist, Ivan Semeniuk interviews Anne Solomon, of the Center for the Study of the Presidency, a non-partisan organization in Washington, DC that studies the successes?and failures?or past administrations.
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