Science Art: Dragon Lake, Siberia
This is Dragon Lake, a body of very cold water near the city of Bratsk. It’s a reservoir, like Arizona’s Lake Powell, formed by the damming of a river,… Read the rest “Science Art: Dragon Lake, Siberia”
Month: January 2010
A moment of silence for NASA?
ScienceBlogs (and the Orlando Sentinel) are not sounding very pleased about Obama’s proposed budget for NASA:
… Read the rest “A moment of silence for NASA?”As a final frying pan upside the head, you might require that NASA maintain
A GoST steampunk cameo.
I’ve just received word that the Guild of Scientific Troubadours has a brief walk-in part in the latest novel being drafted by this fine author. It’s an early draft, so who knows… Read the rest “A GoST steampunk cameo.”
A moment of silence for Spirit.
The Mars rover has been officially abandoned.
… Read the rest “A moment of silence for Spirit.”The Tech Herald:
However, although the Mars rover has now been written off in terms of fulfilling its core purpose of exploring the Red Planet’s
Once, we were endangered.
SciAm puts us back in our place with the revelation from our DNA that humans used to be rarer than mountain gorillas:
… Read the rest “Once, we were endangered.”[A]ccording to scientists from the University of Utah, about a million
Frame the deviance.
Neurologists get Sonic Youth. That’s what I think after reading Jonah Lehrer’s ScienceBlogs entry about the way music works in the brain:
… Read the rest “Frame the deviance.”The experiment was more compelling.
Science Art: Aus dem Schoenheitsalbum der Natur by Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel, comparing natural forms for his “Beauty-album of Nature.” If you haven’t seen Proteus yet, you really should – as well as telling the story of … Read the rest “Science Art: Aus dem Schoenheitsalbum der Natur by Ernst Haeckel”
No song today…
Between playing on Wednesday and moving into a new house, there hasn’t been any time for writing and recording – so the 23rd will go by without a new song.
It will arrive soon, … Read the rest “No song today…”
Sperm of a feather…
NPR takes a look at the scrum that happens when sperm team up to reach their ultimate goal:
… Read the rest “Sperm of a feather…”Fisher wondered whether sperm from two different male mice would cooperate indiscriminately or
Substitute blood.
Perfect for androids or pacifist vampires… maybe. But Science Daily says artificial blood could save plenty of ordinary human lives:
… Read the rest “Substitute blood.”The reason for this failure, according to Professor
Open Dinosaurs.
You, yes YOU, dear reader, can be published as a paleontologist. That’s what Discovery News says about the Open Dinosaur Project, which is looking for a little bit of help from an awful… Read the rest “Open Dinosaurs.”
Tying light in knots
Science Daily bends my head with their report on scientists who’ve tied lasers into knots:
… Read the rest “Tying light in knots”Optical vortices can be created with holograms which direct the flow of light. In this work,
God, meet God… and this is God.
This is not new science, but it’s certainly new to me. Over at the Mad Science Experiments site, there’s an article describing the meeting between the three men who thought … Read the rest “God, meet God… and this is God.”
Science Art: The U.S.S. Los Angeles moored on the U.S.S. Pakota, 1924
This is the US Navy’s airship Los Angeles, the most successful of America’s rigid-body airships, engaging in a maneuver that proved dirigibles like these… Read the rest “Science Art: The U.S.S. Los Angeles moored on the U.S.S. Pakota, 1924”
The “look at me” hormone.
SciAm bursts the myth that testosterone is the source of male aggression. No, the truth is far worse. It’s the thing that turns men into hot doggers and showoffs:
… Read the rest “The “look at me” hormone.”To test the idea, the