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Month: September 2016

We spend more time with kids than our grandparents did.

30 September 2016 grant 0

Science Daily reassures us that at least we seem to be doing *something* right. This generation is spending more time with our kids than parents did 50 years ago:

Mothers — and fathers

… Read the rest “We spend more time with kids than our grandparents did.”

A three-parent baby born in Mexico.

29 September 2016 grant 0

Nature (and New Scientist) have been covering the developing story about a healthy baby boy born from genetic material supplied by three parents:

Nature:
Researchers at the New Hope Fertility

… Read the rest “A three-parent baby born in Mexico.”

The sun has risen, the fish are singing….

27 September 2016 grant 0

Growing up interacting with fish called “grunts,” this doesn’t come as a huge surprise, but it’s still kind of cool. New Scientist captures the chorus of fish… Read the rest “The sun has risen, the fish are singing….”

Science Art: Oreille schematique, from Identification anthropométrique : instructions signalétiques, 1893.

25 September 2016 grant 0

L0035101 Schematic ear Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Schematic ear: Oreille schematique. Bordure A B C D E decomposee en partie Originelle A B, Superieure B C, Posterieure C D et inferieure D E. Lobule E F G H considere sous le rapport dy contour E F, de l'adherence a la joue F H, du modele G et de sa Dimension. Antitragus H I examine au point de vue de son inclinasion, de son profil, de son degre de renversement et de sa Dimension. Plis internes separes en branches inferieure J K, superieure K L, et mediane K M Identification anthropométrique : instructions signalétiques  Alphonse Bertillon Published: 1893 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The book Identification anthropométrique : instructions signalétiques is Alphonse Bertillon‘s guide for identifying criminal suspects.

These ear dimensions… Read the rest “Science Art: Oreille schematique, from Identification anthropométrique : instructions signalétiques, 1893.”

SONG: Gaia (1,000 Times)

24 September 2016 grant 0

SONG: “Gaia (1,000 Times)”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “Milky Way mapper: 6 ways the Gaia spacecraft will change astronomy,” Nature, 09 Sep 2016, as used in the … Read the rest “SONG: Gaia (1,000 Times)”

We (mostly) came out of Africa together.

22 September 2016 grant 0

PhysOrg looks at three studies that suggest humans, for the most part, all came out of Africa in one migration more than 100 millennia ago:

The genetic ancestry of people living outside Africa

… Read the rest “We (mostly) came out of Africa together.”

Robot writer fools journals’ peer-review system.

21 September 2016 grant 0

Times Higher Education reveals the machines are moving beyond physical work and simple sorting, and can now fool academic gatekeepers with their composition skills… in article… Read the rest “Robot writer fools journals’ peer-review system.”

We can inherit the memory of heart attacks.

19 September 2016 grant 0

Science Daily reports on Swedish scientists who’ve found we can inherit “memories” of a heart attack:

In the current [Uppsala University] study, the researchers

… Read the rest “We can inherit the memory of heart attacks.”

Science Art: Hyastenus convexus, from Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert’ 1881-2.

18 September 2016 grant 0

Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2. London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1884.  http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44056Click to embiggen

Big picture, small crab.

They crawl around the sea in Japan, Australia, Borneo and the Horn of Africa.

This one was drawn in the 1880s (like one of those French girls) aboard… Read the rest “Science Art: Hyastenus convexus, from Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert’ 1881-2.”

That’s a big map.

15 September 2016 grant 0

Nature reports on the Gaia space telescope’s new map that will pinpoint more than a billion objects by the time it’s done:

Gaia, a space telescope launched by the European Space

… Read the rest “That’s a big map.”

Old, oooold lady figurine found (whole!) in Neolithic city.

14 September 2016 grant 0

Daily Sabah reports on the history-making implications of a very old, quite intact figurine found at a dig in Çatalhöyük:

The statuette, measuring 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) long and

… Read the rest “Old, oooold lady figurine found (whole!) in Neolithic city.”

A new way to catch Zika.

13 September 2016 grant 0

The Washington Post puzzles over a case of Zika in Utah that points to a new way for the virus to transmit itself:

Until now, scientists have said that Zika is spread primarily through the bite

… Read the rest “A new way to catch Zika.”

Science Art: Orbital Balloon Repair (?), by Philip Bono

11 September 2016 grant 0

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In 1960, we started planning to send rockets to Mars… and Philip Bono, a Boeing engineer and designer, started figuring out how they’d work, and how they’d look while… Read the rest “Science Art: Orbital Balloon Repair (?), by Philip Bono”

Now you can count them before they’re hatched.

9 September 2016 grant 0

Or at least sex them. Yes, so, if you’re not up on your poultry husbandry, sexing chickens is a big thing – an enormous thing. Girl chickens grow up to lay eggs. Boy chickens –… Read the rest “Now you can count them before they’re hatched.”

Researcher tucks into a CRISPR meal.

7 September 2016 grant 0

Umeå University has more on their molecular biology professor, Stefan Jansson, who sat down to eat a CRISPR-modified pasta-and-veggie dinner to show off the technology’s potential… Read the rest “Researcher tucks into a CRISPR meal.”

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