The Guardian has an optimistic story out of central China, with news that the baiji – the Yangzi River dolphin, one of the oldest aquatic mammal species in the world – might be… Read the rest ““Goddess of the Yangzi” might not be extinct after all.”
Nature gives us a new context for exploring Mars, with NASA landing a rugged rover or orbital observer equipped with “generic” scientific equipment so that lots of people … Read the rest “The Martian Timeshare”
You’d think after the week I’ve had, I’d be sick of looking at meteorological imagery. But no. This stuff is beautiful, and meaningful, and sometimes… Read the rest “Science Art: GFS Model Forecasts Moisture over the Atlantic, Aug 2016”
Nature finds hope for the future in war-torn Syria, where a seed-bank dedicated to preserve our ancient plants (which could save our crops from climate change) is being rebuilt in Lebanon… Read the rest “Rescuing the seeds of Aleppo”
The Guardian and physicist Jon Butterworth are looking at something unexpected that the Spitzer Space Telescope has noticed. Galaxies are put together in a way that could explain a few … Read the rest “Dark matter is… doing something strange.”
Because, according to National Geographic, we didn’t remember him right the first time. Or at least we attribute a heck of a lot to the real-life castaway Alexander Selkirk that really… Read the rest “Re-remembering Robinson Crusoe.”
Sigmund Riefler was a physicist and precision clockmaker. He also created this, a precision barometer, or, rather, a barometer connected to a precision clock.
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