“Goddess of the Yangzi” might not be extinct after all.
The Guardian has an optimistic story out of central China, with news that the baiji – the Yangzi River dolphin, one of the oldest aquatic […]
Month: October 2016
The Martian Timeshare
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 […]
Science Art: GFS Model Forecasts Moisture over the Atlantic, Aug 2016
Click to embiggen 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 […]
Rescuing the seeds of Aleppo
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 […]
Dark matter is… doing something strange.
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 […]
Re-remembering Robinson Crusoe.
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 […]
Science Art: Aneroiddose für die Luftdruckkompensation des Pendels, by Sigmund Riefler
Click to embiggen Sigmund Riefler was a physicist and precision clockmaker. He also created this, a precision barometer, or, rather, a barometer connected to a […]