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Month: February 2017

American sharks are recovering (in the Atlantic, at least).

28 February 2017 grant 0

Eurekalert has good news from the southeastern Atlantic. Shark populations are getting back to where they should be for a healthy ocean:

Scientists estimate that over-fishing of sharks

… Read the rest “American sharks are recovering (in the Atlantic, at least).”

Is this one, long neuron where consciousness comes from?

27 February 2017 grant 0

Nature reports on the discovery of a single, brain-encircling “crown of thorns” neuron that might be the seat of consciousness:

Christof Koch, president of the Allen Institute

… Read the rest “Is this one, long neuron where consciousness comes from?”

Science Art: Dinner in the Mould of the Iguanodon, by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, 1854.

26 February 2017 grant 0

from http://cpdinosaurs.org/library/108

A paleontological dinner party, as drawn by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, the sculptor who also made the dining accommodations – an Iguanodon. Nowadays, we know (or think we know)… Read the rest “Science Art: Dinner in the Mould of the Iguanodon, by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, 1854.”

SONG: Glassy Carbon Rods

23 February 2017 grant 0

SONG: “Glassy Carbon Rods.”

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE:Big improvement to brain-computer interface,” Science Daily, 17 Feb 2017, as used in the post “Brain-electronics… Read the rest “SONG: Glassy Carbon Rods”

Hidden labyrinths in Denmark, dating back to the Stone Age.

21 February 2017 grant 0

Science Nordic reports on the mysteries of enormous Stone-Age circles found in Denmark:

One of the latest additions is a huge construction, discovered by archaeologists from the Museum

… Read the rest “Hidden labyrinths in Denmark, dating back to the Stone Age.”

Science Art: Veins in the Region of the Temple, 1875

19 February 2017 grant 0

from *Studies in the Facial Region*, https://archive.org/details/studiesinfacialr00alle

A profile of a profile, from Studies in the Facial Region by Harrison Allen.

[via nemfrog]

Brain-electronics just got better

19 February 2017 grant 0

Science Daily reports on “glassy carbon electrodes,” a breakthrough in the interfaces that connect computers to our brains:

The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering

… Read the rest “Brain-electronics just got better”

MRI scan predicts autism with 80% accuracy.

16 February 2017 grant 0

Science Daily looks at the brains of infants to see which ones have an overgrowth of the brain’s surface, which is to say, which ones are likely to develop autism within two years:

“Our

… Read the rest “MRI scan predicts autism with 80% accuracy.”

Ancient pottery reveals the past of Earth’s magnetic field.

14 February 2017 grant 0

NPR has more on how potters inadvertently preserved a record of Earth’s magnetic field 3,000 years ago:

About 3,000 years ago, a potter near Jerusalem made a big jar. It was meant to

… Read the rest “Ancient pottery reveals the past of Earth’s magnetic field.”

Science Art: The Albatross Dredging, 1883.

13 February 2017 grant 0

Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate I, p. 111.

This is the science vessel Albatross, a steamship custom-built for the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, what’s now the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service. “The… Read the rest “Science Art: The Albatross Dredging, 1883.”

Our first breath of air, analyzed 2.3 billion years later.

9 February 2017 grant 0

Science Daily peeks into the deep, deep history of the “Great Oxidation Event,” analyzing a very old sample of some of the first oxygen to appear on Earth:

Christopher Junium,

… Read the rest “Our first breath of air, analyzed 2.3 billion years later.”

This origami microscope costs less than a dollar – and you can magnify stuff by 2,000 times.

7 February 2017 grant 0

Popular Science shows us how to make a cheap paper microscope that really works:

In the Foldscope, invented by Stanford University engineers, creased paper creates a scaffold, which holds

… Read the rest “This origami microscope costs less than a dollar – and you can magnify stuff by 2,000 times.”

Radiation clouds may sicken jet travelers.

6 February 2017 grant 0

New Scientist puts the seat backs in the full upright position with the news that there are weird “radioactive zones” in the sky our planes fly through all the time:

We have long

… Read the rest “Radiation clouds may sicken jet travelers.”

Science Art: Cultures of a destructive mold called Phomopsis, by USDA-ARS

5 February 2017 grant 0

https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/images/photos/k5948-2 by Scott BauerClick to embiggen

Might look pretty in a dish, but you don’t want to find this on your crops – it’s bad news.

This image, taken by Scott Bauer, is from the USDA Agricultural… Read the rest “Science Art: Cultures of a destructive mold called Phomopsis, by USDA-ARS”

Bad gut bacteria can cause high blood pressure.

5 February 2017 grant 0

Sure, it might be the salty food, but Science Daily says, based on work by the American Physiological Society, that the microbes in your intestines can have a stronger effect on hypertension… Read the rest “Bad gut bacteria can cause high blood pressure.”

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