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Month: May 2017

Air pollution may be four times worse than we thought. (In Europe, at least.)

31 May 2017 grant 0

Science Daily takes a deeper look at the problems with car and truck exhaust fumes:

Environmental protection and health agencies base their air pollution management on atmospheric models

… Read the rest “Air pollution may be four times worse than we thought. (In Europe, at least.)”

New cancer drug fights tumors based on its genes, not its location.

29 May 2017 grant 0

Nature heralds a new, genetic weapon in our arsenal against cancer, be it pancreatic, lung, skin or liver. This is a cancer treatment based on the cancer’s genetic makeup, not what… Read the rest “New cancer drug fights tumors based on its genes, not its location.”

Science Art: Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery: Polished Red – p. 1-22

28 May 2017 grant 0

From https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Petrie-Polished-Red-01.jpg
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Silhouettes of polished redware from the Ancient Egyptian (or, really, older than Ancient Egyptian) Naqada culture. That’s about 5,500 years old, a mere century… Read the rest “Science Art: Corpus of Prehistoric Pottery: Polished Red – p. 1-22”

Plasma jet engines: Taking us to space without burning fuel

25 May 2017 grant 0

New Scientist is launching our hopes higher than ever with a report on a whole new electric engine that can carry a plane to space:

Traditional jet engines create thrust by mixing compressed

… Read the rest “Plasma jet engines: Taking us to space without burning fuel”

SONG: Facts Will Save Us All

24 May 2017 grant 0

SONG: “Facts Will Save Us All”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE:Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove,” New York Times, 17 Apr 2017, as used in the post “Microsoft’s… Read the rest “SONG: Facts Will Save Us All”

Mouse sperm survive in space.

23 May 2017 grant 0

Science News reports that DNA is tough stuff, and reproductive cells that were freeze-dried and subjected to months of solar radiation came back home just fine:

If humans ever embark on

… Read the rest “Mouse sperm survive in space.”

OK – Svalbard is just fine.

22 May 2017 grant 0

Popular Science is trying to calm folks down following hyped-up reports that the seed vault (previously sung about here) containing precious samples of all our food crops was flooded:… Read the rest “OK – Svalbard is just fine.”

Science Art: Lychee, from Flora Sinensis, 1656.

21 May 2017 grant 0

A lychee. By Michel Boym, from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/123322#/summary

This is Litchi chinensis, 荔枝, the lychee, sometimes called a “lychee nut” although it’s not nut-like at all. It’s more like a muscadine (tough skin, sweet juiciness)… Read the rest “Science Art: Lychee, from Flora Sinensis, 1656.”

SONG: Another Girl, Another Planet (penitential cover)

21 May 2017 grant 0

SONG: “Another Girl, Another Planet” (penitential cover)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: This has no scientific source; it’s a penitential cover for being late for the April… Read the rest “SONG: Another Girl, Another Planet (penitential cover)”

We’ll build skyscrapers out of wood. And do the planet some good….

18 May 2017 grant 0

Nature reveals the new growth of ambitious plans to cool the planet with wooden skyscrapers:

Constructed almost entirely from timber in 2014, the 8-storey, 30-metre building is among

… Read the rest “We’ll build skyscrapers out of wood. And do the planet some good….”

Melting permafrost is releasing ancient diseases.

15 May 2017 grant 0

Sounds almost medieval, doesn’t it? But no, it’s not the vapors. BBC shows how dormant viruses and bacteria are waking up after centuries or even millennia under the ice:

In

… Read the rest “Melting permafrost is releasing ancient diseases.”

Science Art: Blackbird SR-71 engine nozzle, 2011

14 May 2017 grant 0

from : https://archive.org/stream/astronomianovaai00kepl#page/4/mode/2up
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“Internal view of a Pratt & Whitney J58 afterburner and exhaust nozzle.”

Found on Wikimedia Commons.

Puppetmaster parasite steers fish – from inside their eyeballs.

12 May 2017 grant 0

New Scientist has the creepy story of a parasitic worm that controls fish behavior by controlling how they see the world:

When the parasite is young, it helps its host stay safe from predators.

… Read the rest “Puppetmaster parasite steers fish – from inside their eyeballs.”

Humans didn’t live with dinosaurs… but maybe with ape-men.

9 May 2017 grant 0

Nature shines new light on a very old hominid – “Neo,” the ape-like Homo naledi who may have coexisted with early modern humans:

H. naledi was uncovered in the Rising

… Read the rest “Humans didn’t live with dinosaurs… but maybe with ape-men.”

Science Art: The Myology of the Raven, 1890

8 May 2017 grant 0

Corvus corax sinuatus
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This is the head and neck of a raven, Corvus corax sinuatus, as dissected and drawn by Robert W. Shufeldt.

I look at this and am impressed by the beauty of the anatomy. Then … Read the rest “Science Art: The Myology of the Raven, 1890”

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