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Month: July 2017

Science Art: 1. Papilio Memnon? 2. Pap. Aeneas

30 July 2017 grant 0

from Foreign Butterflies: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/44242#/summary Click to embiggen

Butterflies of South Asia and Central and South America.

Pretty butterflies. Or, as James Duncan and Sir William Jardine called them, Foreign Butterflies.

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Babies’ brain cells add years to mice’s lives.

28 July 2017 grant 0

Nature is absolutely not trying to cause any panic with news that injecting baby brain cells into older mice keep them younger and healthier longer:

Previous studies have suggested that

… Read the rest “Babies’ brain cells add years to mice’s lives.”

Does your tunnel come after the white light?

26 July 2017 grant 0

Science Daily investigates the process of dying – or rather, Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). Although people report very similar NDEs across cultures – looking down at their… Read the rest “Does your tunnel come after the white light?”

50 years ago, Surtsey Island came into being. Now, we’re drilling to find out how.

25 July 2017 grant 0

Nature reports on scientists with big drills in Iceland, trying to find out how it was that Surtsey Island came rising up from the ocean in the 1960s:

It will be the most detailed look ever at

… Read the rest “50 years ago, Surtsey Island came into being. Now, we’re drilling to find out how.”

SONG: I Had A Fever

23 July 2017 grant 0

SONG: “I Had A Fever”.

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SOURCE:Can Microbes Encourage Altruism?,” Scientific American, 17 Jul 2017, as used in the post “Does kindness come from… Read the rest “SONG: I Had A Fever”

Amateurs find a nearby star by looking through pro astronomers’ old data.

21 July 2017 grant 0

There’s a thing in Australia called “noodling,” where hobbyists look through opal mine spoil piles and find overlooked bits of precious stones. Syfy Wire has a report… Read the rest “Amateurs find a nearby star by looking through pro astronomers’ old data.”

Roomba inventor creates an anti-invasive-fish robot.

19 July 2017 grant 0

Fast Company unveils the new robots unleashed by Colin Angle, the man behind the Roomba, after he was challenged by a dive instructor in Bermuda. The marine machines are designed to seek … Read the rest “Roomba inventor creates an anti-invasive-fish robot.”

You could (probably) outrun a T. rex.

18 July 2017 grant 0

Newsweek, reporting on a study in PeerJ, demonstrates how one of the scariest dinosaurs of all was really kinda slow and clumsy:

In a study published in Peer J Tuesday, a team from the University

… Read the rest “You could (probably) outrun a T. rex.”

Does kindness come from germs? Are the better angels of our nature really a contagious infection?

17 July 2017 grant 0

Scientific American takes a cold, calculating look at research into the origins of our behavior. Just like parasites can spur suicidal behavior in certain hosts (all the better to reproduce),… Read the rest “Does kindness come from germs? Are the better angels of our nature really a contagious infection?”

Science Art: Torpille Moderne/Torpille Ancienne from Dreadnought ou submersible by Olivier Guihéneuc, 1916

16 July 2017 grant 0

from https://archive.org/details/dreadnoughtousub00guihuoftClick to embiggen

Two torpedoes, modern (as of 1916) and ancient. That’s about the limit of my French. The book is about naval warfare, and was published while World War I was going … Read the rest “Science Art: Torpille Moderne/Torpille Ancienne from Dreadnought ou submersible by Olivier Guihéneuc, 1916”

Geneticists record a short film on DNA. No, literally ON the DNA.

13 July 2017 grant 0

Popular Science explains what it takes to encode a short movie using CRISPR gene-editing technology:

Using the gene editing technique CRISPR, they encoded a series of images and a GIF into

… Read the rest “Geneticists record a short film on DNA. No, literally ON the DNA.”

Tomato plants can defend themselves – by turning caterpillars into cannibals.

12 July 2017 grant 0

Nature is decidedly unappetizing in its discussion of how vegetables turn attackers against each other:

Integrative biologist John Orrock and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin

… Read the rest “Tomato plants can defend themselves – by turning caterpillars into cannibals.”

Figuring out cyberbullying and online harassment. It’s harder than you’d think.

11 July 2017 grant 0

New Scientist takes a hard look at the realities of online harassment – how complicated it is to identify, why it’s increasing, and what can actually be done about it:

For example,

… Read the rest “Figuring out cyberbullying and online harassment. It’s harder than you’d think.”

Science Art: Dinotherium, by Heinrich Harder,1916.

9 July 2017 grant 0

by Heinrich Harder, 1916Click to embiggen

This is a fairly speculative reconstruction of an elephant-relative we really only know from footprints (or so says Wikimedia Commons, who are probably on the money here).… Read the rest “Science Art: Dinotherium, by Heinrich Harder,1916.”

Recreating deadly diseases with mail-order DNA: Here’s how.

7 July 2017 grant 0

Science reports on a group of researchers who recreated an extinct cousin of smallpox – one of the deadliest and most-weaponized diseases on Earth – by using simple techniques… Read the rest “Recreating deadly diseases with mail-order DNA: Here’s how.”

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