Of course. Of course. The Guardian reveals that orcas can use human speech when it suits them:
… Read the rest “Killer whales speak human. A little.”New research reveals that orcas are able to imitate human speech, in some cases at the first attempt,
More astronaut optimism, less everything else.
From the NASA Image HQ Flickr account:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Expedition 54 flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), by NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepi, Dec. 17, 2017.”Expedition 54 flight engineer Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration
The American Council on Health and Social Science looks at the epidemiology of human behavior – and things we want to believe – by finding what riots, flu and “fake news”… Read the rest “Riots spread like viruses spread like “fake news.””
Scientific American brings us a baby step closer to understanding what a bunch of strange DNA – stuff that doesn’t directly shape our cells – shared by all vertebrates… Read the rest “Mystery DNA has something to do with our brains.”
Seeing what we hear, in 1892. Did they have oscilloscopes in 1892? I don’t think they did. But they could visualize this.
At any rate, I found this via Nemfrog in Sound… Read the rest “Science Art: Sound Vibrations, 1892”
Science Daily makes a fact-based plea to keep sparrows in the dark – because nighttime lighting makes the birds stay sick with West Nile – and contagious – about twice… Read the rest “Light pollution helps West Nile virus spread. (Go figure.)”
Popular Science checks the dental records to get to the cause of a mysterious sickness that killed up to 15 million people in only three years:
… Read the rest “500-year-old teeth reveal an unimaginably deadly epidemic.”Red spots appeared on the skin, accompanied
Popular Mechanics takes a long look at what, at first glance, might easily be dismissed as another Egyptian desert pebble – but is, in fact, a meteorite fragment older than our planet,… Read the rest “Hypatia: A stone older than the solar system”
A hydraulic organ from the 17th century, as commemorated by Athanasius Kircher. It has a robotic skeleton! And a waterwheel!
There are some more wondrous instruments … Read the rest “Science Art: Kircher’s fanciful design for a hydraulic organ, complete with dancing skeleton, from Musurgia Universalis, 1650.”
Science Daily reveals a breakthrough in wearable electronics, with flexible circuits that can move like muscle fibers and even help do your walking:
… Read the rest “Gel robotics for wearable muscles.”A collaborative research team has
Not that we didn’t have enough to worry about, but Science Alert has, uh, alerted us to the science showing that three species of Australian raptors are picking up burning sticks to… Read the rest “Birds of prey are lighting wildfires. On purpose.”
SONG: “In Circles” (penitential cover)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: This has no scientific source; it’s a penitential cover for being late for the November song (which … Read the rest “SONG: “In Circles” (a penitential Einstürzende Neubauten cover)”
Wired has a longer look at researchers who’ve boldly taken on the thankless task of taking on the whole “voter ID” controversy with real data on how the laws work and what… Read the rest “Voter ID laws: the real science.”
I found this on the Scientific Illustration tumblr, and though it seems to have been used in an Earth Archives article with a morbid title, it originally came from the artist’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Momma Oryctrodromeus stays in the burrow with her babies…., by Julio Lacerda”
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