Scientific American has some unpleasant statistics emerging from a study of how many people have really died in Puerto Rico in the wake of last year’s second massive hurricane:
… Read the rest “Researchers: The death toll from Hurricane Maria is 72 times higher than the official figure.”Are
The Guardian reveals that De Beers, the monolithic diamond firm (which has made artificial scarcity its business model for the better part of a century – actually posting guards … Read the rest “De Beers sells synthetic diamonds.”
The New Yorker leaves their modern city to plunge into a genuine wilderness on an expedition into La Mosquitia, a long-abandoned settlement in the jungles of eastern Honduras – where… Read the rest “Exploring a Lost World”
What’s inside a Ukranian volcano. Or most volcanoes, wherever the are. From a Ukranian encyclopedia for Ukrainian miners (ISBN 966-7804-14-3).
SONG: “The Russian Cuckoo Reproduces in the Midnight Sun”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Popular Science, 7 May 2018, “Russian cuckoos are taking over Alaska”, as… Read the rest “SONG: The Russian Cuckoo Reproduces in the Midnight Sun”
Nature reports on a new way to turn ship exhaust into an energy source. Dr. Jun Kang at the Korea Maritime and Ocean University in South Korea has devised a way to capture soot from diesel engines… Read the rest “Ship-exhaust power: making batteries from soot.”
Just in case you have to drive one of these, now you know where the controls are.
I like that there’s a dial labeled “Time To Go.”
Found at the NASA Johnson… Read the rest “Science Art: Mercury Spacecraft Main Instrument Panel, 1959.”
Science Daily looks at a form of cellulose – that is, like, wood, you know? – that’s been remade at the nano-level to be stronger than dragline spider silk:
… Read the rest “Bio-material stronger than steel… and spider silk.”The team headed
Nice when they’re fighting the spread of disease rather than the other way around. Science News looks into how to train giant, explosive-sniffing rats to find early signs of TB infections… Read the rest “Trained rats can detect tuberculosis.”
Scientific American recently ran a blog by Finnish psychologist and philosopher Frank Martela, who explains why Finland’s national skepticism about happiness might make them,… Read the rest “Finns aren’t happy about being named the happiest country on Earth.”
Seems a little metaphorical, but it’s really happening. Popular Science reports on a rapid influx of cuckoos from Russia literally taking over American bird populations from within… Read the rest “Russian cuckoos are taking over Alaska.”
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Jellyfish. Deep sea medusae. By Ernst Haeckel and A. Giltsch.
From Vol. 4, pt.11-13 of Report on the scientific results of the voyage of /i>H.M.S. Challenger during… Read the rest “Science Art: Ptychogena Pinnulata, 1882.”
Science Daily finds a correlation between national satisfaction and participation in the Eurovision song contest. Even if your country loses, you and your neighbors will be happier than… Read the rest “Countries in the Eurovision contest are happier overall.”
Nature reports on a water filter based on computer pioneer Alan Turing’s only biology paper that appears to clean salt out of water three times better than conventional filters: … Read the rest “Alan Turing’s idea makes water three times cleaner.”
MIT News reports on a study that turns back the clock, at least as far as intestinal cells are concerned. Mice who’ve done without food for 24 hours alter their metabolisms in such a … Read the rest “Fasting rejuvenates aging stem cells.”
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