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Month: July 2019

Tree-coffin burial for a Celtic Swiss lady of prominence.

31 July 2019 grant 0

LiveScience relates how impressed archaeologists are at the classiness of an Iron Age Celtic burial in what’s now Switzerland:

After studying the 2,200-year-old burial, archaeologists

… Read the rest “Tree-coffin burial for a Celtic Swiss lady of prominence.”

Disinformation is not false information, and it’s not manufactured. And it doesn’t want you to believe anything.

30 July 2019 grant 0

Nature has an essay up by a disinformation researcher, who wants us to know that disinformation is usually partially true, and mostly spread by people who don’t realize it –… Read the rest “Disinformation is not false information, and it’s not manufactured. And it doesn’t want you to believe anything.”

Scientific illustration - well, a photograph, really - of plasma forming around a vacuum tube, by BentaxGermany

Science Art: Coronal plasma on an ionization tube in operation, by BentaxGermany, 2013

28 July 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration - well, a photograph, really - of plasma forming around a vacuum tube, by BentaxGermanyClick to embiggen vastly
If it looks like a miniature sun, maybe that’s because on one level it is – it’s creating plasma, which surrounds it like a corona around the sun.… Read the rest “Science Art: Coronal plasma on an ionization tube in operation, by BentaxGermany, 2013”

Last Thursday, a “city-killer” asteroid buzzed by Earth, and we had no clue it was coming.

28 July 2019 grant 0

LiveScience was among the outlets breathlessly describing our close encounter with a giant speeding space-rock that took us all by surprise:

Ranging in size from 187 to 427 feet (57 to 130

… Read the rest “Last Thursday, a “city-killer” asteroid buzzed by Earth, and we had no clue it was coming.”

The “sonic attack” in Cuba and China… definitely did something to diplomats’ brains. Literally.

26 July 2019 grant 0

The New York Times reports on findings (from JAMA) that the people who’d complained of nausea, visual blurring and other effects after some strange events in America’s Cuban… Read the rest “The “sonic attack” in Cuba and China… definitely did something to diplomats’ brains. Literally.”

The American pocket shark glows in the dark

23 July 2019 grant 0

CNN was among the news outlets celebrating the discovery of a small, glow-in-the-dark shark species:

The 5 1/2-inch American Pocket Shark is the first of its kind to be discovered in the

… Read the rest “The American pocket shark glows in the dark”

No song – again!

23 July 2019 grant 0

Because computers sometimes break, and replacement computers sometimes don’t work the way one expects them to, and because just setting up a recorder and recording a thing makes… Read the rest “No song – again!”

Scientific illustration by Galileo Galilei of the moon's phases, showing its craters and mountains.

Science Art: Galileo’s Moon Phases, 1616.

21 July 2019 grant 0

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Galileo drew pictures of the moon – pictures that included imperfections on the surface. The moon, he observed, had texture. Hills and valleys. Craters.… Read the rest “Science Art: Galileo’s Moon Phases, 1616.”

“Diamond-based security” low-tech foil for high-tech counterfeiters

19 July 2019 grant 0

Fortune reports on a new company that aims to keep supply chains secure in the era of 3D printing by using unique patterns of diamond dust scattered on manufactured parts to act as a unique … Read the rest ““Diamond-based security” low-tech foil for high-tech counterfeiters”

Fishermen who communicate make the environment healthier.

16 July 2019 grant 0

Hakai takes a sociological look at an ecological problem, with research that shows marine environments are measurably healthier in areas where fishermen communicate openly about what… Read the rest “Fishermen who communicate make the environment healthier.”

China is going back to fighting the ozone hole.

15 July 2019 grant 0

Nature reports on Chinese officials having a redo on one of our past environmental successes, seeking out the source of massive plumes of ozone-destroying CFCs detected over two Chinese… Read the rest “China is going back to fighting the ozone hole.”

scientific illustration of the sky, a perspective view of effects from ice crystals for meteological observers

Science Art: Perspective view of the sky…, from “Refraction by Ice Crystals” in Instructions to Marine Meteorological Observers, 1938.

14 July 2019 grant 0

scientific illustration of the sky, a perspective view of effects from ice crystals for meteological observersClick to embiggen

These are the optical effects you have to be aware of if you’re going to describe the sky when ice-filled cirrus clouds are overhead. Ice crystals refract sunlight… Read the rest “Science Art: Perspective view of the sky…, from “Refraction by Ice Crystals” in Instructions to Marine Meteorological Observers, 1938.”

Skulls of the first Homo sapiens in Europe

12 July 2019 grant 0

Nature introduces us to the Greek ancestors of modern humanity – by far the oldest-known Homo sapiens, relatively recently discovered in a cave in southern Greece:

Harvati et al.

… Read the rest “Skulls of the first Homo sapiens in Europe”

In states where marijuana is legalized, underage use is *dropping*.

9 July 2019 grant 0

CNN reports on a JAMA Pediatrics study that found an interesting correlation between decriminalizing cannabis and teenagers’ use of the plant. Recreational use among teens actually… Read the rest “In states where marijuana is legalized, underage use is *dropping*.”

ICE is data-mining driver’s license photos.

9 July 2019 grant 0

TechCrunch reveals that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – ICE, the agency formed in 2003 as a replacement for the INS – has been quietly analyzing driver’s… Read the rest “ICE is data-mining driver’s license photos.”

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