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Month: December 2019

The jury remains out on ketamine-based antidepressants. They work… for *some* people.

30 December 2019 grant 0

Science News covers the ups and downs of Spravato, a ketamine-related antidepressant nasal spray that works for some folks, sometimes:

Many existing antidepressants target serotonin,

… Read the rest “The jury remains out on ketamine-based antidepressants. They work… for *some* people.”
Scientific illustration of an induction coil from The How and Why of Radio Apparatus. It's an old electric image. Antique equipment FTW.

Science Art:Induction Coil Cutaway, 1920

29 December 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of an induction coil from The How and Why of Radio Apparatus. It's an old electric image. Antique equipment FTW. Click to embiggen

From Harry Winfield Secor’s The How and Why of Radio Apparatus, from the Experimenter Publishing Co., which you can read here.

Electricity was the theme of my Yule… Read the rest “Science Art:Induction Coil Cutaway, 1920”

Christmas music and your brain.

24 December 2019 grant 0

The holiday spirit (or something) descended on The Washington Post, who have shared (non-paywalled, apparently) a statistical and neurological look at why Christmas music – and… Read the rest “Christmas music and your brain.”

How to mine the bottom of the sea.

23 December 2019 grant 0

The Atlantic goes deep, deeper than ever in search of the wealth beneath the ocean floor:

Today, many of the largest mineral corporations in the world have launched underwater mining programs.

… Read the rest “How to mine the bottom of the sea.”

SONG: I Spent a Week in the Dark

23 December 2019 grant 0

SONG: “I Spent a Week in the Dark”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science Daily, 8 December 2019, “A week in the dark rewires brain cell networks and changes hearing in adult… Read the rest “SONG: I Spent a Week in the Dark”

Scientific illustration of synapsid reptiles, which are not dinosaurs really, but include things like Dimetrodon, from The Dinosaur Book.

Science Art: The evolution of the synapsid reptiles, by John C. Germann,1945

22 December 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of synapsid reptiles, which are not dinosaurs really, but include things like Dimetrodon, from The Dinosaur Book.Click to embiggen
These are not dinosaurs – they’re older than that – but they are in The Dinosaur Book, Edwin H. Colbert’s 1945 guide to prehistoric creatures… Read the rest “Science Art: The evolution of the synapsid reptiles, by John C. Germann,1945”

Infections reduce autism symptoms – because an immune-system molecule affects a part of the brain.

20 December 2019 grant 0

Not sure if “symptoms” is quite the right word here, but it’s what MIT News is using. Apparently, it’s been noticed for around a decade and half that when autistic… Read the rest “Infections reduce autism symptoms – because an immune-system molecule affects a part of the brain.”

The High Martian Wind

18 December 2019 grant 0

(In all caps because that’s a title, isn’t it?) Science News reports on the work the MAVEN probe is doing mapping the movements of the upper atmosphere of Mars:

“Looking at how

… Read the rest “The High Martian Wind”

Eye-tracking study: Men check out other men’s chests more than women do.

16 December 2019 grant 0

PsyPost shares research from Evolutionary Psychological Science that finds that dudes, like, check out each other’s pecs all the time (comparatively):

“If having a larger upper

… Read the rest “Eye-tracking study: Men check out other men’s chests more than women do.”
Scientific illustration as heraldry: a dinosaur coat of arms for Dornogovi Province, Mongolia

Science Art: Coat of Arms of Dornogovi Aimag in Mongolia

15 December 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration as heraldry: a dinosaur coat of arms for Dornogovi Province, MongoliaClick to embiggen

A dinosaur in a coat of arms for Dornogovi Province, Mongolia. It’s from Wikimedia Commons’ “Dinosaurs in Heraldry” section. As UNESCO reminds… Read the rest “Science Art: Coat of Arms of Dornogovi Aimag in Mongolia”

Reading the oldest story humans told… on a cave wall in Indonesia.

13 December 2019 grant 0

Nature looks at a comic book from 44,000 years ago that tells the story of a successful hunt – a story that appears to be humanity’s oldest:

A cave-wall depiction of a pig and buffalo

… Read the rest “Reading the oldest story humans told… on a cave wall in Indonesia.”

Feathered dinosaur tail found preserved in amber.

12 December 2019 grant 0

BBC reports on a brown-and-white relic that reveals what dinosaurs really looked like – the first material from a dinosaur’s body ever discovered:

“This is the first

… Read the rest “Feathered dinosaur tail found preserved in amber.”

SONG: Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget

10 December 2019 grant 0

SONG: “Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Scientific American, 18 November 2019, “Deeper Insights Emerge into How Memories Form,”… Read the rest “SONG: Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget”

Egyptian mummies’ tattoos revealed: crosses, baboons and hieroglyphics

10 December 2019 grant 0

Smithsonian looks at tattoos – the tattoos of Egyptian mummies, obscured by the mummification resins but revealed by infrared light:

Archaeologist Anne Austin of the University

… Read the rest “Egyptian mummies’ tattoos revealed: crosses, baboons and hieroglyphics”
scientific illustration of a blended wing aircraft, or hybrid wing body, a jet concept tested by NASA

Science Art: Hybrid Wing Body, NASA, 2013

8 December 2019 grant 0

scientific illustration of a blended wing aircraft, or hybrid wing body, a jet concept tested by NASAClick to embiggen

NASA, for a while, was looking at different ways an aircraft’s body could be used to generate lift, rather than having wings sort of stuck on the fuselage after the… Read the rest “Science Art: Hybrid Wing Body, NASA, 2013”

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