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Month: June 2020

The world’s second-deadliest Ebola outbreak just ended.

30 June 2020 grant 0

Nature has some good news about an infectious disease – the outbreak that had killed 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo appears to be over, thanks to a new vaccine:

“We

… Read the rest “The world’s second-deadliest Ebola outbreak just ended.”
Scientific illustration of a tardigrade from Bermuda.

Science Art: Florarctus antillensis Van Der Land 1968, from “Tardigrades marins des Bermudes,” 1970

28 June 2020 grant 0

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A water bear from Bermuda, as published in 1970 (a good time to be in Bermuda). Florarctus antillensis was apparently first discovered in the coral sands of Curacao, also… Read the rest “Science Art: Florarctus antillensis Van Der Land 1968, from “Tardigrades marins des Bermudes,” 1970”

CERN is building a supercollider 100 km around.

27 June 2020 grant 0

Nature looks into a new push to build a really big (and really expensive) machine to work with really small particles:

CERN has taken a major step towards building a 100-kilometre circular

… Read the rest “CERN is building a supercollider 100 km around.”

SONG: Satellite of Love (penitential cover)

24 June 2020 grant 0

SONG: “Satellite of Love” (a penitential cover). (I also made an .ogg version.)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: This has no scientific source; it’s a penitential cover for … Read the rest “SONG: Satellite of Love (penitential cover)”

SONG: Cluster Anatomy

24 June 2020 grant 0

SONG: “Cluster Anatomy”. (I made an .ogg version, too.)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science News, 2 June 2020, “A new 3-D map illuminates the ‘little brain’ within the heart… Read the rest “SONG: Cluster Anatomy”

This T-shirt conceals you from digital surveillance.

22 June 2020 grant 0

Wired reveals a garment that doesn’t exactly make its wearer invisible, but makes it harder for an AI system – like those used in CCTV systems worldwide – to identify … Read the rest “This T-shirt conceals you from digital surveillance.”

Scientific illustration of a man who doesn't exist, generated by a neural network computer. df

Science Art: StyleGAN2 Example 2, Jan 2020

21 June 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a man who doesn't exist, generated by a neural network computer.Click to embiggen
Wikimedia Commons’ description of this average-looking guy simply reads: The man in this image does not exist. This face was constructed by a GAN program.

The licensing… Read the rest “Science Art: StyleGAN2 Example 2, Jan 2020”

Growing Neanderthal brains in the lab (using European stem cells).

19 June 2020 grant 0

CNN covers an odd project, using Svante Paabo’s reconstructed Neanderthal genome and European stem-cell banks to recreate mini-brain cell-clusters that are up to 20% Neanderthal… Read the rest “Growing Neanderthal brains in the lab (using European stem cells).”

Substituting soap-bubble robots for pollinating insects.

19 June 2020 grant 0

Cell reveals a potential replacement for pollinators – the vital insects who keep plants from almonds to corn to quinoa reproducing – by using flying robotic bubble-makers… Read the rest “Substituting soap-bubble robots for pollinating insects.”

Snot palaces reveal a new way of life

16 June 2020 grant 0

Scientific American‘s “60-Second Science” looks into the mucus mansions built by sea creatures with complex (if slimy) home lives:

Kakani Katija, a bioengineer

… Read the rest “Snot palaces reveal a new way of life”
Scientific illustration of Skylab by Russ Arasmith, NASA

Science Art: Russ Arasmith Skylab Artwork, date unknown.

15 June 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of Skylab by Russ Arasmith, NASAClick to embiggen

NASA’s Marshall Gallery lists this image as “date unknown,” but since Skylab was crewed from 1973 to 1974, and fell out of orbit in 1979, I think it’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Russ Arasmith Skylab Artwork, date unknown.”

Bringing otters back really paid off.

13 June 2020 grant 0

Science News breaks down the costs and benefits of restoring a predator like otters to an ecosystem, and finds that the ecological conservation approach pays for itself and then some (unless… Read the rest “Bringing otters back really paid off.”

Mapping an invisible Roman city

11 June 2020 grant 0

The Guardian has another radar-archaeology victory, looking underground with Cambridge University scientists mapping Falerii Novi, the first ancient Roman city to be surveyed by ground-penetrating… Read the rest “Mapping an invisible Roman city”

Mapping the heart’s little brain.

9 June 2020 grant 0

Science News looks at a new 3D map of the nerves that function as a miniature brain inside our hearts:

To make their map, systems biologist James Schwaber at Thomas Jefferson University in

… Read the rest “Mapping the heart’s little brain.”
Scientific illustration of an acoustic invention, the Dorsey sound recorder

Science Art: H.G. Dorsey: Device for Graphically Reproducing Sound Waves, 1912

8 June 2020 grant 0

Scientific illustration of an acoustic invention, the Dorsey sound recorderClick to embiggen slightly

A device from the early 20th century to turn sound waves into drawings – creating some of the first waveform illustrations. Those are something anyone … Read the rest “Science Art: H.G. Dorsey: Device for Graphically Reproducing Sound Waves, 1912”

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