Science News checks out yet another disaster, though one on a smaller scale and a bit closer to the ground than most, as armies of Asian jumping worms are suddenly exploding across America’s… Read the rest “Now America is being invaded by jumping worms.”
Science News reports on a new record – three hours and 42 minutes underwater without coming up for air – set by a Cuvier’s beaked whale:
… Read the rest “Can you hold your breath for more than 3 1/2 hours? This guy can.”Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius
Among all the diagrams of force-vectors, there’s this wonderful illustration of a well-made machine in A Text-Book of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, on archive.org… Read the rest “Science Art: Single-Acting Force Pump with Ball Valves, 1903.”
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SOURCE: Based on BBC, 2 Sep 2020, “Black holes: Cosmic signal rattles Earth after 7 billion years”, as used in the post “A… Read the rest “SONG: Collisions”
Science News reports on an ostracod fossil that’s 100 million years old – and contains a a recognizable sample of its giant sperm:
… Read the rest “We’ve found the world’s oldest sperm. And it’s big.”A single piece of amber from Myanmar held 39
As its Smithsonian Museum page explains, this painting is from a book that hoped to prove a slightly odd hypothesis: that even brightly colored animals would blend into… Read the rest “Science Art: Roseate Spoonbill, study for Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, by Abbot Handerson Thayer”
Nature looks at dissociative states, and the specific rhythm in a single layer of neurons that can make everything around you seem unreal:
… Read the rest “The rhythm of an out-of-body experience.”The neurological basis of dissociation has been
Science reveals the results of a massive genetic study of Viking remains across Europe, which found that people from all genetic backgrounds took up the Viking way:
… Read the rest “DNA study confirms: “Viking” was a job, not an ethnicity.”Over the course of almost
Science News explains the strange chemistry that’s behind the new discovery, and why it means that Venus can get added to the same list as Mars and the Jovian moon Europa as a possible… Read the rest “Phosphine gas means there might be life on Venus.”
A big part of a big rocket, loading onto a big barge in a big facility in Louisiana. As the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility image library description says:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Last Test Article for NASA’s SLS Rocket Departs Michoud Assembly Facility, 2019 – by NASA/Jude Guidry.”The last of four
The Economist has an interesting piece on military psychology – specifically, the research going into predicting when an opponent who is outgunned and outmanned will just keep … Read the rest “The science of the will to fight.”
Science News has some optimistic news about the long-term neurological effects of childhood trauma. We know that they can create lasting physical changes inside the brain – but,… Read the rest “Puberty can erase childhood trauma’s brain effects”
Treasure! Literally! A hoard of Roman gold and silver, including jewelry, figurines, and a lot of these votive “leaf” plaques.
A votive plaque like these… Read the rest “Science Art: Gold plaques (items 9-14 in catalogue), by Ian Richardson, The British Museum, 2012”
HealthEuropa reveals new research into myelin sheaths, the “insulation” around nerve cells that gets damaged by multiple sclerosis and some kinds of traumatic injuries.… Read the rest “New coffee-based technique promises to rebuild nerves damaged by MS, injuries.”
BBC peers into deepest space to find the origins of a gravity “shockwave” from 7 billion years ago that was still strong enough to shake laser detectors on Earth last May –… Read the rest “A black hole bigger than a hundred suns.”
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