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Month: August 2022

Scientific illustration of wheels, bins, sifters, and other engineering parts from https://archive.org/details/gri_33125001402706/page/n229/mode/1up, the Engineer's Sketchbook. p219.

Science Art: Page 219 from The engineer’s sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details…, 1890

28 August 2022 grant 0

This is a page of assorted parts – gizmos, “contrivances,” what-have-yous – for doing things in machines. It’s from a catalog of such bits and pieces from… Read the rest “Science Art: Page 219 from The engineer’s sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details…, 1890”

Reptiles evolve to conquer climate change, again and again (when they didn’t all die).

26 August 2022 grant 0

Jerusalem Post covers research by Harvard University, University of Alberta, and North Carolina Museum of Natural History that reveals the long history of reptiles, who have reacted … Read the rest “Reptiles evolve to conquer climate change, again and again (when they didn’t all die).”

There are two waters, once it gets cold.

26 August 2022 grant 0

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that ordinary water becomes ice when it gets really cold (which we all already knew) but also can become a second, denser liquid form… Read the rest “There are two waters, once it gets cold.”

No song today (or two days ago)

25 August 2022 grant 0

I sometimes work the polls during an election and Tuesday was the 23rd, and I hadn’t finished a song by the 22nd. I’ve nearly got a penitential cover for the last missed deadline,… Read the rest “No song today (or two days ago)”

Scientific illustration of a kind of sand flea or amphipod better known nowadays as Haustorius arenarius.

Science Art: Bellia arenaria, from The Annals and magazine of natural history, Series 2, Vol. 7, #37, 1850.

21 August 2022 grant 0

This is an illustration of a sea creature that, at the time, was (not exactly) new to science. It was new to British science when C. Spence Bate wrote about it in “On a new genus and several… Read the rest “Science Art: Bellia arenaria, from The Annals and magazine of natural history, Series 2, Vol. 7, #37, 1850.”

Airship hangar awaits new zeppelin revolution.

21 August 2022 grant 0

BBC is waiting patiently for Google co-founder Sergey Brin to create another world-changing revolution. They’re hanging out in an enormous hangar, the Goodyear Airdock in Akron,… Read the rest “Airship hangar awaits new zeppelin revolution.”

Bees of the sea: crustacean pollinators

19 August 2022 grant 0

Scientific American introduces us to the bees of the sea, newly observed tiny crustaceans that pollinate seaweed like bees do flowers on land:

For the red seaweed Gracilaria gracilis,

… Read the rest “Bees of the sea: crustacean pollinators”
Scientific illustration of a shadowy lighthouse and a dark ship sending out brilliant beams of light to illuminate the inky blackness of the shore, in an image used to sell lighting apparatus to Victorian engineers.

Science Art: Woodhouse & Rawson Electrical Lighting & Apparatus ad, 1890

14 August 2022 grant 0

Advertisements from the 1800s are usually visually striking, but this one is really something else – from the loopy lettering to the drama of the scene depicted in fields of shadow… Read the rest “Science Art: Woodhouse & Rawson Electrical Lighting & Apparatus ad, 1890”

Exploring alien planets (and Earth) by balloon

11 August 2022 grant 0

Science News looks at the recent breakthroughs in planetary research using an often-overlooked kind of vehicle, a lighter-than-air balloon, as a research platform in alien skies:

“Venus

… Read the rest “Exploring alien planets (and Earth) by balloon”

Maybe we’ll be able to answer our phones again after all. A cybersecurity expert is hopeful.

10 August 2022 grant 0

We in the Guild are not quite ready to break out the chilled sparkling cider and start dialing random numbers to celebrate… but Scientific American has us cautiously optimistic about… Read the rest “Maybe we’ll be able to answer our phones again after all. A cybersecurity expert is hopeful.”

Scientific illustration of Proxima Centauri, or rather, a chorizo published as a star photo to illustrate that people trust social media too much.

Science Art: Photo de Proxima du Centaure, l’étoile la plus proche du Soleil…, Etienne Klein, 2022.

7 August 2022 grant 0

Maybe you saw this image on Twitter with a blurb like:

Photo de Proxima du Centaure, l’étoile la plus proche du Soleil, située à 4,2 année-lumière de nous.
Elle a été prise par le JWST.
Ce niveau

… Read the rest “Science Art: Photo de Proxima du Centaure, l’étoile la plus proche du Soleil…, Etienne Klein, 2022.”

Mind-reading helmet used to detect porn in China.

6 August 2022 grant 0

Maybe a half-step beyond “I know it when I see it.” PC Gamer repeats reports of some strange technological applications allegedly being tested in China, in the form of a helmet… Read the rest “Mind-reading helmet used to detect porn in China.”

Transplant breakthrough: A system for keeping the organs alive in a pig that has died.

5 August 2022 grant 0

Science News is talking about a new “cellular life support” system that could change the way we do organ transplants by keeping organs alive in a body that has died:

In earlier

… Read the rest “Transplant breakthrough: A system for keeping the organs alive in a pig that has died.”

Mammoth hunt pushes first North American settlers back by a few millennia.

2 August 2022 grant 0

PhysOrg looks at the remains of what UT Austin researchers have determined was a 37,000-year-old mammoth hunt in New Mexico, a place where scientists didn’t think humans existed… Read the rest “Mammoth hunt pushes first North American settlers back by a few millennia.”

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