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Month: October 2022

In case you ever wondered, there are 20 quadrillion ants in the world. And that makes them important.

3 October 2022 grant 0

Reuters reports on a painstaking headcount that proves that for every one of the nearly 8 billion humans on Earth, there are 2.5 million ants:

“Ants certainly play a very central role

… Read the rest “In case you ever wondered, there are 20 quadrillion ants in the world. And that makes them important.”
Scientific illustration of a baboon with a tail "exactly like a pig's."

Science Art: Pigtailed Baboon, 1811.

2 October 2022 grant 0

According to the accompanying text, this illustration depicts a baboon species “easily distinguished by its tail, which is four inches long, slender, and exactly like a pig’s.”… Read the rest “Science Art: Pigtailed Baboon, 1811.”

Mammal ancestors survived a mass extinction – but got killed off by drought.

1 October 2022 grant 0

Live Science considers the fate of the shovel lizard Lystrosaurus, a plant-eating creature from 251 million years ago who survived the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, but then was … Read the rest “Mammal ancestors survived a mass extinction – but got killed off by drought.”

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  • Laura Veirs, who knows her way around a polysyllable.
  • Thomas Dolby, godfather of scientific pop.
  • Squeaky, fact-based rock about fusion containment & rocket science.
  • Cosmos II, a.k.a. Boston University astronomer Alan Marscher.
  • Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist who makes music from cosmic radio sources.
  • Dr. Jim Webb, astronomy professor and acoustic guitarist.
  • Artichoke, the band behind 26 Scientists, Vols. I and II.
  • They Might Be Giants, unrelenting proponents of scientific popular song.
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