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Month: April 2023

Scientific illustration of a cochlear implant; a bionic ear.

Science Art: Implantatet placeras under huden bakom örat…, 2008.

30 April 2023 grant 0

This image, by Wikimedia Commons user Seslami~commonswiki, shows an implantable electronic device that allows some people to hear, or to hear better.

What we’re seeing here, according… Read the rest “Science Art: Implantatet placeras under huden bakom örat…, 2008.”

Engineering bacteria to take on cancer.

30 April 2023 grant 0

Eric Topol, on Ground Truths, does a dive into the history of our understanding of what bacteria has to do with cancer – from the old dogma that “cancer tumors are sterile”… Read the rest “Engineering bacteria to take on cancer.”

Scientific illustration of a plesiosaur skull, a marine dinosaur (or dinosaur-like critter) with a long, beaky snout and some sharp-looking teeth.

Science Art: Skull of Trinocromerum willistoni, Dorothea Franzen,1944.

23 April 2023 grant 0

This is the head of a plesiosaur from Kansas, back in the day when Kansas was an inland sea.

Or a picture from back in the day when the U.S. was still in World War II, and The University of Kansas… Read the rest “Science Art: Skull of Trinocromerum willistoni, Dorothea Franzen,1944.”

SONG: Secret Dragons

22 April 2023 grant 0

SONG: “Secret Dragons”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: The Guardian 2 March 2023, “‘Like a little dragon’: new gecko species discovered on rugged Queensland island,”… Read the rest “SONG: Secret Dragons”

Volcanic bacteria can eat CO2. Lots of it, and fast.

21 April 2023 grant 0

The Guardian introduces us to a new group of cyanobacteria that live in volcanic hot springs in Italy and America’s Rocky Mountains and that feast on carbon dioxide — offering… Read the rest “Volcanic bacteria can eat CO2. Lots of it, and fast.”

Brain-reading electrodes in a free-ranging octopus.

20 April 2023 grant 0

Ars Technica reports on an underwater electronic neurological breakthrough. A group of researchers from Naples, Okinawa, and further afield who have used implanted recording electrodes… Read the rest “Brain-reading electrodes in a free-ranging octopus.”

Australia’s first sauropod skull.

19 April 2023 grant 0

Scientific Frontline reports on a Diamantinasaurus skeleton that’s chalked up a few Australian firsts after being discovered in Queensland:

Lead researcher and paleontologist

… Read the rest “Australia’s first sauropod skull.”
Scientific illustration of a compass rose, a map marking telling us which way we're facing and which direction we should go.

Science Art: From Four Roses des Vents, by Vincenzo Coronelli.

16 April 2023 grant 0

This is one of four compass roses created by Vincenzo Coronelli, a 17th-century cartographer. I found them all on Wikimedia Commons, which got them from the French Bibliotheque Nationale… Read the rest “Science Art: From Four Roses des Vents, by Vincenzo Coronelli.”

A Long Covid hypothesis: acids and bases.

16 April 2023 grant 0

Frontiers In Immunology has published a hypothesis – which is basically a call for more research – put out by two Long Covid sufferers who noticed something interesting about… Read the rest “A Long Covid hypothesis: acids and bases.”

Dragon discovered: A new gecko species found on Australian island

14 April 2023 grant 0

The Guardian reveals Phyllurus fimbriatus, a charismatic, 15cm (6-inch) reptile otherwise known as the the Scawfell Island leaf-tailed gecko, which has never before been scientifically… Read the rest “Dragon discovered: A new gecko species found on Australian island”

Here’s a Mars habitat, ready for a year’s occupancy.

13 April 2023 grant 0

PhysOrg reports on NASA’s Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed home for researchers ready to spend a year simulating a mission on Mars:

The facility, created for three planned experiments

… Read the rest “Here’s a Mars habitat, ready for a year’s occupancy.”

The last leg of the longest butterfly migration has been mapped at last.

12 April 2023 grant 0

Science News brings tidings from Central Africa, where painted lady butterflies born in Europe spend their winters in the longest migration of any butterfly:

Pinpointing exactly where

… Read the rest “The last leg of the longest butterfly migration has been mapped at last.”
Scientific illustration of a camouflaged wood duck by AH Thayer.

Science Art: Male Wood Duck, by Abbott H. Thayer, 1904.

9 April 2023 grant 0

This is half of one color plate from a book intended to show how “showy” coloration can actually make some creatures harder to spot in their natural habitats.

This is a male wood… Read the rest “Science Art: Male Wood Duck, by Abbott H. Thayer, 1904.”

Baseball hitters are getting more home runs, thanks to climate change.

9 April 2023 grant 0

Science reports on some unexpected consequences of a slightly warmer planet. In the statistics-heavy game of baseball, hitters have been averaging more home runs than ever for a lot of … Read the rest “Baseball hitters are getting more home runs, thanks to climate change.”

Not that you’d want to kiss them, but T. rex actually had lips.

4 April 2023 grant 0

AP News reports on research into the fearful mouth of the scariest of flesh-eating dinosaurs which found that – despite the public image of Tyrannosaurus rex as being a snaggle-toothed… Read the rest “Not that you’d want to kiss them, but T. rex actually had lips.”

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