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Month: January 2024

Against a prehistoric sunset over a primordial ocean, a leather-winged flying reptile feeds two or more young in their nest, made in a cranny of a seaside cliff.

Science Art: Nyctodactlyus, by F. John, c. 1915

28 January 2024 grant 0

This glimpse into a prehistoric world (which we now know should probably have at least a few more feathers in it) is part of the first series of chromolithographic cards created by German … Read the rest “Science Art: Nyctodactlyus, by F. John, c. 1915”

Hacking the train.

27 January 2024 grant 0

Ars Technica recently reported on a new front in the “right to repair” war. A group of hackers broke into a Polish train system in order to overcome software that kept anyone … Read the rest “Hacking the train.”

No song for January

27 January 2024 grant 0

I am currently unable to record, or at least to play a guitar. Song will appear shortly.

Scientific illustration of the Southern Crab Nebula, or the nebula inside the nebula.

Science Art: He2-104: The Southern Crab Nebula, 1999.

21 January 2024 grant 0

This is a nebula inside a nebula, caused by two stars pulling each other apart, as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.

From the description at the NSSDCA Photo Gallery:

Images taken

… Read the rest “Science Art: He2-104: The Southern Crab Nebula, 1999.”

Locusts raised in a centrifuge have stronger skeletons.

20 January 2024 grant 0

Science Magazine gets heavy with insects that, when brought up in the “hypergravity” of a spinning centrifuge, grow stronger exoskeletons as a result:

When a person exercises

… Read the rest “Locusts raised in a centrifuge have stronger skeletons.”

A magnetic galactic map in three dimensions.

17 January 2024 grant 0

The University of Tokyo might have solved some riddles about the formation of stars by creating the world’s first 3D map of the galaxy’s own magnetic field:

“Until now, all

… Read the rest “A magnetic galactic map in three dimensions.”

A white-blood-cell genetic therapy can cure lupus.

16 January 2024 grant 0

The American College of Rheumatology publishes a study about a new way to treat a famously slippery autoimmune disease, using CAR-T therapy to successfully put lupus in remission:

Systemic

… Read the rest “A white-blood-cell genetic therapy can cure lupus.”
Scientific illustration of a solar collector, a device used to capture energy (light or heat) from the Sun. Arrows show the direction of rays that bounce off angled reflectors toward a bulb that collects them, apparently heating a coil probably filled with fluid. There are no labels on this diagram.

Science Art: Mouchot’s solar thermal collector from 1860, from Nordisk Familjebok, 1917.

15 January 2024 grant 0

This is a solar-powered generator. A funnel with sides angled at 90 degrees is pointed at the sun to catch its radiation, and those rays are bounced by the funnel’s mirrored walls toward… Read the rest “Science Art: Mouchot’s solar thermal collector from 1860, from Nordisk Familjebok, 1917.”

SONG: Hymn of Acxiom (a penintential cover)

12 January 2024 grant 0

SONG: “Hymn of Acxiom” (a penitential cover). (available as .ogg here)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: This isn’t based on research. It’s a cover of “Hymn of Acxiom,”… Read the rest “SONG: Hymn of Acxiom (a penintential cover)”

“Good” cholesterol bad for brains?

10 January 2024 grant 0

Science Alert casts some doubt on the “good” part of “good” cholesterol, with research that links high levels of HDL cholesterol with a higher likelihood of … Read the rest ““Good” cholesterol bad for brains?”

There’s a good reason to forget.

9 January 2024 grant 0

PennNeuroKnow gives those of us who tend to absent-mindedness hope, sharing research – and the story of a “super-rememberer” named Solomon Shereshevsky – … Read the rest “There’s a good reason to forget.”

Scientific illustration for public health - a skull looks over a whiskey bottle and a gasoline pump under the block type "DON'T MIX 'EM"

Science Art: Don’t Mix ‘Em!, by Robert Lachenman for the Work Projects Administration, 1936.

7 January 2024 grant 0

There’s a killer on the road indeed. The WPA released this poster to discourage drunk driving, or at least running your hotrod on moonshine.

Public health has never been this metal… Read the rest “Science Art: Don’t Mix ‘Em!, by Robert Lachenman for the Work Projects Administration, 1936.”

Here’s why long covid makes you tired.

7 January 2024 grant 0

Amsterdam-based researchers have isolated a physical mechanism behind the fatigue that strikes some people for months after a covid infection. It comes down to the mitochondria in muscle… Read the rest “Here’s why long covid makes you tired.”

Dry canal costs billions.

5 January 2024 grant 0

Forbes covers a climate-change story about global trade and supply chains (something the pandemic taught the world about), focused on that thin isthmus between the Atlantic and Pacific… Read the rest “Dry canal costs billions.”

Giant, ancient predator worms discovered in Arctic Greenland

4 January 2024 grant 0

PhysOrg has another delightful story about prehistoric invertebrates. This time, researchers have discovered a half-a-billion-year-old enormous predator worm from the icy reaches… Read the rest “Giant, ancient predator worms discovered in Arctic Greenland”

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