Biking for long life.
Did we just mention exercise slowing down time? NPR has a whole ‘noter story on muscular effort changing the progress of time. This is a survey of studies that find regular bicycling… Read the rest “Biking for long life.”
Month: May 2024
Science Art: Main floristic types from the Maastrichtian, F. Guillén, 2012.
This is a likeness of the southern bit of South America as it was near the end of the Cretaceous, right before the event that drove the dinosaurs to extinction. The Maastrichtian Age was a geologic… Read the rest “Science Art: Main floristic types from the Maastrichtian, F. Guillén, 2012.”
The space heroine of Cameroon.
BBC reports on scientist Marie Makuate, who is leading a one-woman campaign to give the African continent a winning position in the new space race:
… Read the rest “The space heroine of Cameroon.”As a geospatial expert for the NGO Humanitarian
Plants have desires … and the agency to meet them. So are they smart?
NPR was one of several outlets covering the release of writer Zoë Schlanger’s new book The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life… Read the rest “Plants have desires … and the agency to meet them. So are they smart?”
No song today.
Music is in place, for the most part, but no lyrics yet, and I’m on a highway somewhere between Shreveport and Jackson, so am unlikely to be able to write & record lyrics until…… Read the rest “No song today.”
Exercise slows down your perception of time.
Science Alert brings us (well, those of us who are working out) one step closer to moving like the wind through a world of living statues with research from the UK and the Netherlands that shows… Read the rest “Exercise slows down your perception of time.”
Science Art: Whelp of the Northern Panther (Felix concolor), 1842.
That is a kitten. A panther kitten. Offspring of the catamount. Doesn’t look all that happy to have its picture engraved.
On a digital device, there’s no telling how large this… Read the rest “Science Art: Whelp of the Northern Panther (Felix concolor), 1842.”
White whales talk with their foreheads.
Scientific American listens in on beluga conversations, thanks to a new dictionary that itemizes the “words” formed by their squishy, shape-able forehead “melons”… Read the rest “White whales talk with their foreheads.”
Languages show four waves of migration into prehistoric North America.
LiveScience has a dramatic development in a field I don’t think I’d ever considered: Linguistic archaeology. A historical linguist from UC Berkeley has used a language model… Read the rest “Languages show four waves of migration into prehistoric North America.”
Science Art: Sun not in Plane of Moon’s Orbit – Eclipses Impossible, etc., 1898
This is an illustration — two illustrations, actually — from A New Astronomy for Beginners by David P. Todd. It’s actually an illustration of a demonstration, with … Read the rest “Science Art: Sun not in Plane of Moon’s Orbit – Eclipses Impossible, etc., 1898”
Driverless cars, OK. Pilotless fighter jets? They’re flying now, too.
AP reports on a robot F16 that has just taken Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall out for a joyride courtesy of an AI fighter pilot:
… Read the rest “Driverless cars, OK. Pilotless fighter jets? They’re flying now, too.”Even though the technology is not fully developed, the service
A 3-minute cold-brew coffee with ultrasound.
404 Media report on an Australian team that has created cold espresso and a cold-brew coffee that takes a mere three minutes (instead of 12-to-24 hours) to make, thanks to a boost from ultrasonic… Read the rest “A 3-minute cold-brew coffee with ultrasound.”
NASA confirms – that really *was* space junk that hit man’s house.
He thought so! LiveScience recently reported on Alejandro Otero, who in 2021 was pretty sure the weird chunk of stuff that crashed through his roof in Naples, Florida, was a battery pack … Read the rest “NASA confirms – that really *was* space junk that hit man’s house.”
Science Art: X-2 After Drop from B-50 Mothership, 1957.
Off we go….
Here’s some cutting-edge technology from 1957 which, frankly, is still pretty impressive. The Bell Labs X-2 is a rocket-plane that flew humans up into the upper… Read the rest “Science Art: X-2 After Drop from B-50 Mothership, 1957.”
Florida can weather climate change – if planning starts now.
The Guardian reports on a coalition of universities who have found hope for the low-lying, storm-prone (and tourism-dependent) Sunshine State, if climate resilience plans are put in … Read the rest “Florida can weather climate change – if planning starts now.”