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Month: February 2026

Black South African digger becomes paleontology star

12 February 2026 grant 0

NPR shared the story of Lazarus Kgasi, who started as a laborer but fell in love with the science — and is now helping shape what we know of life’s origins:

This is the story of how

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Scientific illustration of scopes, scanners, and cathode-ray equipment from the mid-70s, white line drawings on black background.

Science Art: Cathode Ray Tubes, 1974

9 February 2026 grant 0

An image from an ad from the Jan/Feb 1974 issue of the Journal for the Society for Informational Display.

The edition is pretty light on scientific illustrations and pretty heavy on flowcharts… Read the rest “Science Art: Cathode Ray Tubes, 1974”

Snakes can fast because they got rid of a hormone.

7 February 2026 grant 0

Science reports on a discovery researchers are putting up there with GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs. In this case, snakes can survive long, and foodless, periods of hibernation by getting rid… Read the rest “Snakes can fast because they got rid of a hormone.”

Teenage cigarettes lead to grown-up opioid trouble.

2 February 2026 grant 0

A University of Pennsylvania grad researcher has found that teenagers who smoke tobacco are at higher risk for addiction to morphine, heroin, or fentanyl, because early nicotine exposure… Read the rest “Teenage cigarettes lead to grown-up opioid trouble.”

Scientific illustration of the saucer-shaped Curiosity Mars probe, a white circle, descending toward the vast reddish sphere that is Mars, spinning around the Sun.

Science Art: Curiosity Approaching Mars, Artist’s Concept, 2012

2 February 2026 grant 0

Is it strange how much this resembles a 1950s comic-book cover about dashing flying saucer pilots? And we made it real, and we sent it to space piloted by remote control computers with a crew… Read the rest “Science Art: Curiosity Approaching Mars, Artist’s Concept, 2012”

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  • 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.
  • Symphonies of Science, the people who make Carl Sagan and others sing.
  • Giant Squid, doom metal about the sublime horrors of marine biology.
  • Gethan Dick,6 scientists, 6 musicians, 1 great album
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