Science Art: Body-centered cubic (bcc) unit cell of iron, 2009
If you were curious about the crystalline structure of iron mentioned in the last post, here it is — a molecular diagram of the cubic […]
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No song… yet
Have everything done except the time and space to record the vocal track. So it will wait, and another penitential cover will be forthcoming.
Iron forms cubes at the heart of the Earth
And that, says Science, changes everything about Earth — how long ago it formed, and how earthquakes happen today: For decades, experiments and computer simulations […]
The first green star
RNZ reports on the discovery of an astronomical first, as astronomers used to identifying red giants, black holes, white dwarfs, and stars of a few […]
Science Art: MOON: For the Benefit of Humanity, 2023
It’s a poster made by NASA for lunar exploration, showing some landers, space stations, and sample-taking equipment, as well as what I make out as […]
Perseverance beats Opportunity on Mars
IFL Science reports on a new record set by a Mars rover. Perseverance has, in just 5 years, beaten Opportunity’s 15-year record for the furthest […]
Science Art: Bubble chamber with colour enhanced tracks, 2026
This is a CERN image from January 6, 2026, showing something that happened in the 1960s, but enhanced for 21st-century eyes. As it says on […]
The couples that rock together, stay together….
BBC Science Focus finds that one factor has an edge in determining whether romantic partners really are compatible … and that’s similar taste in music: […]
The only workout to lose fat and keep muscle: high-intensity.
So much for my tai chi. After a six-montd, y stuyScience Daily says, especially with older adults, only one kind of exercise reliably loses fat […]
RIP Margaret Hamilton, moon-shot programmer
MIT News was one of several science outlets to mark the passing of the woman who made the Apollo program happen, by programming the computers […]
Science Art: Dissection of Asterias rubens, by Hans Hillewaert.
Starfish anatomy. If you want to know the parts, according to Dutch Wikipedia, they are: Legend 1 Arm 2 Ampullae 3 Radial canal 4 Gonads […]
Loud, loud birds
404 Media reports on two new contenders for the world’s loudest bird — the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema — both of whom can […]
Science Art: Jupiter’s Family of Comets, 1898
This is a diagram from A New Astronomy For Beginners, a textbook that’s about a century and a quarter old, or a little more. It’s […]
SONG: Your Catalogue
SONG: “Your Catalogue”. (OGG version
Science Art: Beebe’s Bathysphäre, 1934
This is an image of William Beebe’s bathysphere, as placed on Wikimedia Commons by ETH Bibliothek. It was created by Swiss explorer/geologist/teacher/photographer Leo Wehrli… maybe. […]