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Scientific illustration of Venus transiting in front of the Sun, as captured by the Solar Dynamics Observetory satellite, a flaming metallic orb girdled by a series of perfectly circular silhouettes making a diagonal line from the upper left to the middle right of the image.

Science Art: Transit of Venus in 2012.

9 June 2025 grant 0

This is Venus, moving in front of the Sun. Technically, I suppose it’s a lot of Venuses, or a chain of a lot of pictures of Venus.

It was made by NASA/SDO, AIA, or NASA’s Solar Dynamics… Read the rest “Science Art: Transit of Venus in 2012.”

Wild cockatoos use public water fountains

7 June 2025 grant 0

Smithsonian shares some unusual observations from Australia, where wild cockatoos have learned to operate the controls of water fountains in public parks to get a quick drink:

Barbara

… Read the rest “Wild cockatoos use public water fountains”

Ancient megafarm found in Michigan.

6 June 2025 grant 0

PhysOrg reports on an archaeological discovery in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which seems to have been the site of a 1,000-year-old Native American farming complex more than 330… Read the rest “Ancient megafarm found in Michigan.”

The temple as refuge … for endangered species.

6 June 2025 grant 0

Nature reports on a study from China that found thousands of endangered trees growing on the grounds of religious monuments across the country:

It is an example of “where ecological and

… Read the rest “The temple as refuge … for endangered species.”
Scientific illustration of a white plume moth, long legs, very white against a black background.

Science Art: Pterophorus pentadactyla MHNT, by Didier Descouens

2 June 2025 grant 0

This is an image of a white plume moth, a photograph taken of a specimen in the Muséum de Toulouse in August of 2011. The moths really look like this in life, too. But this one was on display in … Read the rest “Science Art: Pterophorus pentadactyla MHNT, by Didier Descouens”

Scientific illustration of machines for moving water. Ducts, pumps, pistons, turbines.

Science Art: Turbines and Pumps, Manchester, 1882.

26 May 2025 grant 0

This is a waterwork as the Industrial Revolution hit full swing.

It’s the final image in a book I’ve used here before, A practical treatise on hydraulic and water-supply engineering:… Read the rest “Science Art: Turbines and Pumps, Manchester, 1882.”

SONG: Hyperfocus

24 May 2025 grant 0

SONG: “Hyperfocus”. (OGG version here.)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “Something in The Back of Your Eye Could Reveal Whether You Have ADHD,” Science Alert… Read the rest “SONG: Hyperfocus”

ADHD diagnosed by looking deeply into your eyes.

21 May 2025 grant 0

Science Alert carries news of a Korean research project that used AI to study images of the fundus, an area of the back of the eye, to successfully pinpoint patients with attention-deficit… Read the rest “ADHD diagnosed by looking deeply into your eyes.”

Painkiller outsmarts opioids.

20 May 2025 grant 0

Science Daily reports on Duke researchers who have created a new class of painkiller that experiments show is as effective as opioids at eliminating pain from injuries and surgeries, but… Read the rest “Painkiller outsmarts opioids.”

Scientific illustration of a sawfly feeding on a plum, purplish-black insect glittering darkly over a white larva on a hard, green fruit.

Science Art: Hoplocampa minuta, Plommonstekel Ugglan, 1920.

19 May 2025 grant 0

“A kind of sawfly living on plum trees,” according to the Wikimedia Commons gallery of images from Nordisk familjebok. They’re considered a pest — the young … Read the rest “Science Art: Hoplocampa minuta, Plommonstekel Ugglan, 1920.”

SONG: Bed Chem (a penitential Sabrina Carpenter cover)

15 May 2025 grant 0

SONG: “Bed Chem” (a penitential Sabrina Carpenter cover). (OGG version here.)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: This wasn’t based on any scientific research. It’s a … Read the rest “SONG: Bed Chem (a penitential Sabrina Carpenter cover)”

Scientific illustration of pacemakers, defibrillators, monitors, loop recorders, and other electronic devices inserted into the anatomically correct hearts.

Science Art: Cardiac Devices, Medtronic

12 May 2025 grant 0

This is a poster snapped in my cardiologist’s (actually, electrophysiologist’s) office. These are all machines that are put into your heart to track its beating and alter… Read the rest “Science Art: Cardiac Devices, Medtronic”

Growing worry over “ChatGPT-induced psychosis”

10 May 2025 grant 0

Futurism reports on anecdotal evidence of ChatGPT conversing with people in a human-like way and … drawing them further and further into an authoritative-sounding, real-feeling… Read the rest “Growing worry over “ChatGPT-induced psychosis””

NASA JPL boss quits

8 May 2025 grant 0

The Register reports on the director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory suddenly stepping down for “personal reasons”:

During the November 2024 staff cuts, Leshin

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Pulsars have an invisible halo

6 May 2025 grant 0

Physics Magazine takes a look at the radiation surrounding those high-energy stars that zoot-zoot-zoot out in regularly recurring intervals (stars with a pulse, in other words, like … Read the rest “Pulsars have an invisible halo”

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