Science Art: Selector Used for Timing Supervisory Signals, from The Bell System Technical Journal
Click to embiggenMmm. Switches. Communication.
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Sigh. Maybe a sweet potato *doesn’t* mean that prehistoric Polynesians visited South America after all.
The Guardian has some sweet potato evolutionary research that unintentionally drives a wedge in the idea that the presence of the humble yam in both places indicates that prehistoric Polynesian… Read the rest “Sigh. Maybe a sweet potato *doesn’t* mean that prehistoric Polynesians visited South America after all.”
Chronotherapy is the discipline of giving medicine according to your body clock.
Nature explores the data being gathered about the surprising significance of time-of-day to effective medical treatment:
… Read the rest “Chronotherapy is the discipline of giving medicine according to your body clock.”More than four decades of studies describe how accounting for
Science Art: Bearing Fault Detector, 1975
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NASA wants you to know they’re pretty handy here on Earth, too. This here shows a way to make trains and other things that use big, strong bearings safer, by using tricks… Read the rest “Science Art: Bearing Fault Detector, 1975”
The Gulf Stream is weaker than it’s been for 1,600 years.
The Guardian looks at one of the less discussed elements of climate change – with a once-dependable ocean current slowing, slowing, slowing down in a way that could change more than… Read the rest “The Gulf Stream is weaker than it’s been for 1,600 years.”
Giant genitals were the downfall of some ancient crustaceans
I can’t beat Nature‘s headline, so I won’t even try. “Giant genitals were the downfall of some ancient crustaceans.” The creatures from the Late Cretaceous… Read the rest “Giant genitals were the downfall of some ancient crustaceans”
Extinct lizard had four eyes.
LiveScience introduces us to Saniwa ensidens, a now-extinct monitor lizard from Wyoming that had an eye on either side of its head and two more on the top of its skull:
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Science Art: A View From A Launch, by NASA/Joel Kowsky
Click to embiggenThis is the bus that takes the astronauts to work at the space station. It’s a long commute for a longer shift – they took two days to orbit Earth before getting… Read the rest “Science Art: A View From A Launch, by NASA/Joel Kowsky”
A bit more evidence that Viking sunstones really worked.
PhysOrg returns to the sunstone – remember the sunstone? the calcite crystal that may have helped the Vikings plot courses at sea? that inspired this song a couple years back? –… Read the rest “A bit more evidence that Viking sunstones really worked.”
Wind and solar (and batteries) could supply all of America’s power: Carnegie Science study
The Guardian looks at the journal Energy and Environmental Science to find out just how well the U.S. could handle switching over power supplies right now:
… Read the rest “Wind and solar (and batteries) could supply all of America’s power: Carnegie Science study”For instance, solar power generation
Take a pill, kill mosquitoes.
NPR recently ran a story on a new use for a fairly well-known drug, ivermectin. If you have a dog or cat (or horse or sheep), you might well have used ivermectin to treat fleas or worms. But apparently,… Read the rest “Take a pill, kill mosquitoes.”
Science Art: Growth of Egg of Hen, c. 16th century.
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From De formatione ovi, et pulli, by Fabricius ab Aquapendente, also known as Hieronymus Fabricius or Girolamo Fabrizio d’Acquapendente. He was an Italian surgeon who helped found… Read the rest “Science Art: Growth of Egg of Hen, c. 16th century.”
Scanner helmet lets brain patients move around. (And look like warriors from Krull.)
The Guardian has a game-changing invention for neurologists and anyone who needs a brain-scan done – a wearable helmet that lets you walk around – and turn your head –… Read the rest “Scanner helmet lets brain patients move around. (And look like warriors from Krull.)”
Sitting on eggs is only for modern birds. Primeval birds did it differently.
Nature reveals the ins and outs of dinosaur-era reproductive strategies, with research showing that prehistoric birds were too heavy to incubate their own eggs:
… Read the rest “Sitting on eggs is only for modern birds. Primeval birds did it differently.”Most birds today incubate
They found Cao Cao’s grave.
South China Morning Post reports on the massive mausoleum of a legendary figure from Chinese history – the general Cao Cao, a character in the Romance of Three Kingdoms, whose 1,800-year-old… Read the rest “They found Cao Cao’s grave.”