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DNA analysis and fish weirs to greet the salmon.

19 November 2024 grant 0

Live Science reports on new combinations of indigenous traditions and advanced science to keep the environment (and the food supply) healthy:

Now, the Heiltsuk are using traditional

… Read the rest “DNA analysis and fish weirs to greet the salmon.”
Scientific illustration, or photograph, really, of the green-and-black geometry of a WWII fighter plane cockpit, with an angled canopy above and a steering yoke in center of a small array of dials and indicators.

Science Art: Cockpit view of the Macchi MC.200 Saetta, 2009

18 November 2024 grant 0

This image came from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force with the less-easy-to-understand name (or “designation”) “210921-F-AU145-2009.” But it’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Cockpit view of the Macchi MC.200 Saetta, 2009”

People who can’t smell breathe differently.

17 November 2024 grant 0

Popular Science shares a finding that people born without the ability to smell actually inhale and exhale differently than people who can tell what it is they’re smelling:

In other

… Read the rest “People who can’t smell breathe differently.”

Lost Mayan city found by accident… online.

15 November 2024 grant 0

BBC reports on the accidental discovery of an immense, forgotten Mayan city in the Mexican jungle by an archaeology PhD student browsing the internet:

Archaeologists found pyramids,

… Read the rest “Lost Mayan city found by accident… online.”
Scientific illustration of curved, glowing, colorful formations against the black backdrop of space - the curve of a galaxy like a horse's neck, a row of glowing spheres or discs like spinning Christmas lights, as photographed by the Webb Space Telescope.

Science Art: Interacting Galaxies Arp 142 (MIRI Image), by NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

10 November 2024 grant 0

This is a photograph of a strangely-shaped galaxy, as taken by the Webb Space Telescope. Or rather, a set of “interacting” galaxies, known collectively as Arp 142. From the… Read the rest “Science Art: Interacting Galaxies Arp 142 (MIRI Image), by NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.”

The way you water your tomatoes matters, not just how much you water ’em.

8 November 2024 grant 0

The American Chemical Society looks at homegrown (or farmed) tomatoes and finds that the way in which they’re watered can make a difference in how well they grow:

Researchers reporting

… Read the rest “The way you water your tomatoes matters, not just how much you water ’em.”

Meditate for marathons.

8 November 2024 grant 0

Outside reports on a study that finds meditation can have a profound effect not only on your mental wellbeing, but also on your physical endurance and athletic performance:

…[R]esearchers

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Scientific illustration of good posture versus slouching, with arrows pointing to various areas on the body.

Science Art: Illustrations of poor and good posture, 1943.

8 November 2024 grant 0

This is how the the US Navy tried to get recruits to stand tall during World War II, with anatomical studies of slouching. How do you know if you’re slouching? Well, here’s how,… Read the rest “Science Art: Illustrations of poor and good posture, 1943.”

Using rocket science to make “carbon-negative” energy.

2 November 2024 grant 0

Heatmap reports on some SpaceX alums — that is, former employees of the space corporation — who gave up on astronauting in favor of making some things work better down here/ … Read the rest “Using rocket science to make “carbon-negative” energy.”

They found the body of someone from the sagas.

29 October 2024 grant 0

iScience peers back through the mists of time to the Viking Age, when a saga describes a dead man being tossed down a castle’s well. Now, archaeologists are pretty sure they’ve… Read the rest “They found the body of someone from the sagas.”

scientific illustration of a series of hooks for lifting things.

Science Art: Hooks, Swivels, &c.

28 October 2024 grant 0

Need a lift? These are hooks designed for lifting … well, whatever you need picked up.

I found them in (deep breath): The engineer’s sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices,… Read the rest “Science Art: Hooks, Swivels, &c. ”

Daddy-daughter alien decoding.

27 October 2024 grant 0

The European Space Agency reports on the team who successfully decoded an “alien” transmission actually sent by a probe orbiting Mars as part of a multidisciplinary project… Read the rest “Daddy-daughter alien decoding.”

SONG: “Serotonin” (a penitential girl in red cover)

24 October 2024 grant 0

SONG: “Serotonin” (a penitential girl in red cover). (OGG version here.)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: This isn’t based on any research; it’s a cover of a girl in red… Read the rest “SONG: “Serotonin” (a penitential girl in red cover)”

Social media makes you weird.

23 October 2024 grant 0

Or at least, to be a little closer to what this Current Opinion in Psychology study is really saying, social media creates a false sense of what “normal” is, amplifying every… Read the rest “Social media makes you weird.”

Scientific illustration of a tardigrade, a kleiner Wasserbär or little water bear, as drawn by Rev. Johann August Ephraim Goeze.

Science Art: Kleiner Wasserbär, 1773

21 October 2024 grant 0

This is what German pastor Johann August Ephraim Goeze dubbed a “tiny water-bear” when he first spotted it among the animacules in the droplets of stagnant water under his … Read the rest “Science Art: Kleiner Wasserbär, 1773”

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