The medievalists at Medievalists.net are all excited over a new technology that “unerases” writings that were erased by scribes to make more room on precious parchment:… Read the rest “Invisible ink revealed… a few centuries later.”
Digital Trends looks up in awe at the lumbering, prehistoric majesty of the mighty Argentinasaurus (virtual, 2.0 edition) taking its first steps:
… Read the rest “World’s biggest dinosaur walks again.”When a group of scientists claimed the
International Business Times readies the citizens of balmy island paradises for a rough ride, thanks to a World Bank report putting Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on the top of list… Read the rest “Caribbean tops climate change hit list.”
From Etsy. Scientific illustration has profound effects on some people. It surfaces in the unlikeliest places.
The same lingerie-maker has some rather comely pelvis print panties…… Read the rest “Science Art: Panties with uterus print by KnickerRocker (Nichola).”
Not the moving parts kind, but the wedge/screw/lever kind. Want to move giant blocks of stone a few miles, but the locomotive and crane haven’t been invented yet? Nature‘s … Read the rest “How Forbidden City was built: ice machine!”
The Telegraph reveals that America’s space agency isn’t quite as clean as it could be. A previously unknown bacteria has been multiplying happily in *two* rooms designed … Read the rest “New bacteria species discovered… in NASA’s “clean rooms”.”
Intestinal bacteria, that is. Rheumatoid arthritis has long been a medical mystery – an autoimmune disease that’s triggered by who-knows-what, but that suddenly starts… Read the rest “Rheumatoid arthritis linked to gut germs.”
You might have seen on BBC and elsewhere that India launched a rocket to Mars. But have you seen the Quartz article on just how inexpensively they managed to do it?:
… Read the rest “India’s super-efficient Mars mission.”Christened Mangalyaan,
I’ve seen this in a few different venues, but Laughing Squid brings the best of it together. A dad, frustrated at the thought of buying his son a prosthetic hand for tens of thousands… Read the rest “Limbs printed to order.”
An up-close look at chemoreceptors, chemical-sensing nerves, from the 1950s.
Not a flower, nor a machine, but somewhere between both. Found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Birds survived. The rest of the dinosaurs didn’t. And now, Science Daily says, some bees survived. But a heck of a lot of bees went extinct with the dinosaurs:
… Read the rest “Bees that died with the dinosaurs”Lead author Sandra Rehan,
Laboratory Equipment reveals that there’s a plus to experiencing trauma. Your kids will have a lower risk of PTSD:
… Read the rest “Trauma: the sunny side.”Last year, junior investigator Sharon Dekel and Prof. Zahava Solomon
PhysOrg explains that circuits using lasers are already around, but tend to be too bulky to fit into your average TV set or smartphone. That might not be true for much longer, though:
… Read the rest “Laser-powered “optochips” could make tiny tech.”Through
ScienceDaily keeps an eye out for creepy-crawlies with news that primate vision may have evolved *specifically* to identify snakes:
… Read the rest “Snake vision. We evolved for snake vision.”In a paper published Oct. 28 in the journal Proceedings
Gigaom takes the two great tastes of home manufacturing and carbon crystalline structures and makes them taste great together with a 3D printer that creates objects out of graphene:
… Read the rest “Graphene is cool! 3D printing is cool! What else would be cool? Let’s put ’em TOGETHER!”Mining
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