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A brand new tiny deer.

15 June 2024 grant 0

Awww. Sci News has reported on the historic discovery of a new deer species in Peru. The short-legged dwarf deer Pudella carlae is the first deer discovered in the 21st century, and the first… Read the rest “A brand new tiny deer.”

A planet that is constantly exploding.

15 June 2024 grant 0

This discovery reminds me of some people I know. Mashable reports on the discovery 66 light years away of solar system “HD 104067,” with a planet so roiled by the graivty of its… Read the rest “A planet that is constantly exploding.”

An antibiotic that spares gut bacteria.

12 June 2024 grant 0

Medical News Today has findings that make it that much easier to fight bacterial infections without throwing your whole body out of whack – by using lolamicin, a “smart antibiotic”… Read the rest “An antibiotic that spares gut bacteria.”

Scientific illustration of the inner ear, including the cochlea, from Gray's Anatomy.

Science Art: Interior of right osseous labyrinth, from Gray’s Anatomy.

9 June 2024 grant 0

This is the listening part, the twisting bits of the inner ear. It really does look like a mollusk, doesn’t it? (“Cochlea” literally means “snail” in Greek.)… Read the rest “Science Art: Interior of right osseous labyrinth, from Gray’s Anatomy.”

Recording tinnitus as it happens – for art AND science.

9 June 2024 grant 0

Well, if a microphone can act as a speaker (which it can, and vice versa), then why can’t an ear act as a megaphone? It might fly in the face of expectations but The Quietus has an interview… Read the rest “Recording tinnitus as it happens – for art AND science.”

Moon running on the Wall of Death

6 June 2024 grant 0

Science News finds inspiration from the carnival for a new way to keep astronauts in shape, by running along the inside of a circular wall just like motorcycle stunt-riders do on the Wall … Read the rest “Moon running on the Wall of Death”

A drug to regrow teeth.

4 June 2024 grant 0

Endgadget (via Yahoo! News) has bad news for the Tooth Fairy coming out of Kyoto University, where researchers have a drug for regrowing lost teeth that’s about to enter human trials… Read the rest “A drug to regrow teeth.”

Scientific illustration of an ancient Greek helmet.

Science Art: Boars’s tusk helmet NAMA6568, Athens, Greece.

2 June 2024 grant 0

This is a photo taken in 2015 by Wikimedia Commons user Jebulon, of a helmet made for a Mycenaean warrior between 3.300 and 3,400 years ago. It’s a display at the National Archaeological… Read the rest “Science Art: Boars’s tusk helmet NAMA6568, Athens, Greece.”

Marines combat-tested Bronze-Age armor. It worked.

2 June 2024 grant 0

Science Alert covers a (mock) battle that solved an ancient mystery – when Greek marines figured out if the 3,500-year-old Dendra armor was genuinely useful or just made for show,… Read the rest “Marines combat-tested Bronze-Age armor. It worked.”

All thumbs bad, third thumb good.

1 June 2024 grant 0

Science Adviser has news (and video) of a handy little upgrade invented by robotics researcher Tamar Makin and her colleagues. They’re calling it the Third Thumb because that’s… Read the rest “All thumbs bad, third thumb good.”

Biking for long life.

29 May 2024 grant 0

Did we just mention exercise slowing down time? NPR has a whole ‘noter story on muscular effort changing the progress of time. This is a survey of studies that find regular bicycling… Read the rest “Biking for long life.”

Scientific illustration of a primoridal landscape, particularly ferns, palms, conifers, all vivid green against sparkling blue water and a white-clouded sky.

Science Art: Main floristic types from the Maastrichtian, F. Guillén, 2012.

29 May 2024 grant 0

This is a likeness of the southern bit of South America as it was near the end of the Cretaceous, right before the event that drove the dinosaurs to extinction. The Maastrichtian Age was a geologic… Read the rest “Science Art: Main floristic types from the Maastrichtian, F. Guillén, 2012.”

The space heroine of Cameroon.

25 May 2024 grant 0

BBC reports on scientist Marie Makuate, who is leading a one-woman campaign to give the African continent a winning position in the new space race:

As a geospatial expert for the NGO Humanitarian

… Read the rest “The space heroine of Cameroon.”

Plants have desires … and the agency to meet them. So are they smart?

24 May 2024 grant 0

NPR was one of several outlets covering the release of writer Zoë Schlanger’s new book The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life… Read the rest “Plants have desires … and the agency to meet them. So are they smart?”

No song today.

23 May 2024 grant 0

Music is in place, for the most part, but no lyrics yet, and I’m on a highway somewhere between Shreveport and Jackson, so am unlikely to be able to write & record lyrics until…… Read the rest “No song today.”

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