This is the cover page of Science-Gossip magazine, “an illustrated monthly record of nature, country lore, & applied science.”
There are articles in here about Departmental… Read the rest “Science Art: Science-Gossip cover page, Dec. 1899.”
BBC Sky at Night Magazine reports on NASA’s plan to look deeper into space than ever before by setting up a 9-lb (4-kg) radio telescope farther away than ever before – on the south… Read the rest “Building a telescope on the Moon.”
Space.com brings more evidence of a life-sustaining environment on primordial Mars, in the form of ancient sediments that confirm Jezero crater was once a vast lake:
… Read the rest “New hope for life on Mars”As Perseverance travels
Science Daily reports on research into the psychological effects of the pitch of people’s voices. It’s fairly well known that people find men’s voices more attractive,… Read the rest “Say it to me deeply.”
A valve to prevent backflow… so the river doesn’t wind up in the reservoir, or the effluent in the shower pipes.
From A practical treatise on hydraulic and water-supply engineering:… Read the rest “Science Art: Check Valve, 1882.”
Science magazine reports on the Dutch discovery of, basically, Roman-era drugs hidden inside a hollow bone. The black henbane seeds could have been used to treat ailments (or to bring on… Read the rest “Ancient stash of hallucinogenic medicine discovered.”
Triops Galaxy reports on paleontological research into the biggest primate ever to walk the planet, the 600-pound Gigantopithecus blackii… without mentioning Bigfoot. Instead,… Read the rest “How the Bigfoot candidate went extinct.”
Calcite refracts light in a linear way – it’s why (as previous songs have discussed) it may have been used as a navigational tool by Vikings. It tends to make light that passes… Read the rest “Science Art: Fluorescence and birefringence of 445 nm blue laser in calcite crystal, Jan Pavelka, 2011.”
NBC reports on a digital device that’s just on the tip of your tongue… where it acts like a trackpad on the roof of your mouth:
… Read the rest ““MouthPad” lets you scroll with your tongue.”MouthPad^, a retainer-like trackpad chip that sits
The Futurist calls the latest wave of the hype-cycle over for artificial intelligence, with news of AI companies losing an impressive $190 billion in stock value:
… Read the rest “AI stocks take a dive.”According to Deutsche
University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Reporting and Policy (CIDRAP) has some scientific findings from colleagues at U Michigan that will surprise no one who … Read the rest “Secretly sick.”
This glimpse into a prehistoric world (which we now know should probably have at least a few more feathers in it) is part of the first series of chromolithographic cards created by German … Read the rest “Science Art: Nyctodactlyus, by F. John, c. 1915”
Ars Technica recently reported on a new front in the “right to repair” war. A group of hackers broke into a Polish train system in order to overcome software that kept anyone … Read the rest “Hacking the train.”
I am currently unable to record, or at least to play a guitar. Song will appear shortly.
This is a nebula inside a nebula, caused by two stars pulling each other apart, as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.
From the description at the NSSDCA Photo Gallery:
… Read the rest “Science Art: He2-104: The Southern Crab Nebula, 1999.”Images taken
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