You gotta get right up in there if you really want to see what’s going on in those eyes.
This is an illustration from a book about birds, oddly enough: The fundus oculi of birds, especially… Read the rest “Science Art: Relative Position of Observer and Observed in Direct Ophthalmoscopy, Arthur W. Head, 1917.”
NPR has a story about a caecilian. Not Sicilian, but South American, these are to salamanders what glass snakes are to lizards: a legless version that looks like a whole other kind of thing.… Read the rest “Milking the amphibian”
Nature shares a study that found that bumblebees somehow communicate the solutions to complex puzzles to each other, something that only humans were thought to do. Instead, the insects… Read the rest “Bumblebees teach each other.”
This depiction of Earth might be the first such image of our planet as seen from space. No human (as far as we know) had ever been to space at the time Henry De la Beche drew this. He’d started… Read the rest “Science Art: Earth by Henry De la Beche, from Researches in Theoretical Geology, 1834.”
The Guardian runs a science story about a milestone in marine biology – the first time humpback whales have ever been caught on camera in the act of mating. But it’s a story with… Read the rest “Humpback sex photographed for the first time – and it’s gay.”
Reuters reports on the first private-corp lunar lander, who successfully touched down on the Moon and sent back useful data about conditions there. That’s the good news. The not-so-good… Read the rest “Odysseus tipped over on the Moon.”
Styxosaurus is, or was, an elasmosaur – an undersea predator with a long neck and sharp teeth, all the better for grabbing ammonites and prehistoric fish for a quick snack. It takes… Read the rest “Science Art: Styxosaurus and Xiphactinus/i>, by ABelov2014.”
NPR, among other outlets, has reported on the discovery of a real Chinese dragon in this, the Year of the Dragon. At least, it’s certainly the remarkably complete fossil of a creature… Read the rest “Chinese dragon fossil discovered.”
Health Day reports on a new DNA scan that reveals to you (and doctors, and who knows who else) just how likely you are to come down with 10 common ailments, including atrial fibrillation, obesity,… Read the rest “Gene test reveals your likelihood of getting 10 common illnesses”
SONG: “Lady at the Generator”. (available as .ogg here)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on Amsterdam UMC, 4 Jan 2024, “Tiredness Experienced by Long Covid Patients Has… Read the rest “SONG: Lady at the Generator”
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.”
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