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Scientific illustration as branding, with an owl as a decorative element arching its wings over pictures of telescopes, engineering tools, weasels and salamanders, biology, astronomy, botany and ichthyology as a low-flying bird seizes a fish by its head inside the decorative, almost art-nouveau border.

Science Art: Science-Gossip cover page, Dec. 1899.

19 February 2024 grant 0

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.”

Building a telescope on the Moon.

16 February 2024 grant 0

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.”

New hope for life on Mars

15 February 2024 grant 0

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:

As Perseverance travels

… Read the rest “New hope for life on Mars”

Say it to me deeply.

13 February 2024 grant 0

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.”

Scientific illustration of Victorian plumbing, a check valve from a 19th century guide to hydraulic fixtures by J.T. Fanning.

Science Art: Check Valve, 1882.

12 February 2024 grant 0

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.”

Ancient stash of hallucinogenic medicine discovered.

10 February 2024 grant 0

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.”

How the Bigfoot candidate went extinct.

6 February 2024 grant 0

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.”

Scientific illustration by Jan Pavelka showing a blue laser creating a fluorescent glow inside a cube of calcite.

Science Art: Fluorescence and birefringence of 445 nm blue laser in calcite crystal, Jan Pavelka, 2011.

4 February 2024 grant 0

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.”

“MouthPad” lets you scroll with your tongue.

4 February 2024 grant 0

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:

MouthPad^, a retainer-like trackpad chip that sits

… Read the rest ““MouthPad” lets you scroll with your tongue.”

AI stocks take a dive.

3 February 2024 grant 0

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:

According to Deutsche

… Read the rest “AI stocks take a dive.”

Secretly sick.

1 February 2024 grant 0

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.”

Against a prehistoric sunset over a primordial ocean, a leather-winged flying reptile feeds two or more young in their nest, made in a cranny of a seaside cliff.

Science Art: Nyctodactlyus, by F. John, c. 1915

28 January 2024 grant 0

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”

Hacking the train.

27 January 2024 grant 0

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.”

No song for January

27 January 2024 grant 0

I am currently unable to record, or at least to play a guitar. Song will appear shortly.

Scientific illustration of the Southern Crab Nebula, or the nebula inside the nebula.

Science Art: He2-104: The Southern Crab Nebula, 1999.

21 January 2024 grant 0

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:

Images taken

… Read the rest “Science Art: He2-104: The Southern Crab Nebula, 1999.”

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  • Cosmos II, a.k.a. Boston University astronomer Alan Marscher.
  • Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist who makes music from cosmic radio sources.
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