Thanksgiving Theremin: “Ecuatorial” by Edgar Varese
This is a piece written (by a pupil of Claude Debussy’s) for woodwind, percussion, bass vocal and two theremin cellos – an instrument similar to […]
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Something to be thankful for: Some nearly extinct species are quietly springing back.
Science News celebrates a potential (and fragile) recovery – that might have far-reaching implications – with observations that several species of harlequin frogs, thought to […]
SONG: Sandpaper Skin
SONG: “Sandpaper Skin”. ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: PLOS One 19 Oct 2022, “Sharks are the preferred scraping surface for large pelagic fishes: Possible implications for parasite […]
Greenland is melting faster than we thought, and the sea is rising in response.
Science News reveals the discovery of ice flows off Greenland’s melting that had been hidden until now. Researchers say the amount of sea-level rise due […]
Science Art: Elephant Seals of Guadaloupe Island
This is a likeness of the elephant seals of Baja California, Mexico, as displayed in 1933 in the newly opened Hall of Ocean Life in […]
New evidence hints that fungal infections may be related to cancerous tumors.
The Scientist looks at two studies that indicate (not prove, but suggest) there may be a link between rare fungi and cancerous tumors: One group, […]
Ancient Egyptian ladies’ tattoos were meant to protect them during childbirth.
Phys.org decodes the messages left in the skin of mummies unearthed in the 1920s – ancient Egyptian women who had themselves permanently marked with signs […]
California will be making its own affordable insulin.
On the heels of Eli Lilly taking a stock hit (when a fake “verified” account on Twitter made it seem like the pharma giant would […]
Science Art: Space Colony Interior by Rick Guidice, c. 1975.
This is part of a presentation created by physicist Gerard K. O’Neill – one of three “summer studies” he carried out in the 1970s on […]
Using egg whites to scoop up microplastics.
Phys.org reports on Princeton Engineering researchers who have found a way to turn egg whites into an aerogel that can then be used to filter […]
Amputation 31,000 years ago, among the prehistoric artists of Borneo.
Science magazine recently covered the tale archaeologists uncovered about one of the earliest known settlers of Borneo, a young hunter-gatherer who had an injured foot […]
Silk for Teflon. Non-stick silk. Silk without friction.
The National Science Foundation puts a spotlight on Tufts University, where researchers have taken proteins from the cocoons of silk moths and used them to […]
Science Art: Balkåkra Ritual Object, Olof Sörling, 1917.
This is a drum. Or a gong. Or maybe a throne. Or a model of the universe with little solar disks around the edge. It […]
“BOAT” gamma burst shines a light brighter than any seen in 50 years.
Science News says the BOAT (for “brightest of all time”) has shed new light on a galaxy very, very far away … and even affected […]
Sharks to tuna: fearsome predator, convenient backscratcher.
PLOS One has revealed a strange secret of the sea, in which researchers have observed tuna and other pelagic (free-swimming) teleosts (bony fishes) intentionally rubbing […]