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“False social reality”: More people care about climate change than you think. A LOT more.

9 September 2022 grant 0

Nature looks at a “false social reality” that shapes our government policy – a persistent, mistaken belief across the population that underestimates support for … Read the rest ““False social reality”: More people care about climate change than you think. A LOT more.”

Ultracool dwarf star has a Goldilocks planet.

8 September 2022 grant 0

Space.com reports on the discovery of two intriguing planets found orbiting an ultracool star – including one world that falls within the life-sustaining Goldilocks zone:

The

… Read the rest “Ultracool dwarf star has a Goldilocks planet.”

Sunken megaliths revealed by Spanish drought.

6 September 2022 grant 0

The Guardian reports on a crisis for Spanish farmers and water utilities that has turned into a boon for archaeologists – and tourists – as plummeting reservoir levels reveal… Read the rest “Sunken megaliths revealed by Spanish drought.”

Scientific illustration of fossilized crocodile skulls (Steneosaurus species) from England's Great Oolite deposit.

Science Art: Anglosuchus, by James Erxleben, c. 1877.

4 September 2022 grant 0

These are the skulls of two English crocodiles. They were English before the first Anglo-Saxons arrived on that island’s shores. Of course, they also went extinct before the first… Read the rest “Science Art: Anglosuchus, by James Erxleben, c. 1877.”

Private space company eyes mission to seek life on Venus.

4 September 2022 grant 0

Vice reports on Rocket Lab’s plans to use privately funded spacecraft, supported by a research team at MIT, to explore the famously inhospitable surface of Venus for signs of life… Read the rest “Private space company eyes mission to seek life on Venus.”

Webb telescope spots CO2 in an exoplanet’s atmosphere.

1 September 2022 grant 0

Science News has a report from space that’s not as cool as finding an oxygen-rich alien planet, but almost. It’s a planet that the James Webb Space Telescope discovered has … Read the rest “Webb telescope spots CO2 in an exoplanet’s atmosphere.”

Scientific illustration of wheels, bins, sifters, and other engineering parts from https://archive.org/details/gri_33125001402706/page/n229/mode/1up, the Engineer's Sketchbook. p219.

Science Art: Page 219 from The engineer’s sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details…, 1890

28 August 2022 grant 0

This is a page of assorted parts – gizmos, “contrivances,” what-have-yous – for doing things in machines. It’s from a catalog of such bits and pieces from… Read the rest “Science Art: Page 219 from The engineer’s sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details…, 1890”

Reptiles evolve to conquer climate change, again and again (when they didn’t all die).

26 August 2022 grant 0

Jerusalem Post covers research by Harvard University, University of Alberta, and North Carolina Museum of Natural History that reveals the long history of reptiles, who have reacted … Read the rest “Reptiles evolve to conquer climate change, again and again (when they didn’t all die).”

There are two waters, once it gets cold.

26 August 2022 grant 0

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that ordinary water becomes ice when it gets really cold (which we all already knew) but also can become a second, denser liquid form… Read the rest “There are two waters, once it gets cold.”

No song today (or two days ago)

25 August 2022 grant 0

I sometimes work the polls during an election and Tuesday was the 23rd, and I hadn’t finished a song by the 22nd. I’ve nearly got a penitential cover for the last missed deadline,… Read the rest “No song today (or two days ago)”

Scientific illustration of a kind of sand flea or amphipod better known nowadays as Haustorius arenarius.

Science Art: Bellia arenaria, from The Annals and magazine of natural history, Series 2, Vol. 7, #37, 1850.

21 August 2022 grant 0

This is an illustration of a sea creature that, at the time, was (not exactly) new to science. It was new to British science when C. Spence Bate wrote about it in “On a new genus and several… Read the rest “Science Art: Bellia arenaria, from The Annals and magazine of natural history, Series 2, Vol. 7, #37, 1850.”

Airship hangar awaits new zeppelin revolution.

21 August 2022 grant 0

BBC is waiting patiently for Google co-founder Sergey Brin to create another world-changing revolution. They’re hanging out in an enormous hangar, the Goodyear Airdock in Akron,… Read the rest “Airship hangar awaits new zeppelin revolution.”

Bees of the sea: crustacean pollinators

19 August 2022 grant 0

Scientific American introduces us to the bees of the sea, newly observed tiny crustaceans that pollinate seaweed like bees do flowers on land:

For the red seaweed Gracilaria gracilis,

… Read the rest “Bees of the sea: crustacean pollinators”
Scientific illustration of a shadowy lighthouse and a dark ship sending out brilliant beams of light to illuminate the inky blackness of the shore, in an image used to sell lighting apparatus to Victorian engineers.

Science Art: Woodhouse & Rawson Electrical Lighting & Apparatus ad, 1890

14 August 2022 grant 0

Advertisements from the 1800s are usually visually striking, but this one is really something else – from the loopy lettering to the drama of the scene depicted in fields of shadow… Read the rest “Science Art: Woodhouse & Rawson Electrical Lighting & Apparatus ad, 1890”

Exploring alien planets (and Earth) by balloon

11 August 2022 grant 0

Science News looks at the recent breakthroughs in planetary research using an often-overlooked kind of vehicle, a lighter-than-air balloon, as a research platform in alien skies:

“Venus

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