New Scientist looks down from on high with Europe’s Tropomi satellite and finds clusters of climate-altering methane “super emitters” – places where the greenhouse… Read the rest “Satellites spot the biggest methane sources. (They’re not cows.)”
Wired recently ran a fun story about one man making a difference – a cybersecurity guy named P4x, who noticed that state-sponsored North Korean hackers were trying to break into his… Read the rest “The guy who took down North Korea’s internet.”
IEEE Spectrum reports on a research team that has created a new method for recycling the environmentally risky chemicals used in lithium-ion batteries – the kind of batteries used… Read the rest “These recycled lithium-ion batteries are outperforming new ones.”
An image of science in the abstract, the spirit of science as imagined at the dawn of the Space Age, from the National Postal Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institutions.
From the description… Read the rest “Science Art: 5c The Sciences single, U.S. Postal Service, 1963.”
Science magazine explains how that big southerly continent has become the best place to find meteorites, and how those ancient fallen rocks offer priceless clues to the history of the solar… Read the rest “Programming computers to find Antarctic meteorites.”
Science Daily reports on a deep space mystery that the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research is trying to figure out – namely, what this thing is that, for one minute in… Read the rest “Something in space is getting really bright three times an hour.”
Science magazine reports on one of those simple fixes that could make everything a little bit better if only everyone would sign on. Scientists have found that by attaching green LEDs to … Read the rest “Little green lights could save sharks and turtles while keeping fisheries in business.”
SONG: “In Pompeii”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Scientific American 6 Dec 2021, “Pompeii’s Ruins to Be Reconstructed by Robot,” as used in the post ‘A robot… Read the rest “SONG: In Pompeii”
From Scientific American, December 1, 1860, an issue that also has a patent by Abraham Lincoln for lifting riverboats over obstacles, and a note on getting leather from snake skins. It was… Read the rest “Science Art: Randel’s Improved Combination Press, 1860”
Science News has more mysteries from the subatomic realm, with the discovery that electrons and other quantum particles can be moved by forces they never actually come into contact with,… Read the rest “Quantum particles are affected by gravity fields they never touch.”
Scientific American hails a breakthrough in fighting MS with the definitive discovery that the Epstein-Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis and which 95% of American adults carry,… Read the rest “Multiple sclerosis is triggered by the mononucleosis virus – they proved it.”
CNet reports on John Deere’s invention of an autonomous robot tractor you can control with your smartphone:
… Read the rest “Self-driving tractor ready for remote-control farming.”“It takes a while to get comfortable because … first of all,
Science News takes us back 4,500 years to ancient Syria, where domesticated donkeys and wild asses called “hemippes” were bred together for war – as the earliest know… Read the rest “The first hybrid humans ever bred was a kunga.”
This illustration, from Natural History Magazine, shows the way the comet of 1843 (or Comet 1843, if you prefer) reached its closest point to the sun, perihelion, over 10 hours – and… Read the rest “Science Art: Section of a Comet’s Path, 1933”
The Guardian shares archaeological treasure – the discovery of a 2,000-year-old wooden statue unearthed in the massive dig along the 150-mile HS2 rail project:
… Read the rest “Rare “exquisitely carved” Roman-era figure found along British railway route.”The 67cm-tall figure
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