Drug device spurs lost limbs to regrow… in frogs, at least.
Science News covers a device that coaxes amphibians’ cells to remember how to regrow amputated arms and legs: “The cells of the frog already know […]
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Science Art: La Mouche des cerises (Rhagoletis cerasi), d’après une ancienne encyclopédie suédoise, 1920
This is a European cherry fruit fly, one of those creatures whose names say exactly what they are: a fruit fly that lives on cherries […]
Fossil-eating sponges found on the Arctic seabed.
The U.K.’s National History Museum celebrates the unexpected discovery of Arctic sponges that feed on 3,000-year-old fossils: The fossilised remains of an ancient ecosystem have […]
Duct tape for your guts.
New Scientist reveals a new kind of medical material created by MIT researcher Xuanhe Zhao- a sticky-on-one-side wound dressing that can treat gut injuries by […]
Science Art: Water-voles, 1911.
This is a pair of water-voles looking ready for a Wind in the Willows-style adventure, only without any waistcoats or trousers. They’re featured in a […]
Satellites spot the biggest methane sources. (They’re not cows.)
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 gas […]
The guy who took down North Korea’s internet.
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 […]
These recycled lithium-ion batteries are outperforming new ones.
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 […]
Science Art: 5c The Sciences single, U.S. Postal Service, 1963.
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, […]
Programming computers to find Antarctic meteorites.
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 […]
Something in space is getting really bright three times an hour.
Science Daily reports on a deep space mystery that the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research is trying to figure out – namely, what this […]
Little green lights could save sharks and turtles while keeping fisheries in business.
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 […]
SONG: In Pompeii
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 […]
Science Art: Randel’s Improved Combination Press, 1860
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 […]
Quantum particles are affected by gravity fields they never touch.
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 […]