Scientific American reports on a PNAS study that linked increased anxiety, hyperactivity and aggression in children to cannabis use by their parents during pregnancy. It’s easy… Read the rest “Cannabis use in pregnancy affects the fetus’ immune system… leading to anxiety and hyperactivity.”
There’s going to be more news on this shortly, but a a couple of Near-Earth Orbit tracking services are reporting on the Russian satellite Cosmos 1408, which appears to not be there… Read the rest “The Russians seem to have blown up one of their satellites, and the ISS is dodging the debris.”
This geometric shape might look like the kind of floral decoration old-time printers used to separate blocks of text, but no – it’s from a patent. Specifically, the patent … Read the rest “Science Art: Bosom Pad (U.S. patent 404881), 1888.”
Science covers the controversy around Merck’s new antiviral pill, molnupiravir, which definitely interferes with viruses’ ability to reproduce, which kills nearly all… Read the rest “The new COVID19 pill works by creating mutations. This has some virologists worried.”
Discover magazine reveals a grisly bit of previously unknown insect behavior recorded by Yi-Kai Tea and his fellow citizen scientists on the island of Sulawesi, where they photographed… Read the rest “Indonesian citizen scientists discover VAMPIRE CANNIBAL BUTTERFLIES”
The BBC reports that, after overcoming plenty of obstacles, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is ready to get into orbit and start gazing at the universe in mid-December:
… Read the rest “James Webb Space Telescope ready for launch.”Webb
This is the skull of a creature with lots of scientific names, but in “Osteology of Dolichorhinus longiceps Douglass, with a review of the species of Dolichorhinus in the order of … Read the rest “Science Art: Skull of Dolichorhinus cornutus (Osborn),”
Scientific American published an interview from sister publication Cerveau & Psycho with Jean Abitbol, a Paris-based ear, nose and throat physician, phoniatrician, and craniofacial… Read the rest “Change your voice, change your identity.”
Scientific American reports on a growing number of firefighters who don’t have to worry about smoke inhalation or blistering heat – because they’re self-steering… Read the rest “Autonomous firefighting robots ready for duty.”
Science magazine offers a briefing on a paste modeled on barnacle glue that sticks to wet surfaces within 15 seconds – making it a perfect coagulant to stop bleeding wounds:
… Read the rest “Barnacle glue saves lives.”The marine
This diagram came from an article called “Anomalous Origin of Left Coronary Artery” by John C. Ruddock, a Naval Reserve Medical Corps commander, and Charles C. Stehly, a US… Read the rest “Science Art: Schematic Drawing Showing (Left) Normal Origin and Distribution of the Coronary Arteries…, 1943.”
Popular Science takes us over a bridge built inside a Fribourg, Switzerland, laboratory entirely out of re-used concrete – a thrifty construction technique that could help cut … Read the rest “It’s possible to recycle concrete, and this Swiss bridge proves it.”
SONG: “Rocks in the Sky”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: NASA Press Release, 16 Oct 21, “NASA, ULA Launch Lucy Mission to ‘Fossils’ of Planet Formation,” as used in the… Read the rest “SONG: Rocks in the Sky”
Oh, a beautiful Renaissance landscape by one of those Lowland masters, a naturalistic scene of people meeting merrily on a wooded path between the village center and some large, important… Read the rest “Science Art: Magpie on the Gallows, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568”
I’ve got a melody, I’ve got a subject, but the words aren’t here yet. Mea maxima culpa. A song and two penitential covers shall arrive.
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