SONG: Dream Agency
SONG: “Dream Agency”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Science, 11 June 21, “Are advertisers coming for your dreams?,” as used in the post “Advertising in your… Read the rest “SONG: Dream Agency”
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Satellite trains face a legal challenge.
Scientific American is looking up at the night sky and wondering if some new legal cases will keep the stars from being blotted out by brilliant chains of linked satellites:
… Read the rest “Satellite trains face a legal challenge.”The California-based
Science Art: ITER 3D plasma equilibrium with ripple contours (4071616631)
This image, from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, shows a fusion reaction contained by a force field. The magnetic fields force the plasma – the stuff being fused – into a … Read the rest “Science Art: ITER 3D plasma equilibrium with ripple contours (4071616631)”
The world’s most powerful magnet is heading to an experimental fusion reactor.
New Scientist reports on the latest equipment – a magnet stronger than any other – being sent from California to France for installation in ITER, the reactor that replicates… Read the rest “The world’s most powerful magnet is heading to an experimental fusion reactor.”
Advertising in your dreams
Science magazine covers the pushback from researchers who fear a new battleground for spam and advertisers inside our sleeping minds:
… Read the rest “Advertising in your dreams”This week, a group of 40 dream researchers has pushed
Betelgeuse burped.
New Scientist explains that reason Betelgeuse recently appeared to dim in the sky was that it was expelling gas:
… Read the rest “Betelgeuse burped.”Miguel Montargès at Sorbonne University in France and his colleagues may
Science Art: Plate VI from Here, a number of broken gifts for the carpenters and lovers…., by Lorenz Stöer, 1567.
I’ve posted illustrations from this remarkable book of geometric studies before. This one looks, to this old gamer’s eyes, like 1D4+1D20+1. (For non-gamers: It’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate VI from Here, a number of broken gifts for the carpenters and lovers…., by Lorenz Stöer, 1567.”
Archaeologists danced for six hours straight – for science.
Archaeology reports on University of Helsinki researchers who held a dance marathon to find out the truth about prehistoric relics:
… Read the rest “Archaeologists danced for six hours straight – for science.”auditory archaeologist Riitta Rainio and artist Juha
A wooden satellite.
The European Space Agency is prepping payloads for a Finnish-built satellite made of wood with aluminum rails for launching and meatal “selfie stick” for a camera:
… Read the rest “A wooden satellite.”The mission
One vaccination against TB, diabetes, and MS?
Science News reports on the BCG vaccine, short for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. Originally, it was a treatment to prevent tuberculosis, but now it’s showing promise for helping fight… Read the rest “One vaccination against TB, diabetes, and MS?”
Science Art: Cypress root system exposed 4 feet deep by wave action…, 1915.
Today, Folklore Twitter is celebrating #SwampSunday, so I thought I’d slip this stately scientific illustration into my queue. This is what’s going on underneath that dark,… Read the rest “Science Art: Cypress root system exposed 4 feet deep by wave action…, 1915.”
Sending baby squid to the space station.
BBC reports on a NASA project that’s transporting cute little cephalopods into orbit, launching 128 baby bobtail squid and 5,000 tardigrades to the International Space Station… Read the rest “Sending baby squid to the space station.”
Today’s batteries are better.
Ars Technica busts a long-running myth about batteries – that they’re always five years away from any real improvement – with a look at how better batteries are already… Read the rest “Today’s batteries are better.”
Science Art: Circular Twilight Halo at Sunrise (Kreisförmiger Dämmerungsschein Bei Sonnenaufgang) by Eduard Moritz Pechuël-Loesche, 1884
A soft and beautiful drawing of distant, unimaginable destruction. Eduard Moritz Pechuël-Loesche was a naturalist in Hereroland (now Namibia) when he painted this watercolor in late… Read the rest “Science Art: Circular Twilight Halo at Sunrise (Kreisförmiger Dämmerungsschein Bei Sonnenaufgang) by Eduard Moritz Pechuël-Loesche, 1884”
The world’s oldest tattoo gear.
Science News looks at some sharpened bones found at a site in Tennessee. They seem to be 3,600-year-old Native American tattoo tools:
… Read the rest “The world’s oldest tattoo gear.”These pigment-stained bones are the world’s oldest