Science News shares 10 years of step-counting longevity research that indicates that slow, steady, and not stopping is the way to win the race – or at least to lengthen your lifespan… Read the rest “It’s not how fast you walk, but how many steps you take that helps you live longer.”
New Scientist has some uplifting news about the ozone hole. It’s fixing itself at last, and as it does so, the planet’s wind patterns are returning to normal:
… Read the rest “The southern jet stream is finally going back to normal as the ozone hole closes.”Before 2000, a
You know, I went looking for some non-coronavirus science news, and Nature provided this gem of a headline about a plucky Drosophilia fruit-fly species and its unusual infatuation with… Read the rest “Nature: “How a fly came to love the vomit fruit””
I’ve got music, but, you know, there’s some other stuff happening, right? Should have plenty of time to record some penitential covers, though.
Science News reports that astronomers have found the dark edge of the Milky Way – the unlit mass of dark matter spinning beyond the bright stars – and have determined that our… Read the rest “Our galaxy is bigger than we’d thought.”
From 1675 until his death in 1719, John Flamsteed worked at the newly built Greenwich Observatory, charting the stars in the sky. He was England’s first Astronomer… Read the rest “Science Art: Hemisphere Austral, XVIII from Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed, 1729.”
Science News checks back on the big star that suddenly went dim (as regular readers here will remember) a couple of months ago, prompting some speculation that we were about to see a massive… Read the rest “Betelgeuse was maybe just dusty, not dying.”
The Guardian looks back at memory researchers who’ve found that lower the carbohydrates you eat keeps your memory in better shape:
… Read the rest “Low-carb diet can keep your brain fit.”“Neurobiological changes associated with ageing
From Wedding’s Basic Bessemer Process, by W. B. Phillips and E. Prochaska, which you can preview here. I found it on the British Library Photostream.
The Bessemer… Read the rest “Science Art: Water-Cooling of the Converter, 1891”
Science News reports on the discovery of the smallest known dinosaur in a Myanmar gemstone – and it was a tiny predator:
… Read the rest “Burmese amber contains skull of hummingbird-sized dinosaur.”A tiny, toothed bird that lived 99 million years ago appears
Or something like that. Scientific American looks at how Shi Zhengli’s kind of obscure area zoological research – looking at how bats contract viral diseases – suddenly… Read the rest “China’s “Bat Woman” is a virus-hunting hero.”
Scientific American looks at old trees to determine how so-called hunter-gatherers were actually actively “farming” the Brazil nuts and cocoa trees they relied on for food… Read the rest “Yes, indigenous South Americans were actively managing the forest.”
Rather than the usual excerpt of recent research, I thought I’d start collecting some decent sources of info on the ongoing pandemic.
* Vetted and regularly updated numbers, best… Read the rest “COVID-19 Resource List”
A snapshot of SARS virus particles – the coronavirus responsible for Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome – taken at Fort Detrick, Maryland, the military … Read the rest “Science Art: Colorized transmission electron micrograph of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus particles (orange) found near the periphery of an infected cell (green).”
Scientific American checks out how fire-prevention efforts are actually apparently hurting bat populations:
… Read the rest “Forest fires boost bats.”In California’s Sierra Nevada ecosystem, bats have adapted to occasional
Copyright © 2026 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes
Click to embiggen
Click to embiggen
Click to embiggen