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An AI from space has discovered a new massive drawing on the Nazca Plain.

21 November 2019 grant 0

Science News reports on a computer algorithm that has analyzed satellite imagery to detect a previously unknown humanoid figure, sketched out centuries ago, among the famous Nazca Lines… Read the rest “An AI from space has discovered a new massive drawing on the Nazca Plain.”

The keto diet could protect against flu.

19 November 2019 grant 0

Science Immunology has a study that shows a low-carb, high-fat diet similar to Atkins and other keto diets seems to confer protection against flu and other lung infections:

Putting mice

… Read the rest “The keto diet could protect against flu.”

Learning where memories are born.

18 November 2019 grant 0

It happens when we sleep, says Scientific American. It happens in cells that aren’t even neurons:

A new study from the University of Toronto, published on-line this week in the journal

… Read the rest “Learning where memories are born.”
Scientific illustration of Genesee County "swill-pail" hogs, from Moore's Rural New-Yorker, 1862.

Science Art: Genesee County Hogs of the “Swill-Pail Breed,” from Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, March 22, 1862

17 November 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of Genesee County "swill-pail" hogs, from Moore's Rural New-Yorker, 1862.Click to embiggen

Swill-pail hogs from upstate New York, as featured on the front page of Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, a delightful paper that promised “Agriculture, Horticulture,… Read the rest “Science Art: Genesee County Hogs of the “Swill-Pail Breed,” from Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, March 22, 1862”

Microscopic nutrient doses to solve malnutrition. (With Bill Gates as a lab rat.)

14 November 2019 grant 0

Inverse covers an invention that should invisibly make a difference in some of the world’s hungriest communities, beating back malnutrition-based diseases with super-tiny capsules… Read the rest “Microscopic nutrient doses to solve malnutrition. (With Bill Gates as a lab rat.)”

Yes, KISS is actually having a concert for sharks.

14 November 2019 grant 0

From SportDiver‘s “Ask a Marine Biologist” column comes a question about a band that might have lost some human relevance, but is still aiming for the potentially lucrative… Read the rest “Yes, KISS is actually having a concert for sharks.”

Scientific illustration of a neuron, a brain cell, being electrifying. By Nicolas P. Rougier

Science Art: Neuron Matrix, by Nicolas P. Rougier

10 November 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a neuron, a brain cell, being electrifying. By Nicolas P. RougierClick to embiggen slightly

A nerve, an electric cell, a node in a network.

A place and size where electricity meets chemistry inside our bodies. This appears to be an illustration of synapses… Read the rest “Science Art: Neuron Matrix, by Nicolas P. Rougier”

The 15,000-year-old Mexican mammoth trap.

8 November 2019 grant 0

ABC News (Australia) shares the findings of a Mexican expedition that has discovered a trove of mammoth bones in what appears to have been a pair of pits dug by humans to be prehistoric mammoth… Read the rest “The 15,000-year-old Mexican mammoth trap.”

Silently hacking Alexa with a laser. (And Siri and Google Home too.)

7 November 2019 grant 0

Ars Technica is (or rather, researchers they’re reporting on are) quietly taking over Alexa and other smart-home devices with inaudible – and sometimes invisible –… Read the rest “Silently hacking Alexa with a laser. (And Siri and Google Home too.)”

Hot electric-car batteries recharge in 10 minutes.

5 November 2019 grant 0

Nature has research (from Joule) that brings us closer to an electric filling station for battery-powered cars, thanks to the discovery that raising the temperature makes it possible … Read the rest “Hot electric-car batteries recharge in 10 minutes.”

Scientific illustration as football uniform: the UCF Space Game 2019 uniform

Science Art: UCF Space Game football uniform, 2019

3 November 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration as football uniform: the UCF Space Game 2019 uniformClick to embiggen vastly

UCF, the University of Central Florida, is the university closest to the Kennedy Space Center, and has a rivalry with the *other* space-launch city, Houston, that’s… Read the rest “Science Art: UCF Space Game football uniform, 2019”

Measles makes your immune system forget what it’s defeated before.

1 November 2019 grant 0

Nature reveals research in Science and Science Immunology that describes a one hidden risk of measles – that by catching it, you’ll also become more vulnerable to diseases… Read the rest “Measles makes your immune system forget what it’s defeated before.”

Bourbons have microscopic signatures. (In a way that scotches don’t.)

1 November 2019 grant 0

Science News takes appreciation of American whiskeys to a whole new level – a teeny-tiny one. Researchers publishing in Physical Review Fluids found that bourbons, unlike other… Read the rest “Bourbons have microscopic signatures. (In a way that scotches don’t.)”

A new look at the mammals who lived with dinosaurs

29 October 2019 grant 0

Nature rounds up a “rash of fossil finds” revealing the lives of the first mammals, shedding a little more light on how our forebears survived the extinction of the dinosaurs… Read the rest “A new look at the mammals who lived with dinosaurs”

A scientific illustration - a photograph, really - of John Wesley Powell's boat, used to explore the Grand Canyon and the American West in 1871

Science Art: Major John Wesley Powell’s Boat, the Emma Dean, 1871.

28 October 2019 grant 0

A scientific illustration - a photograph, really - of John Wesley Powell's boat, used to explore the Grand Canyon and the American West in 1871Click to embiggen

Major John Wesley Powell was a soldier and explorer, a geologist and a professor who led the first government expedition down the Grand Canyon – traveling part of… Read the rest “Science Art: Major John Wesley Powell’s Boat, the Emma Dean, 1871.”

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