Science Art: The Geologic Time Spiral, by Joseph Graham, William Newman, and John Stacy.
History doesn’t repeat in circles. It makes a spiral.
Found via keepyourpebbles, from the US Geological Survey (at which you can read more about the concept.)
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Thanksgiving Theremin: Pamelia Kurstin, TED talk/concert, 2002
She starts with “Autumn Leaves” and goes on from there – just about 20 minutes of playing and talking enthusing.
More on the effervescent Ms Kurstin at TED and beyond… Read the rest “Thanksgiving Theremin: Pamelia Kurstin, TED talk/concert, 2002”
SONG: Beyond the Ends of the Earth
SONG: “Beyond the Ends of the Earth”. (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “100 Year Starship: Nasa’s … Read the rest “SONG: Beyond the Ends of the Earth”
Squid can fly.
I am not making that up. Treehugger.com has the photographic evidence of flying squid:
… Read the rest “Squid can fly.”“From our observations it seemed like squid engaged in behaviors to prolong their flight,”
Science Art: Merman (Vir marinus episcopi specie), 1696
I’ll just quote the Wikimedia Commons text on this one. It tells a better story than I could.
… Read the rest “Science Art: Merman (Vir marinus episcopi specie), 1696”A relatively benign merman complete with scales caught in the Baltic
Hurt so good.
Yes. Well. New Scientist’s never-so-aptly-named “Short Sharp Science” blog revels in the discovery that the female orgasm is neurologically linked to pain:
… Read the rest “Hurt so good.”To get
Inject stem cells into damaged brain. Wait.
That’s a rough outline of what The Telegraph says scientists are doing in what could wind up being a dramatic medical breakthrough:
… Read the rest “Inject stem cells into damaged brain. Wait.”The study, Pilot Investigation of Stem Cells in
Reading names, forgetting faces.
Forget your eyes. New Scientist (have I seen them somewhere before?) says all that reading is bad for your memory:
… Read the rest “Reading names, forgetting faces.”The scans firstly confirmed which regions of the brain are associated with
Sleights of Mind
This is more of a “heads up” than highlighting any particular discovery, but Medical News Today has a review of a fascinating collaboration between neuroscientists and stage… Read the rest “Sleights of Mind”
Mutant mosquitoes fight “breakbone fever.”
The Miami Herald reports on a new front line in a genetic war against insect-borne disease:
… Read the rest “Mutant mosquitoes fight “breakbone fever.””Researchers at Oxitec Limited, an Oxford-based company, created sterile male mosquitoes by
Science Art: Arsinoitherium, by Heinrich Harder
This big fellow is Arsinoitherium, a prehistoric swamp monster related to elephants and hyraxes. Those horns were once believed to be hollow – possibly… Read the rest “Science Art: Arsinoitherium, by Heinrich Harder”
Bubbles in the Milky Way
NASA astronomers have found the equivalent of a lost continent in space – a pair of colossal radioactive bubbles rising from the galaxy:
… Read the rest “Bubbles in the Milky Way”NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Hawking Q&A
Time has a vox-pop interview with professional smartypants Stephen Hawking:
… Read the rest “Hawking Q&A”Does it feel like a huge responsibility to have people expecting you to have all the answers to life’s
Babies against bullies.
Researchers are using a new weapon against school bullying, New York Times reveals. They’re putting babies in classrooms to make schoolkids more empathetic:
… Read the rest “Babies against bullies.”We know that humans
Physics from the Bronx.
PhysicsWorld tries to get to the bottom of a curious question: Why did this inner-city high school produce seven Nobel laureates?
… Read the rest “Physics from the Bronx.”The school, which opened in 1938, was founded by the educator