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Science Art: Cist of a Child Found at the Gates of Athens, by P. Broux

4 April 2010 grant b 0



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I found this on the wonderful Old Book Illustrations blog. It’s from Les merveilles de l’industrie (The wonders of industry), an 1871 celebration of technological… Read the rest “Science Art: Cist of a Child Found at the Gates of Athens, by P. Broux”

Tiny cube tidies orbit.

2 April 2010 grant b 0

BBC reports on a new invention – a cube that releases a sheet of plastic to clean up space junk:

Residual air molecules still present in the spacecraft’s low-Earth orbit will

… Read the rest “Tiny cube tidies orbit.”

Magnets and morality

1 April 2010 grant b 0

Medical News Today makes me feel uncomfortable… oh, no, wait, it’s a GOOD thing!… about the way magnets can alter our moral judgement:

Ten years ago [Dr Rebecca Saxe,

… Read the rest “Magnets and morality”

So that’s what written Pict looks like….

31 March 2010 grant b 0

Discovery News takes another look at Iron Age Scotland and finds something more than pretty pictures:

The ancestors of modern Scottish people left behind mysterious, carved stones that

… Read the rest “So that’s what written Pict looks like….”

Is Alzheimer’s a yeast infection? Are the plaques the *cure*?

29 March 2010 grant b 0

The Corante blog is taking a second look at brain research that could turn Alzheimer’s thinking on its head:

A recent paper in PLoS One makes the case that beta-amyloid, the protein

… Read the rest “Is Alzheimer’s a yeast infection? Are the plaques the *cure*?”

Science Art: Galileo’s Sunspots, 1612

28 March 2010 grant b 0



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Originally published in 1612 in published in Istoria e Dimostrazioni Intorno Alle Macchie Solari e Loro Accidenti Rome.

found via Woolgathersome.

SONG: The Stick That Never Strikes the Snare

27 March 2010 grant b 0

SONG: “The Stick That Never Strikes the Snare” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “Scientists supersize quantum… Read the rest “SONG: The Stick That Never Strikes the Snare”

Maple syrup – now *that’s* sweet….

26 March 2010 grant b 0

Science Daily reveals the health-boosting chemicals found in maple syrup:

University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram, who specializes in medicinal plant research, has found

… Read the rest “Maple syrup – now *that’s* sweet….”

Men and women have different nightmares.

25 March 2010 grant b 0

PhysOrg divides bad dreams between the sleeping sexes:

The study, carried out by Dr Michael Schredl of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, involved over 2,000 people,

… Read the rest “Men and women have different nightmares.”

No song… yet.

24 March 2010 grant b 0

Very close to making the deadline this month BUT NO CIGAR.

I am, however, a grandfather now. So there’s that.

A new song will be forthcoming, as will a penitential cover in short order.… Read the rest “No song… yet.”

Corn syrup not so sweet.

23 March 2010 grant b 1

Princeton University researchers have found the bitter truth about HFCS:

The first study showed that male rats given water sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup in addition to a standard

… Read the rest “Corn syrup not so sweet.”

Cookbook ecology

22 March 2010 grant b 0

“Trophic level” is a measure of how far up the food chain an animal is. It’s generally used in ecological studies to show how much impact a predator has on its habitat –… Read the rest “Cookbook ecology”

Science Art: Aghatis Dammars, Nordisk familjebok

21 March 2010 grant b 0

This is Agathis dammara, the tree from which we get dammar gum, used as a varnish on paintings, a glaze on food or an ingredient in incense.

Image found in a very special category on Wikimedia… Read the rest “Science Art: Aghatis Dammars, Nordisk familjebok”

Quantum drum beats without beating.

19 March 2010 grant b 1

Nature reports on the first object large enough to see that’s been put into the quantum state of neither moving nor not-moving:

Cleland and his team took a more direct measure of quantum

… Read the rest “Quantum drum beats without beating.”

Shrimp that should not be!

18 March 2010 grant b 0

The Associated Press plunges into the icy waters of the unknown to present us with an unspeakable creature… a shrimp that should not be:

Six hundred feet (183 metres) below the ice

… Read the rest “Shrimp that should not be!”

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