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Science Art: Paraboloide Circular 02, by Rodrigo Argenton

This is a circular paraboloid, a shape with “one axis of symmetry and no center of symmetry,” according to Wiki…

This is an illustration from the Great Exhibition, 1876, or The great Centennial exhibition critically describe…

This is a slide from the magic lantern shows of Clement Lindley Wragge, a popularizer of astronomy, a meteorolo…

SONG: “We Ate Each Other’s Wings”. (OGG version here.)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “These roaches for…

Really, I guess the full title of this should be: Mars – Cloudy North Polar Cap – CNSA Tianwen-1.

“CNSA” is…

This is a line drawing of the Apollo mission’s lunar module reaching the Moon, staying a while, and then coming…

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SONG: “A Strong Enough Lie” _{(To download: double right-click & “Save As”)}

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “Vanished Persian army said found in desert”… Read the rest “SONG: A Strong Enough Lie”

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SONG: Let’s Take the Boat Out
_{(To download, double right click and “Save Target As…”)}

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: “A Rocket for the 21st Century”, from… Read the rest “SONG: Let’s Take the Boat Out”

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These are the volumes of the hand, Babelfish tells me… although “baender” also means “bands” (like the FM radio band), or ligaments.

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This is how small they’re making machines nowadays:

Dwarfed by a spider mite. Lubricated by gases.

^{Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories, SUMMiTTM Technologies, www.mems.sandia.gov}

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This chart shows the universe as understood in 1660 – a solar system with a giant Earth at its center.