SONG: You See Through Me
SONG: “You See Through Me” . (OGG version here.)
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SOURCE: The Guardian, 5 Sep 2024, “Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent… Read the rest “SONG: You See Through Me”
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Science Art: Solar Explosions, G79, by Clement Lindley Wragge.
This is a slide from the magic lantern shows of Clement Lindley Wragge, a popularizer of astronomy, a meteorolo…
Read moreSONG: We Ate Each Other's Wings
SONG: “We Ate Each Other’s Wings”. (OGG version here.)
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Read moreScience Art: Mars - Cloudy North Polar Cap, by Andrea Luck
Really, I guess the full title of this should be: Mars – Cloudy North Polar Cap – CNSA Tianwen-1.
“CNSA” is…
Read moreScience Art: Earth-moon Relationship MSC, HOUSTON, TX
This is a line drawing of the Apollo mission’s lunar module reaching the Moon, staying a while, and then coming…
Read moreScience Art: Chromista
An illustration from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service “Biological Illustration” collection of chromista, whic…
Read moreScience Art: Eyes of Epeira conica x30, 1884
A spider’s face seen at 30-times magnification, from the February 1884 issue of Science Gossip.
This is i…
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Science Art: Cockpit view of the Macchi MC.200 Saetta, 2009
This image came from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force with the less-easy-to-understand name (or “designation”) “210921-F-AU145-2009.” But it’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Cockpit view of the Macchi MC.200 Saetta, 2009”
Science Art: Interacting Galaxies Arp 142 (MIRI Image), by NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.
This is a photograph of a strangely-shaped galaxy, as taken by the Webb Space Telescope. Or rather, a set of “interacting” galaxies, known collectively as Arp 142. From the… Read the rest “Science Art: Interacting Galaxies Arp 142 (MIRI Image), by NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.”
Science Art: Illustrations of poor and good posture, 1943.
This is how the the US Navy tried to get recruits to stand tall during World War II, with anatomical studies of slouching. How do you know if you’re slouching? Well, here’s how,… Read the rest “Science Art: Illustrations of poor and good posture, 1943.”
Science Art: Hooks, Swivels, &c.
Need a lift? These are hooks designed for lifting … well, whatever you need picked up.
I found them in (deep breath): The engineer’s sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices,… Read the rest “Science Art: Hooks, Swivels, &c. ”
SONG: “Serotonin” (a penitential girl in red cover)
SONG: “Serotonin” (a penitential girl in red cover). (OGG version here.)
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SOURCE: This isn’t based on any research; it’s a cover of a girl in red… Read the rest “SONG: “Serotonin” (a penitential girl in red cover)”
Science Art: Kleiner Wasserbär, 1773
This is what German pastor Johann August Ephraim Goeze dubbed a “tiny water-bear” when he first spotted it among the animacules in the droplets of stagnant water under his … Read the rest “Science Art: Kleiner Wasserbär, 1773”
Science Art: Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts, by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.
I’m not sure what to make of this, other than that it’s a worm that somehow feeds on or otherwise inconveniences tigers and monkeys. So I suppose it’s a tropical or subtropical… Read the rest “Science Art: Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts, by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon.”
Science Art: Europa Clipper, Artist’s Concept, by NASA/JPL-Caltech
This is an artist’s concept of a space probe orbiting Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter that might just hide life in the oceans miles below its frozen surface.
You can read more about the… Read the rest “Science Art: Europa Clipper, Artist’s Concept, by NASA/JPL-Caltech”
Science Art: Apparatus Arranged for Taking a Radiograph, 1894.
This illustration is from an article in Science Gossip on how to set up your own “X-Ray Outfit.” As the author, James Quick, explains: “The four chief items comprising… Read the rest “Science Art: Apparatus Arranged for Taking a Radiograph, 1894.”
Science Art: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 at NASM (NHQ202303280029), 2023
As the image description tells it:
… Read the rest “Science Art: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 at NASM (NHQ202303280029), 2023”NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, left, Jessica Watkins, center, and Robert Hines, right, are seen in the in the One World Connected gallery looking at
Science Art: Illustration, New Model 1806 Fiber-Optics Cathode-Ray Tube Visicorder from a Honeywell brochure, c.1973
This is a scientist operating scientific equipment, or a model posing as a scientist showing off the capabilities of a shiny new piece of informational display equipment.
Science Art: Almeö Dog Skeleton, by Gunnar Creutz.
A prehistoric pet. This is a mesolithic dog, same dog we know today more or less, Canis lupus familiaris, but about 9,300 years old.
It was found in an archaeological dig in Almeö, Sweden, … Read the rest “Science Art: Almeö Dog Skeleton, by Gunnar Creutz.”
Science Art: Sagitta atlantica and Sagitta equatoria, 1922.
These are illustrations from “Notes on Species of Sagitta Collected on a Voyage from England to Australia” by B.B. Gray, as published in The Proceedings of the Royal Society… Read the rest “Science Art: Sagitta atlantica and Sagitta equatoria, 1922.”
Science Art: Herring Gull 4, by Robert Pos, 2008.
Here’s Larus argentatus, one of those wild animals that barely seems wild because it interacts with people so much. Simple line art captures a wild creature in motion, above a shoreline… Read the rest “Science Art: Herring Gull 4, by Robert Pos, 2008.”