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Humans didn’t live with dinosaurs… but maybe with ape-men.

9 May 2017 grant 0

Nature shines new light on a very old hominid – “Neo,” the ape-like Homo naledi who may have coexisted with early modern humans:

H. naledi was uncovered in the Rising

… Read the rest “Humans didn’t live with dinosaurs… but maybe with ape-men.”

Science Art: The Myology of the Raven, 1890

8 May 2017 grant 0

Corvus corax sinuatus
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This is the head and neck of a raven, Corvus corax sinuatus, as dissected and drawn by Robert W. Shufeldt.

I look at this and am impressed by the beauty of the anatomy. Then … Read the rest “Science Art: The Myology of the Raven, 1890”

Mars might be a *really* alien planet.

5 May 2017 grant 0

Science News shows how Mars might not have formed with the rest of solid worlds of the inner solar system:

Simulating the assembly of the solar system around 4.56 billion years ago, researchers

… Read the rest “Mars might be a *really* alien planet.”

The closest we come to getting Neanderthal injuries? Water-tubing.

3 May 2017 grant 0

Science News looks at broken bones – specifically, how modern bone breaks seem so different from the injuries we see in Neanderthal skeletons. Why should modern tree-climbing, … Read the rest “The closest we come to getting Neanderthal injuries? Water-tubing.”

Humans reached America 100,000 years earlier than thought.

1 May 2017 grant 0

Nature reveals the remains of a 130,000-year-old barbecue… that opens a controversial – and way, way older – chapter of human history in the Americas:

Most scientists

… Read the rest “Humans reached America 100,000 years earlier than thought.”

Science Art: Mouth of Petromyzon Marinus with its Horny Teeth,

30 April 2017 grant 0

From FM Balfour's WORKS, Vol 3: https://archive.org/details/theworks03balfuoft

This is a “more definitely suctorial mouth with horny cuticular teeth,” according to Francis Maitland Balfour, a British biologist with a particularly distinguished name… Read the rest “Science Art: Mouth of Petromyzon Marinus with its Horny Teeth,”

Whispering baby whales.

26 April 2017 grant 0

Science Daily listens close to baby humpback whales whispering to their mothers:

Ecologists from Denmark and Australia used temporary tags on humpback mothers and their calves in Exmouth

… Read the rest “Whispering baby whales.”

NASA releases 140,000 images, videos, and sounds.

24 April 2017 grant 0

This is a little “inside baseball,” but I’m as much thrilled by Open Culture‘s description of this archive as I am by the existence of the archive itself. It does… Read the rest “NASA releases 140,000 images, videos, and sounds.”

Science Art: PIA19048 realistic color Europa mosaic (from the Galileo mission).

23 April 2017 grant 0


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This is Jupiter’s watery (well, icy) moon Europa, as pieced together in realistic color from a bunch of photos taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft in the 1990s.… Read the rest “Science Art: PIA19048 realistic color Europa mosaic (from the Galileo mission).”

A teeny, tiny NASCAR.

20 April 2017 grant 0

Nature is gearing up for small engines going… well, pretty fast for their size. Because these chemists are racing single-molecule nanocars:

Six teams from three continents are

… Read the rest “A teeny, tiny NASCAR.”

Microsoft’s Ballmer sics big data on government spending.

18 April 2017 grant 0

New York Times announces how one of America’s wealthiest computer scientists makes it possible to track where your tax money *really*, really goes:

In an age of fake news and questions

… Read the rest “Microsoft’s Ballmer sics big data on government spending.”

Science Art: “De Motib. Stellae Martis” from Astronomia Nova aitiologetos, by Johannes Kepler, 1609.

16 April 2017 grant 0

from : https://archive.org/stream/astronomianovaai00kepl#page/4/mode/2up Click to embiggen

This is a diagram of how Mars appeared in the sky, as observed by Johannes Kepler (and his boss, Tycho Brahe). The question Kepler ultimately answered was why did a planet… Read the rest “Science Art: “De Motib. Stellae Martis” from Astronomia Nova aitiologetos, by Johannes Kepler, 1609.”

Why do shoelaces come untied? Physics.

13 April 2017 grant 0

Science News investigates the forces at play when your shoes come untied:

Mechanical engineer Oliver O’Reilly of the University of California, Berkeley was familiar with the infuriating

… Read the rest “Why do shoelaces come untied? Physics.”

Celiac disease – the problem with gluten – might be triggered by a virus.

11 April 2017 grant 0

NPR covers an unexpected discovery about an auto-immune condition believed to be genetic – celiac disease. You need to have the right (or the wrong) genes to come down with the gluten… Read the rest “Celiac disease – the problem with gluten – might be triggered by a virus.”

Bronze-Age Dane was an ancient immigrant.

10 April 2017 grant 0

Denmark’s The Local looks at the mummified remains of a woman who was anything but local, new research has found. One of the iconic ancestors of Denmark came there from somewhere far… Read the rest “Bronze-Age Dane was an ancient immigrant.”

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  • Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist who makes music from cosmic radio sources.
  • Dr. Jim Webb, astronomy professor and acoustic guitarist.
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  • Giant Squid, doom metal about the sublime horrors of marine biology.
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