Science Art: Motion in Space, 1950
We’re moving on a planet that’s moving around a sun that’s moving – that way.
Not a moment of stillness anywhere.
From The Physical Sciences, Revised Edition… Read the rest “Science Art: Motion in Space, 1950”
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Someone tell Peter Thiel. Consuming young fish poop makes old fish live longer.
Nature has what must be the least appetizing life-extension program yet discovered:
… Read the rest “Someone tell Peter Thiel. Consuming young fish poop makes old fish live longer.”The findings were posted to the bioRxiv.org preprint server on 27 March1 by Dario Valenzano, a geneticist
Meet the world’s largest canary.
New Scientist heads to São Tomé to get up close with the island’s grosbeak – a really big bird:
… Read the rest “Meet the world’s largest canary.”Now it turns out the species was also misidentified, and it is actually the largest
No, kids – don’t take your seats. Not if you want to learn….
Science of Us looks over recent research showing that schoolkids learn better when they move around in class:
… Read the rest “No, kids – don’t take your seats. Not if you want to learn….”“Kids aren’t meant to sit still all day and take in information,” Steve Boyle,
Medieval English mutilated their dead – to keep them from rising.
The Guardian unearths the truth about medieval Yorkshire’s drastic measures to prevent the dead from walking:
… Read the rest “Medieval English mutilated their dead – to keep them from rising.”The research published by Historic England and the University of
Science Art: Head Frames, Figs. 3-6, from The Design of Mine Structures, 1912.
Types of head works for mines. These frames helped draw out the rocks that the miners were busy breaking up deep underground. At the time this book was published, many head frames were made… Read the rest “Science Art: Head Frames, Figs. 3-6, from The Design of Mine Structures, 1912.”
New tyrannosaur species had a sensitive face.
Science News gets up close and personal with Daspletosaurus horneri, a 9-meter-long prehistoric predator which hunted 75 million years ago with the help of a remarkably sensitive side… Read the rest “New tyrannosaur species had a sensitive face.”
The government is already paying less for science than you think (probably).
Science News looks at how much Americans *think* the government is paying to fund research. If scientists got what people thought they should get, the total would be a pay increase, not a … Read the rest “The government is already paying less for science than you think (probably).”
Which came first, the sponge or the jelly? (We might have an answer.)
Nature tries to solve a nearly intractable chicken-and-egg problem for evolutionary biologists. Which is the oldest kind of animal, a sponge or a comb jelly? They’re both simple… Read the rest “Which came first, the sponge or the jelly? (We might have an answer.)”
Science Art: Denisova Phalanx distalis
A finger-bone from the other archaic humans – besides Neanderthals, there were Denisovans. And one of the fragments we know them from looked like this, found in a cave in what’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Denisova Phalanx distalis”
America stopped breeding orcas; China just started.
National Geographic reports on China’s boom in marine parks, including a new program to breed killer whales in captivity:
… Read the rest “America stopped breeding orcas; China just started.”The Chimelong Group, one of the country’s biggest amusement
Scale-shedding gecko a nasty mouthful for predators
Science News reveals the unappetizing trick of a newly discovered gecko species. The lizard sheds its large scales to wriggle out of predators’ mouths:
… Read the rest “Scale-shedding gecko a nasty mouthful for predators”All species of Geckolepis
Science Art: Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov, Voskhod 1, 4-kopek stamp, 1964
This is Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov (or call-sign “Ruby”), the first man to die in space. He’d been denied admission to the space program twice … Read the rest “Science Art: Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov, Voskhod 1, 4-kopek stamp, 1964”
Our noses were shaped by the climate.
Science Daily sniffs out how weather patterns affect the shape of our family’s noses:
… Read the rest “Our noses were shaped by the climate.”“We are interested in recent human evolution and what explains the evident variation
Sharks are teaming up to outwit us.
PhysOrg reports on the discovery that sharks aren’t quite the “lone wolves of the sea” that they seem. In fact, sharks form social networks and share strategies to avoid… Read the rest “Sharks are teaming up to outwit us.”