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Chinese “Wheeler” security robot unveiled.

12 December 2024 grant 0

LiveScience reports on Chinese firm DEEP Robotics’ answer to Big Dog – a robot they named “Lynx” that can crawl up hills with long, jointed legs, and then roll … Read the rest “Chinese “Wheeler” security robot unveiled.”

Robot manta is faster than ever – and smooth.

10 December 2024 grant 0

NC State researchers have used the mighty manta ray as a moving inspiration to design their fastest-yet swimming soft robot:

“Two years ago, we demonstrated an aquatic soft robot that was

… Read the rest “Robot manta is faster than ever – and smooth.”
Scientific illustration of a tortoise and blue-footed booby, done in a mid-century cartoon style, as part of an ad for Lindblad Travel in 1969.

Science Art: Lindblad Travel ad, 1969.

9 December 2024 grant 0

Today, the company that produced this add is known as Lindblad Expeditions, and is so closely associated with National Geographic that it’s often known as NatGeo/Lindblad Expeditions.… Read the rest “Science Art: Lindblad Travel ad, 1969.”

Personalities count… for wolves.

7 December 2024 grant 0

Sentient Science reports on an unexpected flaw that might interfere with human attempts to reintroduce wolves into the wilds of Colorado. The problem isn’t the biology or ecology… Read the rest “Personalities count… for wolves.”

The birds, the bees, the… wolves?

6 December 2024 grant 0

The journal Ecology has some unusual research about wild pollinators. They’ve found that famous species like honeybees and hummingbirds who spread pollen by daintily zipping … Read the rest “The birds, the bees, the… wolves?”

Scientific illustration in the form of an amplified photograph. The frame is filled mostly - but not entirely - with the red surface of Mars, a corner of deep space visible to the top left. In the center, barely visible, is a gleaming steel circle, a tiny droplet of metal descending to the rust-colored surface.

Science Art: Mars – Jezero Crater – NASA’s Perseverance Landing, Feb 18,2021

1 December 2024 grant 0

This is a piece of art, or scientific illustration, I found on the Flickr account of Andrea Luck, though the full credit is NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß/AndreaLuck. Schmauß apparently… Read the rest “Science Art: Mars – Jezero Crater – NASA’s Perseverance Landing, Feb 18,2021”

Cute crustacean named after a brewery (with a briny beer).

28 November 2024 grant 0

The Guardian has news from New Zealand, where marine biologists have just discovered a new species of isopod, and decided the publicize the little critter’s unique ecological needs… Read the rest “Cute crustacean named after a brewery (with a briny beer).”

Four people can see clearly thanks to stem-cell transplants

28 November 2024 grant 0

Science Alert reports on a successful experiment that has restored vision to multiple people with cornea damage by using a new stem-cell transplant technique:

Four participants were

… Read the rest “Four people can see clearly thanks to stem-cell transplants”
Scientific Illustration of a brittle star, a black and white photo with a geometric symmetry or symmetrical geometry - at any rate, the top and bottom views look like mirror images next to each other.

Science Art: Ophiactis tricolor: a, arboral view; b, oral view of holotype.

25 November 2024 grant 0

These are brittle stars, photographed in the 1920s for the Records of the South Australia Museum. These specific ones are from “Dr. Verco’s collection in St. Vincent and Spencer… Read the rest “Science Art: Ophiactis tricolor: a, arboral view; b, oral view of holotype.”

A lonely dolphin keeps shouting into the Baltic

23 November 2024 grant 0

Popular Science shares the story of a solo 17-year-old bottlenose dolphin, dubbed “Delle,” who has been spotted off the coast of Denmark for five years, far from any other … Read the rest “A lonely dolphin keeps shouting into the Baltic”

Memories can form outside the brain.

20 November 2024 grant 0

Kidney memory? Science Daily reports on how we sometimes expand our ability to remember – by using cells other than brain cells to store the information we’re learning:

“Learning

… Read the rest “Memories can form outside the brain.”

DNA analysis and fish weirs to greet the salmon.

19 November 2024 grant 0

Live Science reports on new combinations of indigenous traditions and advanced science to keep the environment (and the food supply) healthy:

Now, the Heiltsuk are using traditional

… Read the rest “DNA analysis and fish weirs to greet the salmon.”
Scientific illustration, or photograph, really, of the green-and-black geometry of a WWII fighter plane cockpit, with an angled canopy above and a steering yoke in center of a small array of dials and indicators.

Science Art: Cockpit view of the Macchi MC.200 Saetta, 2009

18 November 2024 grant 0

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”

People who can’t smell breathe differently.

17 November 2024 grant 0

Popular Science shares a finding that people born without the ability to smell actually inhale and exhale differently than people who can tell what it is they’re smelling:

In other

… Read the rest “People who can’t smell breathe differently.”

Lost Mayan city found by accident… online.

15 November 2024 grant 0

BBC reports on the accidental discovery of an immense, forgotten Mayan city in the Mexican jungle by an archaeology PhD student browsing the internet:

Archaeologists found pyramids,

… Read the rest “Lost Mayan city found by accident… online.”

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