The birds, the bees, the… wolves?
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 […]
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Science Art: Mars – Jezero Crater – NASA’s Perseverance Landing, Feb 18,2021
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. […]
Cute crustacean named after a brewery (with a briny beer).
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 […]
Four people can see clearly thanks to stem-cell transplants
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 […]
Science Art: Ophiactis tricolor: a, arboral view; b, oral view of holotype.
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 […]
A lonely dolphin keeps shouting into the Baltic
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, […]
Memories can form outside the brain.
Kidney memory? Science Daily reports on how we sometimes expand our ability to remember – by using cells other than brain cells to store the […]
DNA analysis and fish weirs to greet the salmon.
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 […]
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 the cockpit of an […]
People who can’t smell breathe differently.
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 […]
Lost Mayan city found by accident… online.
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 […]
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 […]
The way you water your tomatoes matters, not just how much you water ’em.
The American Chemical Society looks at homegrown (or farmed) tomatoes and finds that the way in which they’re watered can make a difference in how […]
Meditate for marathons.
Outside reports on a study that finds meditation can have a profound effect not only on your mental wellbeing, but also on your physical endurance […]
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 […]