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”
Heatmap reports on a study looking at the “long tail” of excess deaths in the wake of major hurricanes, and found that major storms are hundreds of times deadlier than anyone… Read the rest “Hurricanes are way deadlier than you might expect.”
NPR explains why the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Western North Carolina is ringing alarm bells across the global tech industry. Because nearly every semiconductor and solar panel… Read the rest “One massive flood hits one small town… and the computer industry quakes.”
Ars Technica writes on the psychology of the tabletop, with initial research showing promise for using role-playing games like D&D for group therapy:
… Read the rest “Roll D20 for catharsis, with a plus-2 closure bonus.”“It seems particularly useful
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 Daily goes deep (well, a little deep) on sea robins, the fish known for having little legs they use to scurry across the ocean floor. Apparently those “legs” are actually… Read the rest “Fish legs taste the sea floor.”
Mashable has the details, but the general gist is the space telescope will not focus on Sun-like stars to find Earth-like planets (that is, rocky worlds with gaseous atmospheres). Instead,… Read the rest “James Webb will be looking for other Earths in unusual places.”
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… 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 Alert explains the allure of the puppy-dog eyes with Chinese research demonstrating brainwaves suddenly syncing up between humans and dogs when they look into each other’s… Read the rest “Look into a dog’s eyes and your brains can synchronize.”
Science Direct, or really, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, has a study of very old craters that suggests that in the Ordovician period, around 460 million years ago or so, when trilobites… Read the rest “Maybe the Earth had a ring like Saturn once…”
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.
The Guardian reports on a study of knock-on effects. Bat populations have been decimated in the U.S. and beyond by the white-nose fungus. Because bats eat mosquitoes (which carry disease)… Read the rest “Bat deaths to fungus result in more than 1,300 human children dying.”
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.”
The Conversation extends the dog-owner’s friendly game of fetch to feline friends who, researchers have found, can also enjoy bringing back toys that are thrown for them to retrieve… Read the rest “Cats will play fetch too.”
The Guardian reveals a … well, a revealing discovery, that a common food dye can be used to make skin and muscle transparent enough for doctors to spot tumors or diagnose injuries: … Read the rest “Take a look inside by dyeing your skin transparent.”
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