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Science Art: Japanese Red-Bellied Newt (Cynopus pyrrhogaster), from NASA’s IML-2

20 February 2011 grant b 0

This Japanese Red-Bellied Newt was part of the payload aboard the Space Shuttle’s STS-65 mission, which carried a few odd creatures into orbit for the International Microgravity… Read the rest “Science Art: Japanese Red-Bellied Newt (Cynopus pyrrhogaster), from NASA’s IML-2”

SEA quiz: Who did what?

18 February 2011 grant b 0

Ganked shamelessly from the Scientists and Engineers for America newsletter:

To celebration Black History Month, SEA staff has chosen five brilliant scientists and engineers for this

… Read the rest “SEA quiz: Who did what?”

Deadlier than the animal.

17 February 2011 grant b 0

…is the plant. This plant, Discovery says. It’s broken the speed record for sucking animals to their deaths:

Their traps suck in prey in less than a millisecond, making this

… Read the rest “Deadlier than the animal.”

Our atomic noses.

16 February 2011 grant b 0

Normally, when we think of the way we smell things, we think of the molecules of a smelly substance – like a rose or a garlic roll – wafting into the air and then landing on our olfactory… Read the rest “Our atomic noses.”

Psychology of awkwardness.

15 February 2011 grant b 0

RSA Animate presents Steven Pinker’s frank lecture on euphemism, called “Language as a window to human nature”:

[via Inland Empire]

Learning magnets.

14 February 2011 grant b 0

PhysOrg makes me fight an overwhelming urge to start raving about “thinking caps” and “memory machines” with their look at how transcranial magnetic stimulation… Read the rest “Learning magnets.”

Science Art: Western Equine Encephalitis Virus Taken With Cryo-Electron Microscope

13 February 2011 grant b 0

This is the infectious microbe (alive? not alive? who knows?) that causes Western equine encephalitis. It’s a deadly virus.

I can remember when they said taking pictures of viruses… Read the rest “Science Art: Western Equine Encephalitis Virus Taken With Cryo-Electron Microscope”

Sleeping beneath the ice.

10 February 2011 grant b 1

Reuters reports on a Russian mission to reach an oxygen-rich lake that’s been untouched for 15 million years:

“It’s minus 40 (Celsius) outside,” [Alex] Turkeyev

… Read the rest “Sleeping beneath the ice.”

Violin and quanta.

9 February 2011 grant b 0

New Scientist listens to the art of subatomic particles:

The performance is the brainchild of composer and computer scientist Alexis Kirke from the University of Plymouth, UK, who has

… Read the rest “Violin and quanta.”

Sleep reminders.

8 February 2011 grant b 0

Discovery makes me want to take a nap. Not because this research is boring, but because it suggests you can sleep your way to better recall:

After about 20 minutes, while the sleeping group’s

… Read the rest “Sleep reminders.”

Better solar.

7 February 2011 grant b 0

Alternative energy got a big boost from TechEye.net, which reports that a new generation of solar panels could double in efficiency:

A team made of researchers from both UC Davis and UC Santa

… Read the rest “Better solar.”

Science Art: “Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine,” from One Hundred Years’ Progress of the United States, 1871

6 February 2011 grant b 0


Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine
Click to embiggen

Beautiful machine for skilled labor.

You can browse the whole illustrated encyclopedia of fin de siecle technology at archive.org.

[via Old Book Illustrations]

Why thank you, Br’er Fox….

4 February 2011 grant b 0

Humans weren’t best friends with dogs first, says the Discoveryon blog. Archaeologists have found evidence that foxes may have been our pets first:

Scientists analysing remains

… Read the rest “Why thank you, Br’er Fox….”

Lotto breaker.

3 February 2011 grant b 0

Wired unearths the story of a gold-prospecting math whiz… sorry, geological statistician… who cracked the scratch-off ticket code:

The trick itself is ridiculously simple.

… Read the rest “Lotto breaker.”

Keep looking up. But not THAT high.

2 February 2011 grant b 0

I’m sure MSNBC isn’t *trying* to be a downer when they report that too much optimism is bad for cancer patients’ chances of recovery:

The problem, some experts say, is

… Read the rest “Keep looking up. But not THAT high.”

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Honorary Troubadours
  • Jonathan Coulton, Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science.
  • Laura Veirs, who knows her way around a polysyllable.
  • Thomas Dolby, godfather of scientific pop.
  • Squeaky, fact-based rock about fusion containment & rocket science.
  • Cosmos II, a.k.a. Boston University astronomer Alan Marscher.
  • Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist who makes music from cosmic radio sources.
  • Dr. Jim Webb, astronomy professor and acoustic guitarist.
  • Artichoke, the band behind 26 Scientists, Vols. I and II.
  • They Might Be Giants, unrelenting proponents of scientific popular song.
  • Symphonies of Science, the people who make Carl Sagan and others sing.
  • Giant Squid, doom metal about the sublime horrors of marine biology.
  • Gethan Dick,6 scientists, 6 musicians, 1 great album
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