“Good” cholesterol bad for brains?
Science Alert casts some doubt on the “good” part of “good” cholesterol, with research that links high levels of HDL cholesterol with a higher likelihood of … Read the rest ““Good” cholesterol bad for brains?”
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There’s a good reason to forget.
PennNeuroKnow gives those of us who tend to absent-mindedness hope, sharing research – and the story of a “super-rememberer” named Solomon Shereshevsky – … Read the rest “There’s a good reason to forget.”
Science Art: Don’t Mix ‘Em!, by Robert Lachenman for the Work Projects Administration, 1936.
There’s a killer on the road indeed. The WPA released this poster to discourage drunk driving, or at least running your hotrod on moonshine.
Public health has never been this metal… Read the rest “Science Art: Don’t Mix ‘Em!, by Robert Lachenman for the Work Projects Administration, 1936.”
Here’s why long covid makes you tired.
Amsterdam-based researchers have isolated a physical mechanism behind the fatigue that strikes some people for months after a covid infection. It comes down to the mitochondria in muscle… Read the rest “Here’s why long covid makes you tired.”
Dry canal costs billions.
Forbes covers a climate-change story about global trade and supply chains (something the pandemic taught the world about), focused on that thin isthmus between the Atlantic and Pacific… Read the rest “Dry canal costs billions.”
Giant, ancient predator worms discovered in Arctic Greenland
PhysOrg has another delightful story about prehistoric invertebrates. This time, researchers have discovered a half-a-billion-year-old enormous predator worm from the icy reaches… Read the rest “Giant, ancient predator worms discovered in Arctic Greenland”
Fossil preserves the soft parts of a 75 million-year-old crab.
PhysOrg has the story of a crab whose gills and other soft tissues were preserved against all odds for 75 million years:
… Read the rest “Fossil preserves the soft parts of a 75 million-year-old crab.”In a paper recently published in Palaeontologia Electronica, Dr.
Science Art: Punica Granatum, 1829
This tasty-looking fruit is from a medical text – Medical Botany: or, Illustrations and Descriptions of the Medicinal Plants of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Pharmacopoeias;… Read the rest “Science Art: Punica Granatum, 1829”
What makes cheddar cheese taste so good?
Forbes looks into a year-long study hoping to determine exactly what it is that makes cheddar cheese taste like cheddar and not gouda or Swiss or some other kind of cheese. The secret is in … Read the rest “What makes cheddar cheese taste so good?”
SETI talked for 20 minutes with a whale.
Mashable has an alien communication story with an aquatic twist. SETI and the Alaska Whale Foundation practiced for first contact by spending 20 minutes “conversing” with… Read the rest “SETI talked for 20 minutes with a whale.”
Science Art: Lynxes, by Louis Sargent, 1909
Two cats at dusk, growling in the snow.
The nights have been long, but they’re growing shorter.
May you survive your own lonely wilderness and find warmth and companionship where … Read the rest “Science Art: Lynxes, by Louis Sargent, 1909”
Blue Origin is back in the space business.
Ars Technica reports on a rocket launch from Jeff Bezos’ space company – the first in 15 months, after an engine failure destroyed a New Shepherd rocket. The new New Shepherd… Read the rest “Blue Origin is back in the space business.”
New hair to heal hearing
Harvard genetic researchers have struck on a novel way to restore hearing loss from damage and old age … with gene therapy that regenerated hair cells in the inner ear:
… Read the rest “New hair to heal hearing”A research team
Solving the mystery of a 2,000-year-old body
BBC reports on a very, very cold case that’s been solved. A body found during roadwork, extending a highway between Cambridge and Huntington, England, has been conclusively identified… Read the rest “Solving the mystery of a 2,000-year-old body”
Science Art: Ancient Ritual White Jade Disk of Heaven…, 1937
This is an illustration from a 1937 edition of Natural History magazine, an article called “Chinese Design.” This is a “Disk of Heaven,” or bi, a slightly mysterious… Read the rest “Science Art: Ancient Ritual White Jade Disk of Heaven…, 1937”