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Science Art: Sunrise Over Saturn and its Rings, W00018160.jpg, 2006

21 June 2009 grant b 0



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On September 15, 2006, the Cassini Space Probe had its historic rendezvous with Saturn, giving us – five days later – the first up-close look at the… Read the rest “Science Art: Sunrise Over Saturn and its Rings, W00018160.jpg, 2006”

Music boosts brains.

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Scientific American casts a cold eye on music makers, and clinically reveals that yes, music really matters:

To record brain stem responses, the researchers placed electrodes on the heads

… Read the rest “Music boosts brains.”

Love from the inside out.

18 June 2009 grant b 0

Esquire sings with neurological romance, using brain scans to tell a husband’s stirring story of the brain in love:

Against all odds, I’m still hot for my wife. Chemically,

… Read the rest “Love from the inside out.”

Alive in the ice.

17 June 2009 grant b 0

LiveScience has interviewed some microbiologists who have woken up an alien(-ish) organism from the Greenland ice cap after a 120,000-year nap:

“Microbes have found ways to survive

… Read the rest “Alive in the ice.”

That healing fizz.

16 June 2009 grant b 0

So you get a cut – ouch! – and you put a band-aid on it, but first, you make sure you disinfect it with hydrogen peroxide. It gets all fizzy and then it’s cleaner, right? Ever… Read the rest “That healing fizz.”

What’s squeezing Betelgeuse?

15 June 2009 grant b 0

National Geographic breaks the worrying news that Betelgeuse is shrinking:

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, first measured the star in 1993 with an infrared instrument

… Read the rest “What’s squeezing Betelgeuse?”

Science Art: Gustave Whitehead on the #21, by Dick Howell

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Gustave Whitehead was a Bavarian immigrant to Connecticut who in all likelihood made a steam-powered machine fly for more than half a mile in 1899 – not only a longer distance than … Read the rest “Science Art: Gustave Whitehead on the #21, by Dick Howell”

A SONIC BLACK HOLE!

12 June 2009 grant b 1

That sounds so totally metal, doesn’t it? Technology Review explains how to make a sound so heavy, no light can escape:

One of the many curious properties of Bose-Einstein Condensates

… Read the rest “A SONIC BLACK HOLE!”

Monster Jellyfish RISE!

11 June 2009 grant b 0

The Discovery Channel salutes the new owners of Planet Earth, now that we humans have eliminated the fish that were keeping them in check. Whales, dolphins, even giant squid are powerful… Read the rest “Monster Jellyfish RISE!”

I’ve been saying it all along.

10 June 2009 grant b 0

This science comic tells the truth.

They do, you know.

The delinquent gene?

10 June 2009 grant b 0

I’m not sure what to make of PhysOrg’s declaration that scientist have isolated the gene that leads people to join gangs and perform acts of violence:

Led by noted biosocial

… Read the rest “The delinquent gene?”

The disgusted right.

9 June 2009 grant b 0

Science Daily reveals a scientific correlation between being, like, grossed out, and being socially conservative – a link between the O’Reilly Factor and the ick factor… Read the rest “The disgusted right.”

Drinking air.

8 June 2009 grant b 0

It’s practically like the moisture farms in Star Wars. Scientific Blogging has this thing about how we could be getting drinking water from *humidity* and solar power:

“The process

… Read the rest “Drinking air.”

Science Art: Mort de Harris (1824), from the Tissandier Collection at the Library of Congress.

7 June 2009 grant b 0



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The Death of Harris, who jumped from a hydrogen balloon in 1824.

It was not a “perfectly good balloon,” as the sky divers put it – it was leaking, and … Read the rest “Science Art: Mort de Harris (1824), from the Tissandier Collection at the Library of Congress.”

None more deep.

5 June 2009 grant b 0

New Scientist has a picture taken by the world’s deepest-diving robot:

“Nereus is like no other deep submergence vehicle,” says oceanographer Tim Shank of WHOI.

“It

… Read the rest “None more deep.”

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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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