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Scientific illustration in the form of a black-and-white photo of a device used to test how an engine uses up lubrication oil, consisting of a long shaft ending in a gear, lined with rows of tubes and nozzles, with a row of small bottles along the front.

Science Art: Test Apparatus, 1960

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A test apparatus, as used for the article “Modification of Force Feed Lubricators” in the 1960-05 edition of Lubrication Engineering. The idea was to study why the same oils… Read the rest “Science Art: Test Apparatus, 1960”

We can get back to the night sky. But it will take work.

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Ars Technica reports on the ongoing blotting out of the stars at night, with artificial light pollution doubling in the last 10 years alone. There are ways, however, to bring the stars back… Read the rest “We can get back to the night sky. But it will take work.”

Vikings brought animals to England, radioactive analysis shows.

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Science News looks at a Viking burial site in England where animals were buried alongside humans, and finds that radioactive traces show these critters traveled to Great Britain aboard… Read the rest “Vikings brought animals to England, radioactive analysis shows.”

Scientific illustration of a Mars Science Laboratory - that is, a steel capsule not unlike a 1950s concept of a flying saucer - starting to meet resistance in the thin Martian air, with visible plumes of white atmosphere spraying from its underside.

Science Art: Deceleration of Mars Science Laboratory in Martian Atmosphere, 2011

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An image from NASA/JPL-Caltech depicting a capsule starting to slow down in the Martian atmosphere. All we see is the outer structure, which seems mostly to be made of metal. But inside…… Read the rest “Science Art: Deceleration of Mars Science Laboratory in Martian Atmosphere, 2011”

Researchers: one police stop makes a person less likely to vote.

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Bolts magazine has an article by one of the researchers published in American Political Science Review who found that police interactions directly correlate with lower voter turnout,… Read the rest “Researchers: one police stop makes a person less likely to vote.”

The gap between rich and poor is growing faster in the U.S. than Europe.

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Researchers from Imperial College London and the Paris School of Economics have looked across the pond at 50 years of data and found that America, rather than being the country of dreams,… Read the rest “The gap between rich and poor is growing faster in the U.S. than Europe.”

Kids are wearing toxic make-up

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The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health has released an alarming study that’s found levels of carcinogens and other toxic materials, including … Read the rest “Kids are wearing toxic make-up”

A scientific illustration of a DNA molecule, twisting away in front of a wet-looking background.

Science Art: DNA Double Helix, by the National Human Genome Research Institute

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An image of the machine that builds our bodies, bit by bit.

From the National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, located at www.genome.gov – though … Read the rest “Science Art: DNA Double Helix, by the National Human Genome Research Institute”

Study: ChatGPT could earn an MBA from Wharton

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A professor at the prestigious Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania – probably America’s most highly regarded business school – has found … Read the rest “Study: ChatGPT could earn an MBA from Wharton”

Get ready for some small modular nuclear plants.

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AP News reports on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approving the first design for a new kind of nuclear power plant that’s smaller and less expensive to build that traditional… Read the rest “Get ready for some small modular nuclear plants.”

Scientific illustration of a rabbit, bright-eyed and determined, outrunning an owl, claws outstretched and hungry beak open wide.

Science Art: Just Missed Him, by G.E. Lodge, 1898.

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I wasn’t sure if this really counted as a scientific illustration, despite finding it in the Biodiversity Heritage Library, since most of the other plates in this book are really … Read the rest “Science Art: Just Missed Him, by G.E. Lodge, 1898.”

New invention won’t let you LOL without, you know, laughing out loud.

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Vice reports on the LOL Verifier, a device that won’t let you type out “LOL” in a message unless you’ve actually just laughed out loud:

[Brian] Moore, an artist

… Read the rest “New invention won’t let you LOL without, you know, laughing out loud.”

Despite their public stance, Exxon’s internal science team had a clear view on climate change.

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Ars Technica looks at the way Exxon executives decided to bury their own company’s very accurate findings on petroleum and climate:

Exxon’s scientific climate work was shut

… Read the rest “Despite their public stance, Exxon’s internal science team had a clear view on climate change.”
Scientific illustration of colorful sea anemones practically glowing in orange, yellow, and red against the blackness of an undersea cave or rock face.

Science Art: Corynactis Viritis (et al), Phillip Henry Gosse, 1860.

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These are sea anemones, from History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals by Phillip Henry Gosse.
They are, according to the caption below:
1-5 Corynactis Viritis, 6. Bologera Eques,… Read the rest “Science Art: Corynactis Viritis (et al), Phillip Henry Gosse, 1860.”

Anesthesiologists issue painful pot warning in new guidelines.

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MedPage Today shares a painful finding from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine), who have issued guidelines for pre-operative treatment… Read the rest “Anesthesiologists issue painful pot warning in new guidelines.”

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