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Scientific illustration of a telescope array capturing a gamma-ray burst: dark skies and glowing energy fields. Superbossa.com and C. Righi.

Science Art: MAGIC telescopes detected the highest-energy gamma rays from a Gamma Ray Burst…, 2019.

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This is an illustration of MAGIC telescopes capturing images of very intense gamma rays. “MAGIC” refers to the twin Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) […]

Something to be thankful for: Some nearly extinct species are quietly springing back.

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Science News celebrates a potential (and fragile) recovery – that might have far-reaching implications – with observations that several species of harlequin frogs, thought to […]

Greenland is melting faster than we thought, and the sea is rising in response.

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Science News reveals the discovery of ice flows off Greenland’s melting that had been hidden until now. Researchers say the amount of sea-level rise due […]

Scientific illustration of elephant seals in Baja California, Mexico, seen as a photo of a diorama in the American Museum's "Hall of Ocean Life."

Science Art: Elephant Seals of Guadaloupe Island

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This is a likeness of the elephant seals of Baja California, Mexico, as displayed in 1933 in the newly opened Hall of Ocean Life in […]

New evidence hints that fungal infections may be related to cancerous tumors.

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The Scientist looks at two studies that indicate (not prove, but suggest) there may be a link between rare fungi and cancerous tumors: One group, […]

Ancient Egyptian ladies’ tattoos were meant to protect them during childbirth.

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Phys.org decodes the messages left in the skin of mummies unearthed in the 1920s – ancient Egyptian women who had themselves permanently marked with signs […]

California will be making its own affordable insulin.

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On the heels of Eli Lilly taking a stock hit (when a fake “verified” account on Twitter made it seem like the pharma giant would […]

Scientific illustration by Rick Guidice of a space colony, complete with cylindrical walls and people hanging out in the greenery growing inside.

Science Art: Space Colony Interior by Rick Guidice, c. 1975.

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This is part of a presentation created by physicist Gerard K. O’Neill – one of three “summer studies” he carried out in the 1970s on […]

Using egg whites to scoop up microplastics.

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Phys.org reports on Princeton Engineering researchers who have found a way to turn egg whites into an aerogel that can then be used to filter […]

Amputation 31,000 years ago, among the prehistoric artists of Borneo.

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Science magazine recently covered the tale archaeologists uncovered about one of the earliest known settlers of Borneo, a young hunter-gatherer who had an injured foot […]

Silk for Teflon. Non-stick silk. Silk without friction.

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The National Science Foundation puts a spotlight on Tufts University, where researchers have taken proteins from the cocoons of silk moths and used them to […]

Scientific illustration by Olof Sörling of a object that might be a ritual drum, or a throne, or might be something else. It looks a little like an inverted breadbasket, with many circular cutouts and circled-crosses as ornamentation.

Science Art: Balkåkra Ritual Object, Olof Sörling, 1917.

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This is a drum. Or a gong. Or maybe a throne. Or a model of the universe with little solar disks around the edge. It […]

“BOAT” gamma burst shines a light brighter than any seen in 50 years.

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Science News says the BOAT (for “brightest of all time”) has shed new light on a galaxy very, very far away … and even affected […]

Sharks to tuna: fearsome predator, convenient backscratcher.

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PLOS One has revealed a strange secret of the sea, in which researchers have observed tuna and other pelagic (free-swimming) teleosts (bony fishes) intentionally rubbing […]

A bee swarm can generate 8 times more electricity than a storm cloud.

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New Scientist reveals an accidental discovery that happened when a passing swarm of bees got close to a weather station on a clear day – […]

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  • 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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