HealthEuropa reveals new research into myelin sheaths, the “insulation” around nerve cells that gets damaged by multiple sclerosis and some kinds of traumatic injuries.… Read the rest “New coffee-based technique promises to rebuild nerves damaged by MS, injuries.”
BBC peers into deepest space to find the origins of a gravity “shockwave” from 7 billion years ago that was still strong enough to shake laser detectors on Earth last May –… Read the rest “A black hole bigger than a hundred suns.”
Endgadget (yes, I know) enthuses over the Toyota-backed SkyDrive flying car, tested with a pilot at a Toyota facility:
… Read the rest “Flying taxi by Toyota”The SD-03 is billed as the smallest electric VTOL (vertical take-off
Science Daily has a Mt. Sinai School of Medicine study that isolates a specific cluster of brain cells that regulate social behavior – and that get damaged when young children are … Read the rest “Social isolation damages this brain circuit in kids. And we can fix it with light.”
A dynamometer, illustrated by (or for) the United States Sanitary Commission in 1865.
A dynamometer measures power output. For an engine, it can measure things like torque… Read the rest “Science Art: Dynamometer, 3 Feb 1865”
Nature asks a disturbing question about how we create and distribute what are arguably the most important scientific projects of all – the antibiotics and other drugs that save human… Read the rest “Why can’t pharma companies afford to make life-saving drugs?”
A lizard party, by Ernst Haeckel. Not jellyfish or diatoms or Lovecraftian marine creatures. Just lizards. Lots and lots of cold-blooded lizards.
A plate from Kunstformen… Read the rest “Science Art: Lizard (Lacertilia), by Ernst Haeckel.”
Space.com shares what we learned about how Earth’s gravity has affected 2020QG, a car-sized asteroid that became the closest to approach Earth without slamming into us:
… Read the rest “We just had the closest asteroid fly-by ever.”Early Sunday
Science Daily reports on radioactivity research that has found evidence that at least one mass extinction event in Earth’s history was caused not by an asteroid crash, but by cosmic… Read the rest “Supernovas have caused mass extinctions. (As if asteroids weren’t bad enough.)”
Science News reveals the one chemical that transforms harmless, solitary insects into a crop-destroying, famine-triggering locust swarm:
… Read the rest “The one molecule that turns grasshoppers into locusts.”Now, scientists have pinpointed a compound
A quizzical and curious sea bird, from Birds of America, presented by The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
Science Daily looks to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, where the dwarf planet Ceres spins – and may serve as a vast reservoir for space travelers. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft… Read the rest “Ceres shines brightest where there’s salt water under the surface.”
PhysOrg reminds me here of a piece of jewelry my mother won at an auction, which she then gave to me to give to the lady of my affections. It was a pair of Victorian earrings made from human hair.… Read the rest “Spinning yarn from human skin”
Wired has a story that seems slightly obscure at first, but really strikes at the cornerstone of today’s internet. The main Dutch public broadcaster, Nederlandse Publieke Omroep,… Read the rest “Google, Facebook should be scared. Targeted ads shown to be less profitable than the old way.”
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It’s my mother’s birthday today. Here, nine glorious suns for a Leo.
They were photographed by the European Space Agency’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager… Read the rest “Science Art: The many faces of the Sun from Solar Orbiter’s EUI and PHI instruments, 2020”
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