Seeing what we hear, in 1892. Did they have oscilloscopes in 1892? I don’t think they did. But they could visualize this.
At any rate, I found this via Nemfrog in Sound… Read the rest “Science Art: Sound Vibrations, 1892”
Science Daily makes a fact-based plea to keep sparrows in the dark – because nighttime lighting makes the birds stay sick with West Nile – and contagious – about twice… Read the rest “Light pollution helps West Nile virus spread. (Go figure.)”
Popular Science checks the dental records to get to the cause of a mysterious sickness that killed up to 15 million people in only three years:
… Read the rest “500-year-old teeth reveal an unimaginably deadly epidemic.”Red spots appeared on the skin, accompanied
Popular Mechanics takes a long look at what, at first glance, might easily be dismissed as another Egyptian desert pebble – but is, in fact, a meteorite fragment older than our planet,… Read the rest “Hypatia: A stone older than the solar system”
A hydraulic organ from the 17th century, as commemorated by Athanasius Kircher. It has a robotic skeleton! And a waterwheel!
There are some more wondrous instruments … Read the rest “Science Art: Kircher’s fanciful design for a hydraulic organ, complete with dancing skeleton, from Musurgia Universalis, 1650.”
Science Daily reveals a breakthrough in wearable electronics, with flexible circuits that can move like muscle fibers and even help do your walking:
… Read the rest “Gel robotics for wearable muscles.”A collaborative research team has
Not that we didn’t have enough to worry about, but Science Alert has, uh, alerted us to the science showing that three species of Australian raptors are picking up burning sticks to… Read the rest “Birds of prey are lighting wildfires. On purpose.”
Wired has a longer look at researchers who’ve boldly taken on the thankless task of taking on the whole “voter ID” controversy with real data on how the laws work and what… Read the rest “Voter ID laws: the real science.”
I found this on the Scientific Illustration tumblr, and though it seems to have been used in an Earth Archives article with a morbid title, it originally came from the artist’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Momma Oryctrodromeus stays in the burrow with her babies…., by Julio Lacerda”
Science looks at the mystery of when the first Americans arrived over the land bridge of Beringia, and have found some interesting clues in an ancient Alaskan infant’s DNA:
… Read the rest “Ancient Americans came all at once – or so a baby’s DNA suggests.”The genome
Science News has a series of studies that show rising CO2 levels and other climate disturbances are taking minerals and vitamins out of our vegetable crops:
… Read the rest “Climate change is stealing nutrients from food.”The idea that surging carbon
Live Science reveals the simple treasures of Wadi Dabsa, where stone hand-axes, scrapers, spear-points and hammers are among a trove of relics that might show how early – and for … Read the rest “Stone tools show when we left Africa”
Science News has more on how a zap of electric current, placed just so, can increase your ability to make and maintain new memories:
… Read the rest “Electrical brain stimulation can boost your memory. For a day.”The findings are the first example of electrical brain
Science Daily has more on the Osaka University researchers who have found a new way to stick together the ever-more complicated cells for 3D printing:
… Read the rest “A sticky bioprinting breakthrough.”Printed replacement human body parts
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