This is an Alaska whitefish, a cousin of the salmon whose genus name, Coregonus, means “angle-eyed.”
But th…
Read moreThis is a circular paraboloid, a shape with “one axis of symmetry and no center of symmetry,” according to Wiki…
Read moreThis is an illustration from the Great Exhibition, 1876, or The great Centennial exhibition critically describe…
Read moreThis is a slide from the magic lantern shows of Clement Lindley Wragge, a popularizer of astronomy, a meteorolo…
Read moreSONG: “We Ate Each Other’s Wings”. (OGG version here.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “These roaches for…
Read moreReally, I guess the full title of this should be: Mars – Cloudy North Polar Cap – CNSA Tianwen-1.
“CNSA” is…
Read moreNature gives us a much closer look not just at how much the ocean is rising, but where the levels will be changing most, using data from gravity-sensing satellites that show where ocean water… Read the rest “Where the oceans are rising.”
This isn’t new research, but a look back at some technological history most of us might not know. The Atlantic reminds us how a young Dan Rather put the first radar images of hurricanes… Read the rest “How Dan Rather taught us how to see hurricanes.”
Science Daily reports on Barnard College and Tomsk State University researchers who have looked at dogs looking at (and sniffing) themselves and found that, yep, there’s evidence… Read the rest “Dogs know themselves (as if we didn’t know that already). By their noses.”
It spins, you know.
This jewelry-making tool was once available from Messrs. H.J. Cooper & Company, on Oxford Street West.
I found it, or at least the magazine in which… Read the rest “Science Art: The Triumph Lathe, from The Watchmaker & Jeweller, Silversmith & Optician, Nov. 1, 1887.”
National Geographic reveals the real-life parable of a dinosaur that, according to the evidence, had four wings, yet never flew:
… Read the rest “Dinosaur had four wings, yet could not fly.”The newly named species, Serikornis sungei, adds to the
Nature explores the possibilities of, in not so many words, putting electronic receivers in our brains:
… Read the rest “Tiny antennas make brain implants a little more possible.”Metal antennas that send and receive TV signals and radio waves could soon be replaced
Science magazine celebrates the fast-tracking of studies on MDMA, the once-notorious rave drug that’s now on the verge of being approved to tread PTSD and other disorders:
… Read the rest “FDA labels Ecstasy a “breakthrough therapy,” accelerates testing.”The agency
Nature reports on researchers who have determined that the Confederate Navy’s Hunley – the first submarine to sink an enemy warship – probably sank itself when its … Read the rest “Civil War submarine mystery solved”
The European Space Agency has a way with names. This is in their image library as “Engine.”
The description offers little more detail: The ducted fan engine… Read the rest “Science Art: Engine, by ESA”
SONG: “Frozen Atmospheres”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE:Record-shattering 2.7-million-year-old ice core reveals start of the ice ages,” Science, 15 Aug 2017, as used… Read the rest “SONG: Frozen Atmospheres”
BBC has more on the planet-spanning threat of supervolcanoes – like the one under Yellowstone that’s about due for a continent-shaking eruption – and their idea to … Read the rest “NASA’s got a plan to save us from supervolcanoes – by using them for power.”
Fans of Roderick on the Line may recognize these as living metaphors for modern marketing offers. But they’re invading the Great Lakes (literally) where they grow… Read the rest “Science Art: Sea Lamprey Larvae in Hand 2, by R. McDaniels, Great Lakes Fishery Commission.”
EurekAlert has research from the University of Southern Denmark on just how doomed Pompeii really was. Not only was that volcano about to engulf the city, but the citizens were probably … Read the rest “They drank bad water in Pompeii.”
(Plural intended.) Science magazine looks back at lots of tiny, tiny pockets of the distant past – with a deep ice core that contains samples of our changing atmosphere for 2.7 million… Read the rest “2.7 million-year-old ice shatters records, reveals ancient atmospheres – and ice ages.”
Science Daily has one for the “Yeah. Great.” file – research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health showing that the rising carbon dioxide levels linked … Read the rest “Rising CO2 levels mean we’ll get less protein from our grain crops.”
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