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 moreNew Scientist reports on some information-age piracy taking place in the microscopic realm, where viruses seem to have hijacked spider venom to attack bacteria:
… Read the rest “Virus pirates black widow venom, uses it as weapon”Viruses often steal genes
PhysOrg gives us a new perspective on rat remains found in 5,000-year-old settlements. They weren’t eating our scraps – we were eating *them*:
… Read the rest “The Rat Snacks of Skara Brae.”The new finding, reported Tuesday
Nature reports on a new technique that has successfully converted skin cells into fertile egg cells and brought babies to term without ever implanting them in a womb:
… Read the rest “These mice were born from skin, not eggs. And were never in a womb.”The report marks the
The belts always twist, but never get tangled. Geometry can be weird.
If you find this hypnotic, check out what the same creator has done with a dodecahedron. Round and around and around….
Popular Science reveals a way in which you CAN un-boil an egg:
… Read the rest “You can’t un-boil egg. Or… hang on a minute!”When you boil an egg, the heat causes the proteins inside the egg white to tangle and clump together, solidifying it. New research
Sports Illustrated is taking all of us along on a virtual-reality climb to the summit of Mt. Everest:
… Read the rest “Virtually conquering Everest”Sports Illustrated will partner with Endemol Shine Beyond USA to produce the first documentary
Science Daily looks into some really old larynxes (larynges?) with University of Texas, Austin, researchers and concludes dinosaurs, though bird-like, didn’t sing – they… Read the rest “Dinosaurs probably boomed instead of singing.”
The Guardian has an optimistic story out of central China, with news that the baiji – the Yangzi River dolphin, one of the oldest aquatic mammal species in the world – might be… Read the rest ““Goddess of the Yangzi” might not be extinct after all.”
Nature gives us a new context for exploring Mars, with NASA landing a rugged rover or orbital observer equipped with “generic” scientific equipment so that lots of people … Read the rest “The Martian Timeshare”
You’d think after the week I’ve had, I’d be sick of looking at meteorological imagery. But no. This stuff is beautiful, and meaningful, and sometimes… Read the rest “Science Art: GFS Model Forecasts Moisture over the Atlantic, Aug 2016”
Nature finds hope for the future in war-torn Syria, where a seed-bank dedicated to preserve our ancient plants (which could save our crops from climate change) is being rebuilt in Lebanon… Read the rest “Rescuing the seeds of Aleppo”
The Guardian and physicist Jon Butterworth are looking at something unexpected that the Spitzer Space Telescope has noticed. Galaxies are put together in a way that could explain a few … Read the rest “Dark matter is… doing something strange.”
Because, according to National Geographic, we didn’t remember him right the first time. Or at least we attribute a heck of a lot to the real-life castaway Alexander Selkirk that really… Read the rest “Re-remembering Robinson Crusoe.”
Sigmund Riefler was a physicist and precision clockmaker. He also created this, a precision barometer, or, rather, a barometer connected to a precision clock.
Science Daily reassures us that at least we seem to be doing *something* right. This generation is spending more time with our kids than parents did 50 years ago:
… Read the rest “We spend more time with kids than our grandparents did.”Mothers — and fathers
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