SONG: “Not a Pony.”
SONG: “Not a Pony”.
ARTIST: grant, featuring Enok Webb.
SOURCE: “Horse-sized tyrannosaur may be long-sought missing link in T.rex evolution,” Washington… Read the rest “SONG: “Not a Pony.””
Science Art: Fowler - Coregonus Nelsonii Bean.
This is an Alaska whitefish, a cousin of the salmon whose genus name, Coregonus, means “angle-eyed.”
But th…
Read moreScience Art: Paraboloide Circular 02, by Rodrigo Argenton
This is a circular paraboloid, a shape with “one axis of symmetry and no center of symmetry,” according to Wiki…
Read moreScience Art: Azimuth and Altitude Instrument, c. 1876
This is an illustration from the Great Exhibition, 1876, or The great Centennial exhibition critically describe…
Read moreScience Art: Solar Explosions, G79, by Clement Lindley Wragge.
This 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
SONG: “We Ate Each Other’s Wings”. (OGG version here.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “These roaches for…
Read moreScience Art: Mars - Cloudy North Polar Cap, by Andrea Luck
Really, I guess the full title of this should be: Mars – Cloudy North Polar Cap – CNSA Tianwen-1.
“CNSA” is…
Read more SONG: “Atomic Number” (a penitential cover)
SONG: “Atomic Number”.
ARTIST: grant. (Originally by case/lang/veirs.)
SOURCE: This doesn’t have a research source. It’s a penitential cover of a new song… Read the rest “SONG: “Atomic Number” (a penitential cover)”
Y’know who digs your smartphone? Medical researchers, that’s who.
Nature explores the impact of our little pocket computers on the way medical research is done:
… Read the rest “Y’know who digs your smartphone? Medical researchers, that’s who.”Smartphone apps developed by academics, pharmaceutical companies and technology giants
Science Art: Plate XII foldout by Thomas Davidson, from The geologist : a popular monthly magazine of geology.
These are fossilized shells from Thomas Davidson’s “On Some Fossil Brachiopoda,” or “Palaeontological Notes on the Brachiopoda,” from this magazine… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate XII foldout by Thomas Davidson, from The geologist : a popular monthly magazine of geology.”
We might have gotten MRSA on the run.
Good news from New Scientist – the so-called superbug has met its germ-killing kryptonite:
… Read the rest “We might have gotten MRSA on the run.”These bacteria are resistant to the most widely used class of antibiotics, called beta-lactams,
Tyrannosaur pregnant?
Washington Post has peeked as experts sexed a T. rex:
… Read the rest “Tyrannosaur pregnant?”The team from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences published its findings Tuesday in the
Can Alzheimer’s be transmitted?
Nature follows a researcher who noticed typical Alzheimer’s lesions in very untypical patients – young people who died after receiving contaminated growth hormone injections… Read the rest “Can Alzheimer’s be transmitted?”
Electric doping (drug-free!) boosts ski performance.
Nature reports on how tDCS – zapping the brain with low-voltage electricity – can help athletes boost their performance:
… Read the rest “Electric doping (drug-free!) boosts ski performance.”The USSA [(US Ski and Snowboard Association)] is
Wee rex. Awwww.
I stole the name from Reuters, but it was Joel Achenbach at Washington Post that first pointed me toward the news that they’ve found a miniature “missing link” tyrannosaur… Read the rest “Wee rex. Awwww.”
Science Art: ISS016-E-032414 (Underside of Space Shuttle Endeavour), 2008
NASA has some of the best perspectives on the planet (and some of the planet’s best perspectives).
Like so.
This is a for-real spaceship looking plenty space operatic,… Read the rest “Science Art: ISS016-E-032414 (Underside of Space Shuttle Endeavour), 2008”
Why *is* there a huge mountain on Ceres?
I’m sure if you’re reading this, you’re already regularly checking out Bad Astronomy, but just in case you missed it, Phil Plait is asking a pretty fruitful question… Read the rest “Why *is* there a huge mountain on Ceres?”
Mock weapons from the Iron Age
Science Daily pores over the mysterious discovery of a collection of non-functional metal weapons from more than 2,600 years ago:
… Read the rest “Mock weapons from the Iron Age”Discovered in 2009, the site known as Mudhmar East consists
A remarkable woman, 2,500 years ago.
The Times of Israel reports on an unusual discovery – a small seal (as in wax-and-envelope, not as in hunted-in-Arctic) that belonged to a powerful and influential woman of ancient… Read the rest “A remarkable woman, 2,500 years ago.”
China goes green.
Amid news of massive layoffs and financial uncertainty, New Scientist sheds a ray of hope on the Middle Kingdom, reporting on China’s new five-year plan for a greener tomorrow:
… Read the rest “China goes green.”This
More orangutans than we thought.
BBC has hope for the wild men of the woods. A new population study has found more than double the number of Sumatran orangutans as expected:
… Read the rest “More orangutans than we thought.”The latest estimate puts the population at about