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.)
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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 morePopular Science has more on the hormone from mouse livers that cuts sugar cravings:
… Read the rest “Mouse livers could cure your sweet tooth.”The scientists found that in the rodents, a hormone generated by the liver suppresses the brain’s sugar
There’s a star in the East….
SONG: “Aware of Emptiness.”
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “China’s dark-matter satellite launches era of space science”, Nature, 17 Dec 2015, as used in … Read the rest “SONG: Aware of Emptiness”
Ars Technica (somewhat breathlessly) reports on SpaceX’s success, launching a rocket that made it to space and then returned home to land safely:
… Read the rest “The Falcon has landed… back on Earth.”The historic flight marked the
Science Daily reports on the battle ground of our kids’ psyches, revealing that kids are interacting with – and being manipulated by – ads they don’t even recognize… Read the rest “Games sell candy and snacks to kids. Better than ads.”
This is the Early Modern Milky Way, as appearing in an edition of the ‘Poeticon Astronomicon‘ by the Latin author Hyginus (although the credit also goes to… Read the rest “Science Art: XLII: Milky Way from Mythographi Latini by Thomas Munckerus/Hyginus, 1681.”
Scientific American takes a gendered view of this psychological study, using the fact that “women conforming to social standards aren’t as attractive” – but… Read the rest “Weirdos are sexy. Here’s proof.”
Nature reports on China’s new research venture, sending the Monkey King rocket (they do have the best names in China) out to solve some scientific mysteries:
… Read the rest “Monkey King goes in search of dark matter.”China’s first space-based
Ars Technica looks at something funny out beyond the orbit of Pluto – a thing that’s practically invisible, but that maybe a really, really big planet 10:
… Read the rest “*Is* there something past Pluto?”Research groups from
New Scientist doesn’t usually hype the headline too much, so one gets concerned when they say that germs can now resist another “last-resort” antibiotic:
… Read the rest ““Last-resort” antibiotic beaten by resistant bugs globally.”Bacteria
I found this elegant (if obscure) glassware at the public domain image repository at Reusable Art.
I’m guessing it was used to detect poisons more so than to examine tea, but I honestly… Read the rest “Science Art: From Legal Chemistry: A Guide to the Detection of Poisons, Examination of Tea, Stains, Etc., 1884.”
Nature reveals the existence of transgenic chickens, modified to produce drugs in their eggs:
… Read the rest “Chickens that lay medicine are here.”The drug, Kanuma (sebelipase alfa), is a recombinant human enzyme marketed by Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
Outside has an interesting look at unintended consequences, examining a University of Colorado study into why bike-helmet laws increase injuries:
… Read the rest “Bike helmets save lives. Bike helmet *laws* hurt people.”Studies show that the laws deter people
MedXpress details the chromosome damage that seems to be caused by economic inequality; in other words, the more educated you are, the more protected your baby is against chromosome damage… Read the rest “The less educated the mother, the shorter the newborn’s telomeres.”
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