Be a better gift-giver – with psychological research.
Scientific American recently published a gift guide with no stuff it – just research showing how to be a better gift-giver: A 2009 study in […]
Science Art: Astrapia Splendidissima, 1895
This is the first illustration in the article “A New Bird of Paradise” by the Hon. Walter Rothschild, published…
Read moreScience Art: Ever See This Before?, 1966.
This is an actual image of a cathode-ray tube, “the furthest advance yet made in man/ machine interface,” used …
Read moreScience Art: Sunrise - Philippine Sea, 2017
This is an image from the “Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth” gallery, maintained by the Earth Science …
Read moreScience Art: Égouts de Paris, by Jules Ferat.
There’s a subtitle here that Google Translate renders as “Sewer cleaning wagon. (System of Chief Engineer Mr. B…
Read moreScience Art: Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky, by David K. Stone.
I found the image in the San Diego Air & Space Museum’s “Aerophilately Special Collection” on Flickr; this is a…
Read moreSONG: Alone
SONG: “Alone”. (OGG version here.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “What Killed the Neanderthals? A Lack …
Read moreLong-distance runners’ brains shrink.
Not that New Scientist wants you to worry about what your exercise routine could be doing to your memory. Just that researchers have found ultra-marathoners’ […]
Dinosaurs walked in Scotland
National Geographic marvels at a huge number of very large footprints on the Scottish coast: The footprints form the largest dinosaur site ever found in […]
Don’t worry about global warming flooding! Worry about suffocation.
Science Daily has more on the threat climate change poses to our oxygen supply: A study led by Sergei Petrovskii, Professor in Applied Mathematics from […]
Searching the brain for reasons for suicide – using ketamine.
Nature looks at a new ketamine study of the brains of people who attempted suicide: Fewer than 10% of people with depression attempt suicide, and […]
Science Art: Ecphora gardnerae, by J.C. McConnell
Click to embiggen A shellfish that was around when megalodons swam and the first crows flew. It was drawn by J.C. McConnell, a doctor who […]
Thanksgiving Theremin: Carolina talks Theremin – An overview for composers and music lovers
In which the virtuoso discusses the techniques, range and aesthetics of the instrument. And, you know, plays a little.
Thanksgiving Theremin: Theremin and Synths (Improvisation) by Carolina Eyck and Marius Leicht
Straight into the hearts of space with this one. Hope your Thanksgiving weekend (if you’re celebrating) is, like, totally cosmic.
Shark-tracking drones over Australian beaches.
Australia’s ABC News has us watching the skies to see shark-tracking flying robots (and drum lines to catch-and-release sharks): Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair has […]
A bionic rose, for electronic lovers – growing circuitry inside.
Nature reports on the creation of a rose implanted with electronic circuits: Researchers at Linköping University have created bionic roses by incorporating plant-compatible electronic materials […]
SONG: “Jump, Jump, Jump.”
SONG: “Jump, Jump, Jump”. ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Fish and Adaptation: Mangrove Fish Jumps into Air in Warming Water”, Nature World News, 21 Oct […]
Science Art: New invented Machine, for deepning and cleansing Docks, &c., 1775.
Click to embiggen In 1775, Pennsylvania Magazine wanted its readers to be up to date on the very latest in technological advances, including this machine […]
Parasitic worm boosts human fertility.
The BBC has me wondering just how many worm-babies there are out there (like blackout babies or blizzard babies). Because being infected with this parasitic […]
14 sided dice. They found an ancient board game that uses those.
Live Science has some interesting photos and coverage of a new discovery of a very old board game: Pieces from a mysterious board game that […]
If you’re looking at a plant in a museum, there’s a better than 50% chance it’s named wrong.
Motherboard checks out the state of our nomenclature, and the findings are not good: n a study published on Monday in the journal Current Biology, […]