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 moreApparently, since last December at least, NASA has been creating vintage-style travel posters for exoplanets – the planets we’ve been discovering around… Read the rest “Science Art: Experience the Gravity of a Super Earth, NASA/JPL Exoplanet Travel Bureau”
Science Daily processes a University of Haifa finding about why first impressions are so important – and how *feeling* a thing helps you *know* a thing:
… Read the rest “Emotions help you remember information”Dr. Shlomo Wagner of the Sagol
Quartz opens a window on the two periods of brain development when traumatic events do the most damage:
… Read the rest “Teens and two-year-olds: The ages most vulnerable to trauma.”According to Tara Swart, a neuroscientist and senior lecturer at MIT, your “terrible
OK, I’m overstating things for dramatic effect… but another Science Daily report reveals even moderately picky eaters face health risks:
… Read the rest “Oh, and your picky eater is doomed, too.”According to the study, published
Science Daily reveals that parents are (as we suspected) getting it all wrong – they think their 10-year-olds are happier – and their 15-year-olds are unhappier – than… Read the rest “You don’t know how (un)happy your children are.”
These are ostensibly Cochin chickens, or forerunners of what we’d call Cochins today. They’re a breed with a *lot* of character, and are uniquely suited,… Read the rest “Science Art: Her Majesty’s Cochins; Imported in 1843, published 1904.”
Not sure how it smells once you rub it on (despite assurances it doesn’t), but New Scientist is looking toward a blend of fish extract and shrimp shells to protect our skin and more against… Read the rest “Fish juice and shrimp shell sunscreen.”
As a species. In some pretty profound ways, Nature says. They highlight a few of the “outsize effects” our Neanderthal genes have on our lives:
… Read the rest “Makin’ babies with Neanderthals *changed* us.”Now researchers are using large
Sky News looks up to report on NASA’s airiest plans for exploring Jupiter. They’re designing a flock of turbulence-fueled “windbots” – cheap, floating… Read the rest “Windbots to explore Jupiter – the bumpier the ride, the better.”
Wired revels in the newest scientific revolution – the ability to rewrite our genes with ease:
… Read the rest “The gene technology that will change everything.”The stakes, however, have changed. Everyone at the Napa meeting had access to a gene-editing
Nature has more on the Brazilian “hugging” snake with legs… that’s changing the way we look at reptile origins:
… Read the rest “Four-legged snake fossil rewrites reptile evolution.”Although it has four legs, Tetrapodophis amplectus
This is an artist’s impression of a planet just discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission that’s gotten the folks at SETI all excited.
It’s the most… Read the rest “Science Art: Soaking Up the Rays of a Sun-Like Star, by NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle, 2015.”
SONG: “Kavachi”.
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SOURCE:Based on “Deep-Sea Cameras Reveal a ‘Sharkcano'”, National Geographic Explorers’ Journal, 9 July … Read the rest “SONG: “Kavachi””
Peruvian officials have, Science Daily reports, made like technologically advanced aliens and had first contact with a very isolated tribe:
… Read the rest “First contact for health’s sake.”Peru’s Ministry of Culture begins
From NPR’s Skunk Bear:
Words by Ray Bradbury. Images by NASA.
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