The West is drying up.
Nature shares satellite data that shows not only lakes, rivers and reservoirs shrinking across the whole U.S. Southwest, but even water underground is going away:
… Read the rest “The West is drying up.”To track groundwater
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 more1,000,000-year-old tools.
That’s what Sci-News.com and Science Daily are reporting that University of Toronto researchers have found. A trove of thousands of really really old tools:
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Science Art: The Englishman Watt wanted to make a steam engine…, 1873.
Translation: The Englishman Watt wanted to make a steam engine. He spent so much time on it that he upset his aunt. Finally, however, he was successful.
From Public Domain… Read the rest “Science Art: The Englishman Watt wanted to make a steam engine…, 1873.”
Fusion attracts cash.
Investors are (quietly, says Scientific American) lining up support for companies figuring out the ins and outs of nuclear fusion:
… Read the rest “Fusion attracts cash.”…[T]he fragments of information that have filtered
SONG: “Step Into The Sky”
SONG: “Step Into The Sky.” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
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SOURCE: Based on “A new raptorial dinosaur with exceptionally… Read the rest “SONG: “Step Into The Sky””
Climate change means… more kidney stones?
Yep. Scientific American has more on a painful consequence of temperatures swinging upward unexpectedly:
… Read the rest “Climate change means… more kidney stones?”In a study published earlier this month in the journal Environmental Health
Science Art: Figure Showing Anterior Ethmoidal Artery, 2013.
Ever feel congested? Here’s where it happens – the paranasal sinuses. These ones are under your eyes. And the artery we’re specifically looking at here comes from the… Read the rest “Science Art: Figure Showing Anterior Ethmoidal Artery, 2013.”
An injection reverses type-2 diabetes (temporarily). No insulin required.
Salk Institute scientists have discovered an injectable protein that reverses diabetes for two days:
… Read the rest “An injection reverses type-2 diabetes (temporarily). No insulin required.”In mice with diet-induced diabetes — the equivalent of type 2 diabetes in humans
Unbrushed teeth left a message for the future
Science Daily has more on the prehistoric plaque that’s teaching us about our ancestors’ diets:
… Read the rest “Unbrushed teeth left a message for the future”The research was carried out at Al Khiday, a pre-historic site on the White
A: Prehistory’s largest micro-raptor. (Four wings!)
Q (from Nature): What’s 100 cm long, has long feathers and flew with four wings?
… Read the rest “A: Prehistory’s largest micro-raptor. (Four wings!)”Here we describe a new ‘four-winged’ microraptorine, Changyuraptor yangi, from the Early Cretaceous
CDC: Stop shipping that flu around!
Nature reports that the Centers for Disease Control have ceased all shipments of infectious disease pathogens until they can get them shipped right:
… Read the rest “CDC: Stop shipping that flu around!”Workers at the US Centers for Disease
Scientists find where consciousness happens.
New Scientist locates the specific place where knowledge and self-awareness sits – in a brain region called the claustrum:
… Read the rest “Scientists find where consciousness happens.”In a study published last week, Mohamad Koubeissi at the
Science Art: Two hundred bones form the framework of your body, 1958.
Tennis, a different perspective. From All About the Human Body, 1958, found in the reference library of Newhouse Design.
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This is the world’s oldest smutty graffiti.
The Guardian opens the classicists’ bathroom door to reveal a Greek discovery – world’s oldest erotic graffiti:
… Read the rest “This is the world’s oldest smutty graffiti.”Certainly, Dr Andreas Vlachopoulos, a specialist
Anything but solitary contemplation, man. NOT THAT!!
It isn’t easy being alone with our thoughts. Nature makes monks seem manlier than ever with research that shows most people prefer physical pain to just sitting and thinking:
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