Science Art: 10,000 convex and nonconvex regular polygons, by Arthur Baelde.
This is from the “Posters about Mathematics” section of Wikimedia Commons. The description says: “For a young child, a shape can be called a square […]
Science Art: Collops bipunctatus, U, Back, SD, Pennington County, 2013
This image of a Collops bipunctatus, a beetle from the Melyridae family, was taken by Sam Droege from flowers …
Read moreScience Art: Histologist Microscope, 1900
An illustration of an elegant optical device from Science Gossip magazine (a publication which I discovered via…
Read moreScience Art: Rudimentary Simulator, 1963.
This is Figure 3 from “Man-Machine System Simulation for Flight Vehicles” by Steven Belsley, an article which w…
Read moreScience 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 …
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How do you explain that your kid’s robot friend is dying?
Alas, poor Moxie. Aftermath is making me hope a lot of parents have found copies of The 10th Good Thing About Barney – because thanks […]
SONG: “Einstein’s Idea” (a penitential Johnny Flynn cover)
SONG: “Einstein’s Idea (a penitential Johnny Flynn cover)” . (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This is a penitential cover of a song by actor/singer/songwriter […]
Chinese “Wheeler” security robot unveiled.
LiveScience reports on Chinese firm DEEP Robotics’ answer to Big Dog – a robot they named “Lynx” that can crawl up hills with long, jointed […]
Robot manta is faster than ever – and smooth.
NC State researchers have used the mighty manta ray as a moving inspiration to design their fastest-yet swimming soft robot: “Two years ago, we demonstrated […]
Science Art: Lindblad Travel ad, 1969.
Today, the company that produced this add is known as Lindblad Expeditions, and is so closely associated with National Geographic that it’s often known as […]
Personalities count… for wolves.
Sentient Science reports on an unexpected flaw that might interfere with human attempts to reintroduce wolves into the wilds of Colorado. The problem isn’t the […]
The birds, the bees, the… wolves?
The journal Ecology has some unusual research about wild pollinators. They’ve found that famous species like honeybees and hummingbirds who spread pollen by daintily zipping […]
Science Art: Mars – Jezero Crater – NASA’s Perseverance Landing, Feb 18,2021
This is a piece of art, or scientific illustration, I found on the Flickr account of Andrea Luck, though the full credit is NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß/AndreaLuck. […]
Thanksgiving Theremin: Carolina Eyck and Clarice Jensen, Tiny Desk Concert.
Cellist Clarice Jensen joins thereminist Carolina Eyck for the songs “Delphic,” “Three Leos,” and “Frequencies.”
Cute crustacean named after a brewery (with a briny beer).
The Guardian has news from New Zealand, where marine biologists have just discovered a new species of isopod, and decided the publicize the little critter’s […]
Four people can see clearly thanks to stem-cell transplants
Science Alert reports on a successful experiment that has restored vision to multiple people with cornea damage by using a new stem-cell transplant technique: Four […]
Science Art: Ophiactis tricolor: a, arboral view; b, oral view of holotype.
These are brittle stars, photographed in the 1920s for the Records of the South Australia Museum. These specific ones are from “Dr. Verco’s collection in […]
SONG: You See Through Me
SONG: “You See Through Me” . (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: The Guardian, 5 Sep 2024, “Common food dye found to make skin and […]