SONG: “Alone”. (OGG version here.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “What Killed the Neanderthals? A Lack …
Read moreThis 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.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “These roaches for…
Read moreWashington Post reflects on the future of space exploration. Rather than the will of a great nation, today it takes a determined billionaire to send a man to Mars:
… Read the rest “Manned Mars mission in billionaire’s sights.”Billionaire Dennis Tito,
DNA analysis presented at the Royal Society in London shows, Nature says in the most delicate way possible, that ancient humans were getting it on more than we suspected:
… Read the rest “Cavemen & modern humans… they got it on.”The ancient genomes,
Reuters carries the shocking story that a pair of precious paleontological predators just didn’t excite auction bidders:
… Read the rest “Dual dinosaurs don’t sell?”Fossils of two dinosaurs locked in a death match failed
NASA has just taken chatting about the weather to a new level with MAVEN, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution rocket, which just launched yesterday:
… Read the rest “Godspeed, MAVEN. Let us know what the weather’s like up there….”The agency’s Mars Atmosphere
University of Arizona brain researchers are using EEG machines to detect everyday invisible objects – the things your brain sees that it’s keeping from you:
… Read the rest “You don’t always see what you’re seeing.”“We were
Thus do we master the physical world.
From Mechanical Engineering, a journal published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1919.
New Scientist rises swiftly to break the news of hybrid aircraft that combine helicopters, planes, hovercrafts and blimps:
… Read the rest “Helium-filled planes take off.”The peculiar aircraft is currently undergoing feasibility
Science Daily introduces us to the Carolina hammerhead, an all-new species of shark:
… Read the rest “Meet the new shark.”Through its rarity, the new species, Sphyrna gilberti, underscores the fragility of shark diversity
The medievalists at Medievalists.net are all excited over a new technology that “unerases” writings that were erased by scribes to make more room on precious parchment:… Read the rest “Invisible ink revealed… a few centuries later.”
Digital Trends looks up in awe at the lumbering, prehistoric majesty of the mighty Argentinasaurus (virtual, 2.0 edition) taking its first steps:
… Read the rest “World’s biggest dinosaur walks again.”When a group of scientists claimed the
International Business Times readies the citizens of balmy island paradises for a rough ride, thanks to a World Bank report putting Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on the top of list… Read the rest “Caribbean tops climate change hit list.”
From Etsy. Scientific illustration has profound effects on some people. It surfaces in the unlikeliest places.
The same lingerie-maker has some rather comely pelvis print panties…… Read the rest “Science Art: Panties with uterus print by KnickerRocker (Nichola).”
Not the moving parts kind, but the wedge/screw/lever kind. Want to move giant blocks of stone a few miles, but the locomotive and crane haven’t been invented yet? Nature‘s … Read the rest “How Forbidden City was built: ice machine!”
The Telegraph reveals that America’s space agency isn’t quite as clean as it could be. A previously unknown bacteria has been multiplying happily in *two* rooms designed … Read the rest “New bacteria species discovered… in NASA’s “clean rooms”.”
Intestinal bacteria, that is. Rheumatoid arthritis has long been a medical mystery – an autoimmune disease that’s triggered by who-knows-what, but that suddenly starts… Read the rest “Rheumatoid arthritis linked to gut germs.”
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