Crab grows garden on its claws
Nature reveals why the yeti crab will never go hungry. It grows methane-based bacterial gardens on its own claws: The yeti crab — so-called because […]
Science Art: Body-centered cubic (bcc) unit cell of iron, 2009
If you were curious about the crystalline structure of iron mentioned in the last post, here it is — a molecul…
Read moreScience Art: MOON: For the Benefit of Humanity, 2023
It’s a poster made by NASA for lunar exploration, showing some landers, space stations, and sample-taking equip…
Read moreScience Art: Bubble chamber with colour enhanced tracks, 2026
This is a CERN image from January 6, 2026, showing something that happened in the 1960s, but enhanced for 21st-…
Read moreScience Art: Dissection of Asterias rubens, by Hans Hillewaert.
Starfish anatomy.
If you want to know the parts, according to Dutch Wikipedia, they are:
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Science Art: Jupiter's Family of Comets, 1898
This is a diagram from A New Astronomy For Beginners, a textbook that’s about a century and a quarter old, or a…
Read moreSONG: Your Catalogue
SONG: “Your Catalogue”. (OGG version here.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: NBC News, “New wild cat species is ide…
Read moreScience Art: Testing Machine, from The New Students’ Reference Work, 1914.
Click to embiggen This wasn’t a machine for giving new students tests. It was a machine for testing how strong materials were. My understanding is […]
Laser zeppelins. You know, for spies.
No, really. PopSci has more info on the Air Force’s new flying intelligence hub – an airship that uses lasers as fiber-optic cables: …DARPA will […]
Not your rocket!
New Scientist reports on one space-happy eBay seller who’s got some explaining to do: In a recent report, NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) described […]
Behind the wall of sleep.
New Scientist tries to rouse the secrets of anesthesia – and what being put under can teach us about consciousness itself: A team led by […]
Pet wolves of prehistoric China.
Past Horizons may have revealed the secret origins of man’s best friend – among the domesticated wolves of Southeast Asia: Data on genetics, morphology and […]
Teeth started outside.
Then, Australia’s ABC Science tells us, they gradually moved inside our mouths: The study, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, supports what is known […]
Science Art: Manatees Swimming by Henry W. Elliott
Click to embiggen From the NOAA Photo Library, Historic Fisheries Collection, in the somewhat questionably titled ” Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals” section. Are […]
Thanksgiving Theremin: Jimmy Page makes some noise.
When he’s not playing electric guitar with a bow, the Led Zeppelin virtuoso makes stranger noises:
Thanksgiving Theremin: Leon Theremin plays his instrument.
The one that bears his name: That’s where electronic music began.
SONG: Shining Stone (Calcite Double Refraction)
SONG: “Shining Stone (Calcite Double Refraction).” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Magical Viking stone may be real”, The […]
The doorway of forgetting.
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have found a strange link between forgetting things and walking through doorways: New research from University of Notre […]
Great Lake Europa (where the aliens may swim)
PhysOrg sets our sights on a big, wet, lively looking lake on Jupiter’s moon Europa: The water could represent a potential habitat for life, and […]
Science Art: Ophidia I. Tropidonotus natrix Tab 18, by Paul Pfurtscheller
Click to embiggen From a series of zoological wall hangings (you remember these from classrooms, don’t you?) found on Scientific Illustrations. Viennese teacher Dr. Paul […]
Plasma balls kill cholera, E. coli and Mad Cow.
Yeah, those funky electronic gizmos that sit on your desk and look oh sparkly! and not much else? Science Daily reports that they can turn […]