SONG: Great Big Love
SONG: “Great Big Love”. (available as .ogg here)
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SOURCE: Based on The Guardian, 28 Feb 2024, “Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales… Read the rest “SONG: Great Big Love”
Science Art: Sunrise - Philippine Sea, 2017
This is an image from the “Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth” gallery, maintained by the Earth Science …
Read moreScience Art: Égouts de Paris, by Jules Ferat.
There’s a subtitle here that Google Translate renders as “Sewer cleaning wagon. (System of Chief Engineer Mr. B…
Read moreScience Art: Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky, by David K. Stone.
I found the image in the San Diego Air & Space Museum’s “Aerophilately Special Collection” on Flickr; this is a…
Read moreSONG: Alone
SONG: “Alone”. (OGG version here.)
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SOURCE: Based on “What Killed the Neanderthals? A Lack …
Read moreScience 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 more Baby dragons commute out of their caves.
The New York Times reports on olms — blind, pale, cave-dwelling salamanders once believed to be baby dragons — regularly traveling up to the surface out of their underwater… Read the rest “Baby dragons commute out of their caves.”
Science Art: HURRICANE FRAN – NARA – 17393787, by NASA.
Pictures of a storm from space. Big hurricanes are big!
Fran was a Category 3 major hurricane – so a big storm, but far from the biggest.
As NASA describes this poster (for that is what… Read the rest “Science Art: HURRICANE FRAN – NARA – 17393787, by NASA.”
Ancient viruses gave us our brains.
“Language is a virus,” said William S. Burroughs. Now, Science Daily reports that researchers at Altos Labs-Cambridge Institute of Science have found that intelligence… Read the rest “Ancient viruses gave us our brains.”
Science Art: Relative Position of Observer and Observed in Direct Ophthalmoscopy, Arthur W. Head, 1917.
You gotta get right up in there if you really want to see what’s going on in those eyes.
This is an illustration from a book about birds, oddly enough: The fundus oculi of birds, especially… Read the rest “Science Art: Relative Position of Observer and Observed in Direct Ophthalmoscopy, Arthur W. Head, 1917.”
Milking the amphibian
NPR has a story about a caecilian. Not Sicilian, but South American, these are to salamanders what glass snakes are to lizards: a legless version that looks like a whole other kind of thing.… Read the rest “Milking the amphibian”
Bumblebees teach each other.
Nature shares a study that found that bumblebees somehow communicate the solutions to complex puzzles to each other, something that only humans were thought to do. Instead, the insects… Read the rest “Bumblebees teach each other.”
Science Art: Earth by Henry De la Beche, from Researches in Theoretical Geology, 1834.
This depiction of Earth might be the first such image of our planet as seen from space. No human (as far as we know) had ever been to space at the time Henry De la Beche drew this. He’d started… Read the rest “Science Art: Earth by Henry De la Beche, from Researches in Theoretical Geology, 1834.”
Humpback sex photographed for the first time – and it’s gay.
The Guardian runs a science story about a milestone in marine biology – the first time humpback whales have ever been caught on camera in the act of mating. But it’s a story with… Read the rest “Humpback sex photographed for the first time – and it’s gay.”
Odysseus tipped over on the Moon.
Reuters reports on the first private-corp lunar lander, who successfully touched down on the Moon and sent back useful data about conditions there. That’s the good news. The not-so-good… Read the rest “Odysseus tipped over on the Moon.”
Science Art: Styxosaurus and Xiphactinus/i>, by ABelov2014.
Styxosaurus is, or was, an elasmosaur – an undersea predator with a long neck and sharp teeth, all the better for grabbing ammonites and prehistoric fish for a quick snack. It takes… Read the rest “Science Art: Styxosaurus and Xiphactinus/i>, by ABelov2014.”
Chinese dragon fossil discovered.
NPR, among other outlets, has reported on the discovery of a real Chinese dragon in this, the Year of the Dragon. At least, it’s certainly the remarkably complete fossil of a creature… Read the rest “Chinese dragon fossil discovered.”
Gene test reveals your likelihood of getting 10 common illnesses
Health Day reports on a new DNA scan that reveals to you (and doctors, and who knows who else) just how likely you are to come down with 10 common ailments, including atrial fibrillation, obesity,… Read the rest “Gene test reveals your likelihood of getting 10 common illnesses”
SONG: Lady at the Generator
SONG: “Lady at the Generator”. (available as .ogg here)
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SOURCE: Based on Amsterdam UMC, 4 Jan 2024, “Tiredness Experienced by Long Covid Patients Has… Read the rest “SONG: Lady at the Generator”
Science Art: Science-Gossip cover page, Dec. 1899.
This is the cover page of Science-Gossip magazine, “an illustrated monthly record of nature, country lore, & applied science.”
There are articles in here about Departmental… Read the rest “Science Art: Science-Gossip cover page, Dec. 1899.”