The Cradle of Man… in the Republic of Georgia?
Physical anthropologists with Washington University of St. Louis have looked over some pretty old bones from a site near Tblisis and found humans were in […]
Science Art: Beebe's Bathysphäre, 1934
This is an image of William Beebe’s bathysphere, as placed on Wikimedia Commons by ETH Bibliothek. It was creat…
Read moreScience Art: Power of RCA Electron Microscope, May 1955
These are diatoms, I think, seen by two different microscopes.
As the caption from Popular Electronics says…
Read moreScience Art: Red Pepper, 1910.
Red pepper (Cayenne pepper) will cure almost any case of la grippe within 24 hours, or so they say. At least no…
Read moreScience Art: Figs. 1315-1333 (Various rotary piston engines), 1890.
This is a page of figures from (deep breath) The engineer’s sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appli…
Read moreScience Art: Mirounga leonina 01, by H. Zell
This is a southern elephant seal, the largest marine mammal that isn’t a whale. They’re about twice as weighty …
Read moreAntioxidants: And now the bad news.
Antioxidants are good for you! They help prevent cell damage and heart disease! Except when they don’t, as researchers at the University of Utah discovered. […]
SONG: An Awful Lot of Empty
SONG: “An Awful Lot of Empty” (To download: right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. I’m the guy responsible for this questionable corner of the internet. […]
Science Art: Temporary Chimneys and Fire Fountains, Constance Gordon-Cumming, c.1880
Click for larger version Read more on Scottish traveler Constance Gordon-Cumming and her experiences with the unique geothermal phenomena of Yellowstone (pdf file) – as […]
The Bacterial Kinkmobile.
New Scientist reports on a new way to propel nanomachines – using wiggly little germs as propulsion (or models for propulsion) because they’re kinky: The […]
Suffocated by bees!
Snakes, as we know too well, come in two varieties: the venomous kind, which stick you full of poison, and the constricting kind, which smother […]
Nine tiny galaxies.
Science Daily reports on astronomers making an atypically cute discovery. The Hubble Space Telescope has isolated nine new galaxies – the smallest galaxies ever observed: […]
How do you say “moon” in Japanese?
Because they’re going there, reports Nature. Not in person (not right away, anyway), but with the launch of a new satellite system: The Japan Aerospace […]
Honey keeps your brain young.
That’s what those feisty young upstarts New Scientist are trying to tell us – that replacing sugar with honey will keep us bright, sharp and […]
Science Art: Albinus & Wandelaar
Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani by anatomist Bernard Albinus and illustrator Jan Wandelaar, 1747. Apparently, the rhino’s name was Clara, and she was quite […]
Joint Dark Energy Probe: Why are we falling apart?
Dark energy is the mysterious force that keeps the universe from imploding – or, some say, is pushing us all farther and farther apart. Other […]
Dying breeds.
We’re in the middle of massive extinction event, warns SciDevNet – not of species, but of breeds. As in livestock. And that can be bigger […]
Xenomorphs on the reef.
Oh, man. Nature gives us another reason to be terrified of moray eels. They’re just like the alien that stalked Sigourney Weaver: Like the fearsome […]
Creatures called “cybrids.”
Nature reveals that British researchers have been given the green light to create embryos from human DNA implanted in animal cells. Just don’t call them […]
Spaceport: Ready for takeoff soon, please.
New Scientist reveals the new design for Spaceport America, to be built in the New Mexico desert in 2008: The designers of Spaceport America opted […]