This 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.)
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SOURCE: Based on “These roaches for…
Read moreReally, I guess the full title of this should be: Mars – Cloudy North Polar Cap – CNSA Tianwen-1.
“CNSA” is…
Read moreScience magazine recently covered the tale archaeologists uncovered about one of the earliest known settlers of Borneo, a young hunter-gatherer who had an injured foot amputated …… Read the rest “Amputation 31,000 years ago, among the prehistoric artists of Borneo.”
The National Science Foundation puts a spotlight on Tufts University, where researchers have taken proteins from the cocoons of silk moths and used them to create a new water-repellent… Read the rest “Silk for Teflon. Non-stick silk. Silk without friction.”
This is a drum. Or a gong. Or maybe a throne. Or a model of the universe with little solar disks around the edge.
It was found in a bog near Balkåkra, Sweden, in 1847, but was made sometime during… Read the rest “Science Art: Balkåkra Ritual Object, Olof Sörling, 1917.”
Science News says the BOAT (for “brightest of all time”) has shed new light on a galaxy very, very far away … and even affected atoms in our atmosphere:
… Read the rest ““BOAT” gamma burst shines a light brighter than any seen in 50 years.”This new burst,
PLOS One has revealed a strange secret of the sea, in which researchers have observed tuna and other pelagic (free-swimming) teleosts (bony fishes) intentionally rubbing against the … Read the rest “Sharks to tuna: fearsome predator, convenient backscratcher.”
New Scientist reveals an accidental discovery that happened when a passing swarm of bees got close to a weather station on a clear day – and the sensors noted a jump in atmospheric electricity… Read the rest “A bee swarm can generate 8 times more electricity than a storm cloud.”
Reuters reports on Modhera, Gujarat, the first 24/7, all-solar village built in India for ordinary folks to live without a local power plant:
… Read the rest “India has built an all-solar village.”The project in Modhera, financed by the federal
The Scientist reports on mice fed a high-fat diet, whose children and grandchildren still felt the effects in social behavior and overall health:
… Read the rest “A mother’s diet can affect children’s – and grandchildren’s – behavior.”High-fat diets have previously been shown
This is one of the first American spacecraft to land on the moon. We sent machines there before we sent people.
From the Smithsonian Open Access Collection description:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Lunar Lander, Surveyor”The Surveyor series
Science News reveals a new therapy based on memory exercises that shows promise in totally doing away with nightmare disorder:
… Read the rest “An end to nightmares”Frequent, terrifying dreams disturb sleep and even affect
SONG: “Good People Grow”.
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SOURCE: Science 29 Sep 2022, “This lagoon is effectively a person, says Spanish law that’s attempting to save it,” … Read the rest “SONG: Good People Grow”
This is a bunch of smut. Mostly, it’s smut in the genus Ustilago growing on plants in the same genus as knotweed and buckwheat. The long flower in the middle is Polygonum hydropiper… Read the rest “Science Art: Flower of Polygonum persicarium distorted by Utricle smut and following figures, by J.E. Sowerby, 1872.”
MIT Technology Review offers a strange solution to a serious problem. They’ve got robot bees who can dance inside a bee hive to direct workers to pesticide-free flower patches:
… Read the rest “Robot honeybees can steer hives to safer flowers.”After
University of Florida (go gator research!) is looking into a treatment that could help stop the loss of coral, which is nice because coral reefs help stop the loss of Florida due to beach erosion.… Read the rest “Probiotics are curing sick coral reefs.”
As a habitual night-owl, it pains me to consider this Scientific American interview with UC Berkeley neuroscientist Eti Ben Simon, whose research has shown that people who don’t… Read the rest “Sleep-deprived people are more selfish and lonely.”
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