SONG: Fast Blue Optical Transients
SONG: “Fast Blue Optical Transients”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Science News 13 Dec 2021, “The cosmic ‘Cow’ may have produced a new neutron star or black hole,”… Read the rest “SONG: Fast Blue Optical Transients”
Science 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 moreScience Art: Azimuth and Altitude Instrument, c. 1876
This is an illustration from the Great Exhibition, 1876, or The great Centennial exhibition critically describe…
Read moreScience Art: Solar Explosions, G79, by Clement Lindley Wragge.
This 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
SONG: “We Ate Each Other’s Wings”. (OGG version here.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “These roaches for…
Read moreScience Art: Mars - Cloudy North Polar Cap, by Andrea Luck
Really, I guess the full title of this should be: Mars – Cloudy North Polar Cap – CNSA Tianwen-1.
“CNSA” is…
Read more “Exquisitely preserved” dinosaur embryo discovered inside fossilized egg in museum storeroom.
New Scientist reports on the best-preserved dinosaur embryo ever discovered, inside a 70 million-year-old egg that had been stored in Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum in Nan’an,… Read the rest ““Exquisitely preserved” dinosaur embryo discovered inside fossilized egg in museum storeroom.”
SONG: Deeper Than Love (a penitential Colleen Green cover)
SONG: “Deeper Than Love (a penitential Colleen Green cover)”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: There is no scientific source. This is a penitential cover of this Colleen Green song… Read the rest “SONG: Deeper Than Love (a penitential Colleen Green cover)”
Science Art: Auiomeris io, Dryocampa rubicunda by Edna Libby Beutenmüller, 1918.
Two moths, pictured in The Field Book of Insects by Frank E. Lutz.
A. io, with the big roundels on its wings, is better known as the io moth. D. rubicunda is more commonly called the rosy maple… Read the rest “Science Art: Auiomeris io, Dryocampa rubicunda by Edna Libby Beutenmüller, 1918.”
Bright and really heavy: What “The Cow” caused in deep space.
Science News shares an explanation for an intense puzzle that’s had astronomers searching for solutions since June 2018. Now, astrophysicist DJ Pasham and his team believe “The… Read the rest “Bright and really heavy: What “The Cow” caused in deep space.”
Bacteria-killing copper fights superbug spread
Australia’s RMIT University is excited by the prospects of a surface that kills bacteria on its own, without any antiseptics being applied – a new form of copper that can eliminate… Read the rest “Bacteria-killing copper fights superbug spread”
Jet biofuel could change things.
Scientific American explores a frontier of carbon-neutral industry – a way to make airplanes and helicopters fly without so many greenhouse gases in their exhaust:
… Read the rest “Jet biofuel could change things.”Two flying machines
Science Art: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission Patch, by Alexandra Lindgren
A dragonfly in space. Luck, and transformation.
This is the symbol for a joint NASA/ESA mission to the ISS, with Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins on the NASA side, and Samantha… Read the rest “Science Art: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 Mission Patch, by Alexandra Lindgren”
Using good scotch to make better electronics
Not by drinking it! Discover reveals how watching The Glenlivet whisky evaporates – and leaves an almost uniform stain, unlike splotchier drinks like coffee or wine – gave… Read the rest “Using good scotch to make better electronics”
Great jumping pterosaurs!
EurekAlert! shares the discovery that the world’s largest-ever flying creature, Quetzalcoatlus, a pterosaur with a 40-foot wingspan, managed to take to the skies despite its … Read the rest “Great jumping pterosaurs!”
Grape seed extract extends mice lifespans (and health) by 9 percent.
New Scientist reports on a Nature Metabolism study that found a chemical found in grape seeds helped bodies weed out weaker “senescent” cells, leading to better overall health… Read the rest “Grape seed extract extends mice lifespans (and health) by 9 percent.”
Science Art: Heart of the Turbine, by Lewis W. Hine, 1930.
A gelatin silver print of a man making a Westinghouse engine. I think this might be an AC generator, but I’m not sure – the notes for Hine’s photo in the Smithsonian galleries… Read the rest “Science Art: Heart of the Turbine, by Lewis W. Hine, 1930.”
Living robots – “xenobots” – can reproduce themselves.
Science News is not panicking at all about the prospect of robots that can replicate copies of themselves that can then replicate copies of themselves:
… Read the rest “Living robots – “xenobots” – can reproduce themselves.”“This is an incredibly exciting breakthrough,”
Gene Roddenberry’s autograph in bacterial DNA sold as an NFT, displayed at Art Basel.
The Verge has one of the most potentially confusing science stories in a while. Gene Roddenberry’s estate, they report, has rendered the Star Trek creator’s autograph as … Read the rest “Gene Roddenberry’s autograph in bacterial DNA sold as an NFT, displayed at Art Basel.”
A particular body odor blocks aggression in men, but triggers aggression in women.
Science Advances sniffs out something peculiar in a “body volatile” (an actively smelly chemical) called hexadecanal, or HEX, which – based on a test using an unfair… Read the rest “A particular body odor blocks aggression in men, but triggers aggression in women.”