SONG: Collisions
SONG: “Collisions”
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on BBC, 2 Sep 2020, “Black holes: Cosmic signal rattles Earth after 7 billion years”, as used in the post “A… Read the rest “SONG: Collisions”
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.)
ARTIST: grant.
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 We’ve found the world’s oldest sperm. And it’s big.
Science News reports on an ostracod fossil that’s 100 million years old – and contains a a recognizable sample of its giant sperm:
… Read the rest “We’ve found the world’s oldest sperm. And it’s big.”A single piece of amber from Myanmar held 39
Science Art: Roseate Spoonbill, study for Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, by Abbot Handerson Thayer
As its Smithsonian Museum page explains, this painting is from a book that hoped to prove a slightly odd hypothesis: that even brightly colored animals would blend into… Read the rest “Science Art: Roseate Spoonbill, study for Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, by Abbot Handerson Thayer”
The rhythm of an out-of-body experience.
Nature looks at dissociative states, and the specific rhythm in a single layer of neurons that can make everything around you seem unreal:
… Read the rest “The rhythm of an out-of-body experience.”The neurological basis of dissociation has been
DNA study confirms: “Viking” was a job, not an ethnicity.
Science reveals the results of a massive genetic study of Viking remains across Europe, which found that people from all genetic backgrounds took up the Viking way:
… Read the rest “DNA study confirms: “Viking” was a job, not an ethnicity.”Over the course of almost
Phosphine gas means there might be life on Venus.
Science News explains the strange chemistry that’s behind the new discovery, and why it means that Venus can get added to the same list as Mars and the Jovian moon Europa as a possible… Read the rest “Phosphine gas means there might be life on Venus.”
Science Art: Last Test Article for NASA’s SLS Rocket Departs Michoud Assembly Facility, 2019 – by NASA/Jude Guidry.
A big part of a big rocket, loading onto a big barge in a big facility in Louisiana. As the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility image library description says:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Last Test Article for NASA’s SLS Rocket Departs Michoud Assembly Facility, 2019 – by NASA/Jude Guidry.”The last of four
The science of the will to fight.
The Economist has an interesting piece on military psychology – specifically, the research going into predicting when an opponent who is outgunned and outmanned will just keep … Read the rest “The science of the will to fight.”
Puberty can erase childhood trauma’s brain effects
Science News has some optimistic news about the long-term neurological effects of childhood trauma. We know that they can create lasting physical changes inside the brain – but,… Read the rest “Puberty can erase childhood trauma’s brain effects”
Science Art: Gold plaques (items 9-14 in catalogue), by Ian Richardson, The British Museum, 2012
Treasure! Literally! A hoard of Roman gold and silver, including jewelry, figurines, and a lot of these votive “leaf” plaques.
A votive plaque like these… Read the rest “Science Art: Gold plaques (items 9-14 in catalogue), by Ian Richardson, The British Museum, 2012”
New coffee-based technique promises to rebuild nerves damaged by MS, injuries.
HealthEuropa reveals new research into myelin sheaths, the “insulation” around nerve cells that gets damaged by multiple sclerosis and some kinds of traumatic injuries.… Read the rest “New coffee-based technique promises to rebuild nerves damaged by MS, injuries.”
A black hole bigger than a hundred suns.
BBC peers into deepest space to find the origins of a gravity “shockwave” from 7 billion years ago that was still strong enough to shake laser detectors on Earth last May –… Read the rest “A black hole bigger than a hundred suns.”
Flying taxi by Toyota
Endgadget (yes, I know) enthuses over the Toyota-backed SkyDrive flying car, tested with a pilot at a Toyota facility:
… Read the rest “Flying taxi by Toyota”The SD-03 is billed as the smallest electric VTOL (vertical take-off
Social isolation damages this brain circuit in kids. And we can fix it with light.
Science Daily has a Mt. Sinai School of Medicine study that isolates a specific cluster of brain cells that regulate social behavior – and that get damaged when young children are … Read the rest “Social isolation damages this brain circuit in kids. And we can fix it with light.”
Science Art: Dynamometer, 3 Feb 1865
A dynamometer, illustrated by (or for) the United States Sanitary Commission in 1865.
A dynamometer measures power output. For an engine, it can measure things like torque… Read the rest “Science Art: Dynamometer, 3 Feb 1865”