A llama antibody.
I’m trying to keep COVID-19 research to a minimum here, just because there’s so much of it everywhere, but I couldn’t resist this piece from Reuters. There’s … Read the rest “A llama antibody.”
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 moreHow your snack bags can give you away.
Scientific American is doing a deep, multi-story dive on privacy issues, and this one’s a doozy. Researchers have used an irregularly shaped shiny object, like a metal bowl or a bag… Read the rest “How your snack bags can give you away.”
Spinosaurs were swimmers: “the only known aquatic dinosaur.”
Nature has a video up with paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim, who discusses tailbones from the Sahara that indicate this gigantic, prehistoric bird relative swam for its supper:
… Read the rest “Spinosaurs were swimmers: “the only known aquatic dinosaur.””A new fossil
Science Art: Gradus Peas, Petoskey or Paul Rose Musk Melon, 1899
From the D.M. Ferry & Co. Seed Annual, via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Fresh vegetables, fresh muskmelon. Mmm. I do love a muskmelon.
Oldest known cave paintings show modern human thoughts – as a story.
Scientific American marvels over paintings found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi – 44,000-year-old images of fantastic beast-men that bear signs of modern human ways of understanding… Read the rest “Oldest known cave paintings show modern human thoughts – as a story.”
Insects are dying off – except those living in fresh water.
The Guardian has grim news for bugs (which include critters like the bees that pollinate our crops) with a little flash of hope. Insect populations have dropped by 25% over the last 30 years,… Read the rest “Insects are dying off – except those living in fresh water.”
Science Art: Cosmic Reef, by the Hubble Space Telescope
Astronomers are marking the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a “ portrait of a firestorm of starbirth in a neighboring galaxy” –… Read the rest “Science Art: Cosmic Reef, by the Hubble Space Telescope”
SONG: In the Sounding Deep
SONG: “In the Sounding Deep”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Scientific American, April 2020, “Undersea Telescopes Scan the Sky from Below,” as used in the post “… Read the rest “SONG: In the Sounding Deep”
Flattening the curve of misinformation.
Nature takes time out from COVID-19 news to inveigh against another kind of epidemic – of online viral content that’s, shall we say, too often less than accurate:
… Read the rest “Flattening the curve of misinformation.”In times of
On behalf of America’s southeastern quadrant: Oh, GREAT! Early hurricane predictions are in. And big.
It’s going to be a rough season again, Science News lets us know. Tropical weather forecasters are predicting 18 named storms and at least four major hurricanes for the 2020 season… Read the rest “On behalf of America’s southeastern quadrant: Oh, GREAT! Early hurricane predictions are in. And big.”
Science Art: Photograph taken from a high-speed video camera during a record-setting firing of an electromagnetic railgun (EMRG)…, 2008.
No gunpowder was harmed in the making of this photograph. That’s just the power of a lot of magnetism making a hunk of metal go really, really fast through the air. … Read the rest “Science Art: Photograph taken from a high-speed video camera during a record-setting firing of an electromagnetic railgun (EMRG)…, 2008.”
Medieval Blue is Remade
Science News opens a new book on an old pigment, reconstructing a botanical purple-blue hue that had puzzled medievalists for ages:
… Read the rest “Medieval Blue is Remade”The pigment, called folium, graced the pages of medieval
There are nuclear-bomb layers in whale sharks’ bones.
Science News has what’s practically a Godzilla story: the discovery that residue from Cold War-era nuclear bomb tests can be found inside the bodies of the world’s largest… Read the rest “There are nuclear-bomb layers in whale sharks’ bones.”
Neanderthal yarn proves math skills in prehistoric culture.
Ars Technica looks at the world’s oldest bit of string and find it tells a profound story about Neanderthal life:
… Read the rest “Neanderthal yarn proves math skills in prehistoric culture.”The 6.2mm (0.24 inch) long bit of thread, spun from plant fibers, is
Science Art: 3D Printed Copper Surface, vol. 1, by David Pervan, 2018.
Not a landscape, nor a texture, but an electrical conductor.
From Mr. Pervan’s explanation on Wikimedia Commons:
… Read the rest “Science Art: 3D Printed Copper Surface, vol. 1, by David Pervan, 2018.”My research is on using 3D printing to make conductive