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 moreThe New York Times looks at two different batches of genetic data which both indicate that shutting down travel from China didn’t actually affect the spread of the virus in New York,… Read the rest “New York’s coronavirus outbreak came from Europe, not China.”
CNET (among others) has brought us news at the confluence of two contemporary concerns: Are we carrying germs we don’t know about? and … Just how private is *anything* we do … Read the rest “Stanford’s butt-reading toilet knows how healthy you are.”
From the USGS:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Aerial image and satellite derived image of Florida lakes, by Richard P. Stumpf, U.S. Geological Survey.”This image is a cropped rendition of two aerial images that demonstrate satellite-derived cyanobacteria concentrations in surface waters from an area
That’s before Homo sapiens came on the scene. Science News looks at new evidence that three different species of human ancestors were present in the same area:
… Read the rest “There were a bunch of different humans hanging out in southern Africa”Excavations at Drimolen,
Scientific American has some suggestions for your self-isolation. There are a few ways you can help researchers out without ever leaving home:
… Read the rest “Bored with hanging out at home? Count some penguins (or spot some galaxies) for science.”“I think where we can tap into people’s enthusiasm
Scientific American has more on how some astronomers are using the ocean itself to scan the skies:
… Read the rest “Telescopes deep under the sea are revealing secrets of deep space.”Suspended near the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea off France and Italy, 126 football-sized
The so-called “Siberian unicorn,” the Elasmotherium, a noble critter here pictured in the pages of Evolution of the Past, by Henry R. Knipe (with illustrations… Read the rest “Science Art: Elasmotherium by Alice B. Woodward, 1912.”
Science News shares 10 years of step-counting longevity research that indicates that slow, steady, and not stopping is the way to win the race – or at least to lengthen your lifespan… Read the rest “It’s not how fast you walk, but how many steps you take that helps you live longer.”
New Scientist has some uplifting news about the ozone hole. It’s fixing itself at last, and as it does so, the planet’s wind patterns are returning to normal:
… Read the rest “The southern jet stream is finally going back to normal as the ozone hole closes.”Before 2000, a
You know, I went looking for some non-coronavirus science news, and Nature provided this gem of a headline about a plucky Drosophilia fruit-fly species and its unusual infatuation with… Read the rest “Nature: “How a fly came to love the vomit fruit””
I’ve got music, but, you know, there’s some other stuff happening, right? Should have plenty of time to record some penitential covers, though.
Science News reports that astronomers have found the dark edge of the Milky Way – the unlit mass of dark matter spinning beyond the bright stars – and have determined that our… Read the rest “Our galaxy is bigger than we’d thought.”
From 1675 until his death in 1719, John Flamsteed worked at the newly built Greenwich Observatory, charting the stars in the sky. He was England’s first Astronomer… Read the rest “Science Art: Hemisphere Austral, XVIII from Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed, 1729.”
Science News checks back on the big star that suddenly went dim (as regular readers here will remember) a couple of months ago, prompting some speculation that we were about to see a massive… Read the rest “Betelgeuse was maybe just dusty, not dying.”
The Guardian looks back at memory researchers who’ve found that lower the carbohydrates you eat keeps your memory in better shape:
… Read the rest “Low-carb diet can keep your brain fit.”“Neurobiological changes associated with ageing
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