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.)
ARTIST: grant.
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 reports on findings (from JAMA) that the people who’d complained of nausea, visual blurring and other effects after some strange events in America’s Cuban… Read the rest “The “sonic attack” in Cuba and China… definitely did something to diplomats’ brains. Literally.”
CNN was among the news outlets celebrating the discovery of a small, glow-in-the-dark shark species:
… Read the rest “The American pocket shark glows in the dark”The 5 1/2-inch American Pocket Shark is the first of its kind to be discovered in the
Because computers sometimes break, and replacement computers sometimes don’t work the way one expects them to, and because just setting up a recorder and recording a thing makes… Read the rest “No song – again!”
Galileo drew pictures of the moon – pictures that included imperfections on the surface. The moon, he observed, had texture. Hills and valleys. Craters.… Read the rest “Science Art: Galileo’s Moon Phases, 1616.”
Fortune reports on a new company that aims to keep supply chains secure in the era of 3D printing by using unique patterns of diamond dust scattered on manufactured parts to act as a unique … Read the rest ““Diamond-based security” low-tech foil for high-tech counterfeiters”
Hakai takes a sociological look at an ecological problem, with research that shows marine environments are measurably healthier in areas where fishermen communicate openly about what… Read the rest “Fishermen who communicate make the environment healthier.”
Nature reports on Chinese officials having a redo on one of our past environmental successes, seeking out the source of massive plumes of ozone-destroying CFCs detected over two Chinese… Read the rest “China is going back to fighting the ozone hole.”
These are the optical effects you have to be aware of if you’re going to describe the sky when ice-filled cirrus clouds are overhead. Ice crystals refract sunlight… Read the rest “Science Art: Perspective view of the sky…, from “Refraction by Ice Crystals” in Instructions to Marine Meteorological Observers, 1938.”
Nature introduces us to the Greek ancestors of modern humanity – by far the oldest-known Homo sapiens, relatively recently discovered in a cave in southern Greece:
… Read the rest “Skulls of the first Homo sapiens in Europe”Harvati et al.
CNN reports on a JAMA Pediatrics study that found an interesting correlation between decriminalizing cannabis and teenagers’ use of the plant. Recreational use among teens actually… Read the rest “In states where marijuana is legalized, underage use is *dropping*.”
TechCrunch reveals that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – ICE, the agency formed in 2003 as a replacement for the INS – has been quietly analyzing driver’s… Read the rest “ICE is data-mining driver’s license photos.”
Three kinds of squid-kids (I think; at least one is identified as a juvenile), from the research expedition of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars, published in 1912. These… Read the rest “Science Art: Cephalopoda (Figs. 441-443), from The Depths of the Ocean, 1912”
Nature reports on another geneticist – a Russian, this time – who has announced that he, too, will be gene-modifying human babies for HIV-positive mothers:
… Read the rest “Preparing for another set of CRISPR-modified babies.”Molecular biologist
Science Daily reports on the discovery that human skin oils react with ozone in the atmosphere inside your office or house to create “the Pig-Pen Effect” – a cloud of … Read the rest “You are your own threat to your air quality. (Well, one of the threats, anyway.)”
Nature says that our need for silicon – the main substance in computer chips, as well as glass windows, bottles, and things like bricks and mortar – could actually threaten … Read the rest “We’re running out of… sand?”
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