Science Art: Figure 22, from Mammalian Anatomy With Special Reference to the Cat by Alvin Davison, Ph.D., 1927
From Mammalian Anatomy With Special Reference to the Cat by Alvin Davison, Ph.D., 1927. Found on archive.org.
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When the coconut crabs came for Earhart.
I’ve been following this bit of research for years, and now Discovery News has an update. TIGHAR has shed a grim, haunting light on Amelia Earhart’s last days as a castaway:… Read the rest “When the coconut crabs came for Earhart.”
Bacteria from the dead….
National Geographic goes beyond the veil for a close look at the life-bringing secrets of resurrection bacteria:
… Read the rest “Bacteria from the dead….”Using such clues, D. radiodurans can piece together all of its DNA in about
It’s ALIVE!
BBC (among other outlets) has gotten all excited over the world’s first artificial life form:
… Read the rest “It’s ALIVE!”The team was led by Dr Craig Venter of the J Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in Maryland
Science Art: ATP Synthase, Essential Cell Biology.
This video is from Essential Cell Biology, 3rd Edition by Alberts, Bray, Hopkin, Johnson, Lewis, Raff and Roberts (and apparently not from Tokyo Institute of Technology as credited elsewhere).… Read the rest “Science Art: ATP Synthase, Essential Cell Biology.”
Life is dangerous.
NPR has introduced me to the Medea Principle; just as the Gaia Principle states that a planet can be thought of as a single living organism, this idea states that the single biggest threat … Read the rest “Life is dangerous.”
Mosquito nose transplants.
So Science Daily says – and they don’t seem to be making this up – that scientists are stopping malaria by transplanting mosquitoes’ noses into frog eggs and fruit… Read the rest “Mosquito nose transplants.”
Science Art: Aus dem Schoenheitsalbum der Natur by Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel, comparing natural forms for his “Beauty-album of Nature.” If you haven’t seen Proteus yet, you really should – as well as telling the story of … Read the rest “Science Art: Aus dem Schoenheitsalbum der Natur by Ernst Haeckel”
Sperm of a feather…
NPR takes a look at the scrum that happens when sperm team up to reach their ultimate goal:
… Read the rest “Sperm of a feather…”Fisher wondered whether sperm from two different male mice would cooperate indiscriminately or
Test-tube T-bones.
They’ll change the world, says H+, an online magazine that can’t get enough of the fake steak concept:
… Read the rest “Test-tube T-bones.”In-Vitro Meat… will appear in 3-10 years as a cheaper, healthier,
Junk food, junk mood.
BBC reports on new data supporting a link between highly processed food and depression:
… Read the rest “Junk food, junk mood.”[The University College London team] split the participants into two types of diet – those
The Gold Bug
EurekAlert tells me these dudes in Australia are breeding their fortunes after finding a germ that, in effect, lays golden eggs:
… Read the rest “The Gold Bug”“A number of years ago we discovered that the metal-resistant
Wooden bones.
DiscoveryNews leaves me rooted to the spot with a sprouting fascination in the latest medical implant – bones made from wood:
… Read the rest “Wooden bones.”The researchers chose wood because it closely resemble
We’re not brilliant, but…
LiveScience tells us that we really do glow:
… Read the rest “We’re not brilliant, but…”To learn more about this faint visible light, scientists in Japan employed extraordinarily sensitive cameras capable of detecting single
Oh. That smell.
New Scientist reacquaints us with the smell of fear:
… Read the rest “Oh. That smell.”Lilianne Mujica-Parodi, a cognitive neuroscientist at Stony Brook University in New York and colleagues collected sweat from the