Whale graveyard reveals unknown prehistoric species.
This has been in a few different sources, including Australia’s ABC News, but the crew of a scientific submersible celebrated discovering an active “whalefall” in […]
engineering
Science 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. Belgrand.)”. This is engineering from the third quarter […]
Science Art: Azimuth and Altitude Instrument, c. 1876
This is an illustration from the Great Exhibition, 1876, or The great Centennial exhibition critically described and illustrated, by Phillip T. Sandhurst, which you can […]
Science Art: New Patent Hot Air Motors…, 1894
This is an ad from the back cover of Science Gossip magazine, a publication which I discovered via Nemfrog. These “hot-air motors” were made by […]
Sand battery takes over heating duties for Finnish city.
News Atlas reports on an industrial-scale sand battery that is replacing a woodchip-fired power plant in Pornainen, Finland, with clean heat and energy: It’s set […]
Science Art: First missile launched at Cape Canaveral, July 24, 1950.
A photo from the San Diego Air and Space Museum’s collection of Images from NASA/Cape Canaveral. Here are a couple of quotes from a recent […]
SONG: Something’s Knocking on the Door
SONG: “Something’s Knocking on the Door”. (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “China’s Bold Plan Unveiled: A Deep-Sea Space Station 6560 Feet Underwater […]
Science Art: The “Rotterdam Ship” was one of the earliest submarines…, 1934
This image is actually much older than 1934; it’s just that that is when William Beebe published it (courtesy of the New York Public Library) […]
Science Art: Turbines and Pumps, Manchester, 1882.
This is a waterwork as the Industrial Revolution hit full swing. It’s the final image in a book I’ve used here before, A practical treatise […]
SONG: Titanium Heart
SONG: “Titanium Heart”. (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “Man survives with titanium heart for 100 days — a world first,” Nature, 13 […]
Science Art: Woltmann’s Tachometer, 1882
Oh, hydrology. This is a device to measure the speed of water flow, as described in A practical treatise on hydraulic and water-supply engineering: relating […]
SONG: They Can Make It Rain Bombs (a penitential Camper Van Chadbourne cover)
SONG: “They Can Make It Rain Bombs” . (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This isn’t based on any recent research. It’s a penitential cover […]
Science Art: Cockpit view of the Macchi MC.200 Saetta, 2009
This image came from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force with the less-easy-to-understand name (or “designation”) “210921-F-AU145-2009.” But it’s the cockpit of an […]
Using rocket science to make “carbon-negative” energy.
Heatmap reports on some SpaceX alums — that is, former employees of the space corporation — who gave up on astronauting in favor of making […]
Science Art: Hooks, Swivels, &c.
Need a lift? These are hooks designed for lifting … well, whatever you need picked up. I found them in (deep breath): The engineer’s sketch-book […]