The Guild of Scientific Troubadours

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Scientific illustration of an osprey flying toward the camera, banking into a flared diagonal, poised to hunt. NOAA/NMFS/West Coast region

Science Art: Osprey in Flight, by Enrique Patino, 2011

16 July 2023 grant 0

The osprey is also known as the fish hawk, and as Pandion haliaetus, a name that comes from two parts: King Pandion II, the eighth king of Athens and grandfather of Theseus, and ἁλιάετος haliáetos… Read the rest “Science Art: Osprey in Flight, by Enrique Patino, 2011”

Science Art: Painted Bunting, by John James Audubon, 1841

21 May 2023 grant 0

These are painted buntings, “1.2.3. males in different states of plumage and 4. female” in the branches of a chickasaw wild plum, as displayed in The birds of America : from … Read the rest “Science Art: Painted Bunting, by John James Audubon, 1841”

Scientific illustration of an auk, as the title page for the American Ornithologists' Union journal The Auk, from the early 20th century

Science Art: Title Page, The Auk, Vol. XXXI, 1914.

29 May 2022 grant 0

The American Ornithologists’ Union published a journal called The Auk in 1914, with articles in it like “A Plea for the Conservation of the Eider,” and “The Fallacy… Read the rest “Science Art: Title Page, The Auk, Vol. XXXI, 1914.”

They’ve mapped the part of a bird’s brain that gives them consciousness like ours.

1 October 2020 grant 0

Science magazine shares an anatomical survey of birds’ brains that reveals details of the brain section that appears to function like our cerebral cortex – giving birds a … Read the rest “They’ve mapped the part of a bird’s brain that gives them consciousness like ours.”

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Honorary Troubadours
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  • Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist who makes music from cosmic radio sources.
  • Dr. Jim Webb, astronomy professor and acoustic guitarist.
  • Artichoke, the band behind 26 Scientists, Vols. I and II.
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