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SONG: Science (a penitential cover)

19 May 2021 grant 0

SONG: “Science (a penitential cover)”

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: This has no scientific source data; it’s a penitential cover for being late for the April song. It was … Read the rest “SONG: Science (a penitential cover)”

Nobel CRISPR research as a sporting competition – or a war.

9 October 2020 grant 0

Defector, a media outlet I’m rooting for, basically came to be when a bunch of Deadspin staffers refused to follow the corporate edict, “Stick to sports.” Well, they’re… Read the rest “Nobel CRISPR research as a sporting competition – or a war.”

We’re still looking at the effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

7 August 2020 grant 0

Science magazines has some striking visualizations of the atomic bombing’s long-lasting repercussions in their latest issue – and have had their graphics managing editor,… Read the rest “We’re still looking at the effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”

Bored with hanging out at home? Count some penguins (or spot some galaxies) for science.

4 April 2020 grant 0

Scientific American has some suggestions for your self-isolation. There are a few ways you can help researchers out without ever leaving home:

“I think where we can tap into people’s enthusiasm

… Read the rest “Bored with hanging out at home? Count some penguins (or spot some galaxies) for science.”

How do you say “dinosaur” in Zulu?

29 January 2020 grant 0

BBC Future muses over the ways in which language can limit scientific research – when you don’t have the words for a concept:

For Zulu-speaking South African schoolchildren

… Read the rest “How do you say “dinosaur” in Zulu?”

Scientists endorse civil disobedience to get somebody to actually do something about climate change.

16 October 2019 grant 0

Reuters reports on scientists – 400 of them – who have shed the stereotypical dispassionate patience that goes with, you know, gathering data over long periods of time and … Read the rest “Scientists endorse civil disobedience to get somebody to actually do something about climate change.”

from https://publicdomainreview.org/2018/07/26/the-poetry-of-victorian-science/

Science Art: Detail from the bookplate of the English bibliographer, paleontologist and geologist Charles Davies Sherborn, 1890

2 September 2018 grant 0

from https://publicdomainreview.org/2018/07/26/the-poetry-of-victorian-science/Click to embiggen
This image is from the Public Domain Review’s essay, “The Poetry of Victorian Science,” which is as much up this site’s alley as anything on … Read the rest “Science Art: Detail from the bookplate of the English bibliographer, paleontologist and geologist Charles Davies Sherborn, 1890”

Science Art: Puer Capite Elephantino…. from Gaspar Schott, 1662.

1 October 2017 grant 0

from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/63881#/summary

I was going to post something else here, but then I saw this on nemfrog this morning and had to share.

It’s the Elephant-Headed Boy (Puer Capite Elephantino) and the Horned Infant (Infans… Read the rest “Science Art: Puer Capite Elephantino…. from Gaspar Schott, 1662.”

Jordan: Techno-utopia.

7 August 2017 grant 0

Nature reports on Jordan’s new push to make itself into the future scientific powerhouse of the Middle East:

Jordan’s leaders see science, engineering and technology as an engine

… Read the rest “Jordan: Techno-utopia.”

“Complexity and nuance required”: a conservative ecologist.

3 June 2017 grant 0

This isn’t really research, but does speak to what this site has been doing (or pointing at) for the past nine years… so I wanted you, gentle reader, to spend a moment with this.… Read the rest ““Complexity and nuance required”: a conservative ecologist.”

The government is already paying less for science than you think (probably).

28 March 2017 grant 0

Science News looks at how much Americans *think* the government is paying to fund research. If scientists got what people thought they should get, the total would be a pay increase, not a … Read the rest “The government is already paying less for science than you think (probably).”

Science Art: The Albatross Dredging, 1883.

13 February 2017 grant 0

Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate I, p. 111.

This is the science vessel Albatross, a steamship custom-built for the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, what’s now the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service. “The… Read the rest “Science Art: The Albatross Dredging, 1883.”

Government research bodies are going dark.

24 January 2017 grant 0

That’s in the “radio silence” sense, not in the sense of “shuttering their windows” or “turning bleak.” Not yet, anyway. Buzzfeed reported… Read the rest “Government research bodies are going dark.”

SONG: By Numbers

24 January 2017 grant 0

SONG: “By Numbers.”

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE:Germany to probe Nazi-era medical science,” Science, 5 Jan 2017, as used in the post “Scientists start identifying… Read the rest “SONG: By Numbers”

Scientists start identifying the brains taken by Nazi researchers.

6 January 2017 grant 0

Science magazine reports on a new mission for German scientists, who are working to identify the human remains stored for study by Nazi euthanasia centers:

During World War II, as part of

… Read the rest “Scientists start identifying the brains taken by Nazi researchers.”

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