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Science Art: Dissection of Asterias rubens, by Hans...

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2026/10/05

Starfish anatomy. If you want to know the parts, according to Dutch Wikipedia, they are: Legend 1 Arm 2 Ampullae 3 Radial canal 4 Gonads [...]The post Science Art: Dissection of Asterias rubens, by Hans Hillewaert. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Loud, loud birds

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2026/10/03

404 Media reports on two new contenders for the world’s loudest bird — the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema — both of whom can [...] The post Loud, loud birds first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Jupiter’s Family of Comets, 1898

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2026/09/28

This is a diagram from A New Astronomy For Beginners, a textbook that’s about a century and a quarter old, or a little more. It’s [...] The post Science Art: Jupiter’s Family of Comets, 1898 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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SONG: Your Catalogue

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2026/09/24

SONG: “Your Catalogue”. (OGG version The post SONG: Your Catalogue first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Beebe’s Bathysphäre, 1934

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2026/09/21

This is an image of William Beebe’s bathysphere, as placed on Wikimedia Commons by ETH Bibliothek. It was created by Swiss explorer/geologist/teacher/photographer Leo Wehrli… maybe. [...] The post Science Art: Beebe’s Bathysphäre, 1934 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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First new cat species IDed in a century.

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2026/09/18

NBC News reports on Bolivia’s tilcayo tiger cat, a creature that looks like a cheetah or an ocelot but is smaller than a domestic cat [...] The post First new cat species IDed in a century. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Power of RCA Electron Microscope, May 1955

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2026/09/14

These are diatoms, I think, seen by two different microscopes. As the caption from Popular Electronics says (found here, on archive.org): A fossil particle was [...] The post Science Art: Power of RCA Electron Microscope, May 1955 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Boat-wrecking orcas might only be playing.

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2026/09/11

Science looks at the much-publicized rash of attacks on yachts and other oceangoing vessels by killer whales and finds the whales don’t really seem to [...]The post Boat-wrecking orcas might only be playing. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Immune cells from the neck cause Alzheimer’s in the...

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2026/09/08

In a strange reflection of the last post here, Science has a report on a study at Washington University in St. Louis that’s found immune [...] The post Immune cells from the neck cause Alzheimer’s in the brain first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Accidental vaccines against dementia

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2026/09/07

BBC Science Focus shares an unintended consequence that’s good for us — a vaccine against shingles that has a measurable effect protecting people against dementia [...] The post Accidental vaccines against dementia first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Red Pepper, 1910.

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2026/09/07

Red pepper (Cayenne pepper) will cure almost any case of la grippe within 24 hours, or so they say. At least now we say it [...] The post Science Art: Red Pepper, 1910. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Strange space object: not a planet, orbiting not a star.

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2026/09/05

Mashable reported recently on a mysterious thing in space — a body we don’t yet have a name for. The category-defying object in CD-35 2722 [...]The post Strange space object: not a planet, orbiting not a star. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Sweat against influenza

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2026/09/04

PNAS has a study on a chemical found naturally in sweat that, it turns out, helps protect against viral infection and the symptoms of flu: [...] The post Sweat against influenza first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Roman telescope heads for deep space.

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2026/09/01

NASA reports on the successful launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, now bound on a journey to a LaGrange point — a spot [...] The post Roman telescope heads for deep space. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Figs. 1315-1333 (Various rotary piston...

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2026/08/31

This is a page of figures from (deep breath) The engineer’s sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details : employed in the design [...]The post Science Art: Figs. 1315-1333 (Various rotary piston engines), 1890. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Sturgeons alive today from before Columbus sailed.

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2026/08/21

Wisconsin Public Radio reports that sturgeons have been discovered to live much longer than previously thought, with some individual fish surviving more than 400 years: [...]The post Sturgeons alive today from before Columbus sailed. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Mirounga leonina 01, by H. Zell

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2026/08/17

This is a southern elephant seal, the largest marine mammal that isn’t a whale. They’re about twice as weighty as a northern elephant seal. They [...] The post Science Art: Mirounga leonina 01, by H. Zell first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Broken medieval skeleton first confirmed death by...

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2026/08/14

Science reports on a 14th-century skeleton found in a Scottish castle that looked like it had been hit by a bus … but, archaeologists determined, [...]The post Broken medieval skeleton first confirmed death by trebuchet first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: What can make any tape recorder sound a...

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2026/08/10

This is an ad for Ampex tape from the August 1963 edition of Electronics Australia, a magazine (which I found on archive.org) that also bore [...] The post Science Art: What can make any tape recorder sound a little more like an Ampex?, 1963. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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The Amazon jungle swallowed ancient earthworks and...

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2026/07/30

Science Alert reports on the discovery of a long-gone urban sprawl hidden underneath the “untouched” Amazon rain forest: Between around 600 BCE and 850 CE, [...]The post The Amazon jungle swallowed ancient earthworks and roads. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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