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There are amphibious mice in the Amazon.

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2024/12/27

Reuters reveals the discovery of 27 new species in the Peruvian Amazon, including a strange species of amphibious mice: Scientists also discovered a spiny mouse, a squirrel, eight types … Read the rest “There are amphibious mice in the Amazon.” The post There are amphibious mice in the Amazon. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Mars lander following its nose

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2024/12/27

Advances in Space Research has a novel idea for a Martian lander. Instead of mapping out the likeliest landing spot from way down here on Earth well ahead of time, a lander could be equipped… Read the rest “Mars lander following its nose” The post Mars lander following its nose first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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How do you explain that your kid’s robot friend is...

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2024/12/15

Alas, poor Moxie. Aftermath is making me hope a lot of parents have found copies of The 10th Good Thing About Barney – because thanks [...]The post How do you explain that your kid’s robot friend is dying? first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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SONG: “Einstein’s Idea” (a penitential Johnny Flynn...

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2024/12/13

SONG: “Einstein’s Idea (a penitential Johnny Flynn cover)” . (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This is a penitential cover of a song by actor/singer/songwriter [...] The post SONG: “Einstein’s Idea” (a penitential Johnny Flynn cover) first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Chinese “Wheeler” security robot unveiled.

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2024/12/12

LiveScience reports on Chinese firm DEEP Robotics’ answer to Big Dog – a robot they named “Lynx” that can crawl up hills with long, jointed [...] The post Chinese “Wheeler” security robot unveiled. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Robot manta is faster than ever – and smooth.

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2024/12/10

NC State researchers have used the mighty manta ray as a moving inspiration to design their fastest-yet swimming soft robot: “Two years ago, we demonstrated [...] The post Robot manta is faster than ever – and smooth. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Lindblad Travel ad, 1969.

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2024/12/09

Today, the company that produced this add is known as Lindblad Expeditions, and is so closely associated with National Geographic that it’s often known as [...] The post Science Art: Lindblad Travel ad, 1969. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Personalities count… for wolves.

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2024/12/07

Sentient Science reports on an unexpected flaw that might interfere with human attempts to reintroduce wolves into the wilds of Colorado. The problem isn’t the [...]The post Personalities count… for wolves. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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The birds, the bees, the… wolves?

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2024/12/06

The journal Ecology has some unusual research about wild pollinators. They’ve found that famous species like honeybees and hummingbirds who spread pollen by daintily zipping [...] The post The birds, the bees, the… wolves? first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Mars – Jezero Crater – NASA’s...

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2024/12/01

This is a piece of art, or scientific illustration, I found on the Flickr account of Andrea Luck, though the full credit is NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß/AndreaLuck. [...] The post Science Art: Mars – Jezero Crater – NASA’s Perseverance Landing, Feb 18,2021 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Using rocket science to make “carbon-negative” energy.

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2024/11/02

Heatmap reports on some SpaceX alums — that is, former employees of the space corporation — who gave up on astronauting in favor of making [...]The post Using rocket science to make “carbon-negative” energy. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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They found the body of someone from the sagas.

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2024/10/29

iScience peers back through the mists of time to the Viking Age, when a saga describes a dead man being tossed down a castle’s well. [...] The post They found the body of someone from the sagas. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Hooks, Swivels, &c.

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2024/10/28

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 [...] The post Science Art: Hooks, Swivels, &c. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Daddy-daughter alien decoding.

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2024/10/27

The European Space Agency reports on the team who successfully decoded an “alien” transmission actually sent by a probe orbiting Mars as part of a [...] The post Daddy-daughter alien decoding. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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SONG: “Serotonin” (a penitential girl in red cover)

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2024/10/24

SONG: “Serotonin” (a penitential girl in red cover). (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This isn’t based on any research; it’s a cover of a [...] The post SONG: “Serotonin” (a penitential girl in red cover) first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Social media makes you weird.

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2024/10/23

Or at least, to be a little closer to what this Current Opinion in Psychology study is really saying, social media creates a false sense [...] The post Social media makes you weird. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Kleiner Wasserbär, 1773

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2024/10/21

This is what German pastor Johann August Ephraim Goeze dubbed a “tiny water-bear” when he first spotted it among the animacules in the droplets of [...] The post Science Art: Kleiner Wasserbär, 1773 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Music can be medicine – especially for dementia.

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2024/10/18

Science Alert looks at some pretty interesting findings from Anglia Ruskin University researchers on the effects music can have on human physiology… especially in the [...] The post Music can be medicine – especially for dementia. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown...

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2024/10/14

I’m not sure what to make of this, other than that it’s a worm that somehow feeds on or otherwise inconveniences tigers and monkeys. So [...] The post Science Art: Parasites: a parasitical worm, shown much enlarged, with its hosts, by J. Svoboda after L.W. Sambon. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Two creatures can become one.

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2024/10/13

Science Daily reports on simple organisms called “comb jellies” (a.k.a. “ctenophores”) that have a weird way to overcome physical trauma. If two or more of [...] The post Two creatures can become one. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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