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A new explanation for the missing billion years in...

The Guild of Scientific Troubadours ·

2026/03/06

IFL Science has a new explanation of “The Great Unconformity,” a worldwide phenomenon in which about a billion years of rock deposits are just missing, everywhere around … Read the rest “A new explanation for the missing billion years in Earth’s geologic record.”The post A new explanation for the missing billion years in Earth’s geologic record. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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School bus-sized spinosaur discovered

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2026/03/06

Last month, BBC’s Science Focus reported on an “astonishingly” large dinosaur discovered in the Sahara Desert of Niger — a bus-sized behemoth with a crescent-shaped… Read the rest “School bus-sized spinosaur discovered” The post School bus-sized spinosaur discovered first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Honey bees navigate VERY precisely.

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2026/02/20

PhysOrg considers the flight paths of honeybees in three dimensions and finds that the insects are even more precise than anyone imagined: A team from the University of Freiburg led by neurobiologist … Read the rest “Honey bees navigate VERY precisely.” The post Honey bees navigate VERY precisely. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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A drill older than the pharoahs

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2026/02/20

PhysOrg reports on a very old tool – does it count as a power tool? At any rate, it was made in Egypt thousands of years ago, rediscovered in the 1920s and then, on re-examination now, … Read the rest “A drill older than the pharoahs” The post A drill older than the pharoahs first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Kentrosaurus aethiopicus, by H. Zell.

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2026/02/16

This is an image from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, a German natural history museum, where they have a skeleton of a stegosaurus relative unearthed in Tendaguru, Tanzania. It’s… Read the rest “Science Art: Kentrosaurus aethiopicus, by H. Zell.” The post Science Art: Kentrosaurus aethiopicus, by H. Zell. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Curiosity Approaching Mars, Artist’s...

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2026/02/02

Is it strange how much this resembles a 1950s comic-book cover about dashing flying saucer pilots? And we made it real, and we sent it to space piloted by remote control computers with a crew… Read the rest “Science Art: Curiosity Approaching Mars, Artist’s Concept, 2012”The post Science Art: Curiosity Approaching Mars, Artist’s Concept, 2012 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: From Les raisons des forces mouuantes,...

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2026/01/19

This is a light experiment from the 1600s, which I found in the British Library archive over yonder. The book, Les raisons des forces &c was written by Salomon de Caus. You can find it … Read the rest “Science Art: From Les raisons des forces mouuantes, etc., 1615.” The post Science Art: From Les raisons des forces mouuantes, etc., 1615. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Violet-Rays!, 1917

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2026/01/12

This is an ad from the April 1917 edition of Hugo Gernsback’s The Electrical Experimenter, which you can read on archive.org here. I can only assume this is an early blacklight bulb… Read the rest “Science Art: Violet-Rays!, 1917” The post Science Art: Violet-Rays!, 1917 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Caribbean whales have viruses we’ve never heard of.

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2026/01/11

Science Daily reports on pilot whales and orcas in the Caribbean which DNA analysis has revealed are carrying “invisible” viruses we’ve never detected before: The … Read the rest “Caribbean whales have viruses we’ve never heard of.” The post Caribbean whales have viruses we’ve never heard of. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Diagram of the Comparative Sizes of the...

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2025/12/29

This is one of the 10 illustrations by Dan Beard for John Jacob Aster’s book A Journey In Other Worlds. Well, actually it’s the one diagram. The other nine images show things … Read the rest “Science Art: Diagram of the Comparative Sizes of the Planets, 1895”The post Science Art: Diagram of the Comparative Sizes of the Planets, 1895 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Reversing Alzheimer’s? In mice at least….

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2025/12/25

Science Daily shared news from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center about mice trials that demonstrate memories actually being restored as brain energy levels are brought … Read the rest “Reversing Alzheimer’s? In mice at least….”The post Reversing Alzheimer’s? In mice at least…. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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SONG: Nine Lives to Rigel Five (a penitential Game...

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2025/12/24

SONG: “Nine Lives to Rigel Five (a penitential Game Theory cover)”. (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This is not based on scientific research; it’s a penitential… Read the rest “SONG: Nine Lives to Rigel Five (a penitential Game Theory cover)” The post SONG: Nine Lives to Rigel Five (a penitential Game Theory cover) first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: NIH- NCI cancer research

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2025/12/22

An image of a cell, a neoplasm, from the National Institute of Health’s National Library of Medicine, the “Images from the History of Medicine” collection. A “… Read the rest “Science Art: NIH- NCI cancer research” The post Science Art: NIH- NCI cancer research first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Hold fire in this house bubble wrap

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2025/12/20

Gizmodo had a piece on a new heat-insulating film that’s so efficient, you can hold open flames in your hands and not be burned:Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have … Read the rest “Hold fire in this house bubble wrap” The post Hold fire in this house bubble wrap first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Akrobati, Lokální těžiště a hmotnosti, 2016

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2025/12/14

Biomechanics, with acrobats. A photo illustration by Karel Frydrýšek. The description, translated from Czech, reads: “Four acrobats, chosen coordinate system, local center… Read the rest “Science Art: Akrobati, Lokální těžiště a hmotnosti, 2016” The post Science Art: Akrobati, Lokální těžiště a hmotnosti, 2016 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Bright lichens reveal dino bones

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2025/12/03

Science News reports on a colorful breakthrough in dinosaur hunting, thanks to two lichen species that prefer to grow on dinosaur bones and are a shade of orange that’s bright enough… Read the rest “Bright lichens reveal dino bones”The post Bright lichens reveal dino bones first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Butt breathing for when lungs fail

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2025/12/01

Science News reports on medical doctor and stem cell biologist Takanori Takebe’s quest to build a back-door alternative to invasive, awkward ventilator machines for pneumonia… Read the rest “Butt breathing for when lungs fail” The post Butt breathing for when lungs fail first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Thanksgiving Theremin: Which Theremin Should You Get?

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2025/11/28

Caroline Scruggs enthusiastically shares her five favorite theremins for beginners. The post Thanksgiving Theremin: Which Theremin Should You Get? first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Thanksgiving Theremin: Man or Astro-Man Live in...

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2025/11/27

Look for the theremin at 1:54… if you dare! The post Thanksgiving Theremin: Man or Astro-Man Live in Scotland, 1999 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Plate LXXXI from A natural history of...

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2025/11/23

These are English moths, of the geni Rhodophaea, Oncocera, Aphomia, Galleria, Melliphora, Halias and Sarrothripa. Each species in this book has a description like: The situations where … Read the rest “Science Art: Plate LXXXI from A natural history of British moths, 1872.” The post Science Art: Plate LXXXI from A natural history of British moths, 1872. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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