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Cats will play fetch too.

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2024/09/06

The Conversation extends the dog-owner’s friendly game of fetch to feline friends who, researchers have found, can also enjoy bringing back toys that are thrown [...]The post Cats will play fetch too. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Take a look inside by dyeing your skin transparent.

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2024/09/06

The Guardian reveals a … well, a revealing discovery, that a common food dye can be used to make skin and muscle transparent enough for [...] The post Take a look inside by dyeing your skin transparent. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Sagitta atlantica and Sagitta equatoria,...

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2024/09/01

These are illustrations from “Notes on Species of Sagitta Collected on a Voyage from England to Australia” by B.B. Gray, as published in The Proceedings [...]The post Science Art: Sagitta atlantica and Sagitta equatoria, 1922. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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SONG: Oceans Under Mars

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2024/08/24

SONG: “Oceans Under Mars”. (WAV version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: PhysOrg, 12 Aug 2024, “Scientists find oceans of water on Mars. It’s just too deep [...]The post SONG: Oceans Under Mars first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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The Wow! signal probably wasn’t aliens (but is still...

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2024/08/21

Scientific American has a new explanation for the famous “Wow!” signal – the orderly burst of focused radio energy recorded in 1977 that seemed like [...] The post The Wow! signal probably wasn’t aliens (but is still wow). first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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There are oceans on Mars – but they’re too deep to...

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2024/08/21

PhysOrg says there’s liquid water on Mars (great!) but (aw!) it’s too far underground to tap: The data from NASA’s Insight lander allowed the scientists [...] The post There are oceans on Mars – but they’re too deep to get to. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: The Turney Vario Variable Condenser, 1913.

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2024/08/19

This is from a photographically illustrated advertisement in Hugo Gernsback’s magazine The Electrical Experimenter. The description of this item is as follows: For extreme measurements [...] The post Science Art: The Turney Vario Variable Condenser, 1913. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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The real “paleo diet” was mostly vegetarian.

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2024/08/16

CNN has reported on prehistoric remains found in North Africa that reveal more evidence that our primordial ancestors didn’t really eat a meat-heavy diet, but [...] The post The real “paleo diet” was mostly vegetarian. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Prevent AIDS with a couple shots a year.

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2024/08/16

NPR reports on a big step forward in keeping a deadly disease at bay, with a new treatment for preventing AIDS transmission that, rather than [...] The post Prevent AIDS with a couple shots a year. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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“Hobbits” got smaller on their island.

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2024/08/13

Scientific American has new information on very old remains of Homo floresiensis, the diminutive prehistoric humans who lived on the island of Flores around 700,000 [...] The post “Hobbits” got smaller on their island. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Ball-shaped blob of California black...

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2024/08/11

This is a biological photo that is also a mathematical photo. It’s a ball of worms that Georgia Tech researchers were studying, because, as it [...] The post Science Art: Ball-shaped blob of California black worms, 2023. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Smithsonite, from the Smithsonian...

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2024/08/04

This is a glowing hunk of rock, lit from within. The rock was found in the Kelly Mine in Magadela, New Mexico. Smithsonite is a [...]The post Science Art: Smithsonite, from the Smithsonian Natural Museum of Natural History. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Shingles vaccine fights dementia.

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2024/07/29

Forbes has a strange but true example of unintended (but welcome) consequences. It seems like Shingrix, the new shingles vaccine, also offers protection against developing [...] The post Shingles vaccine fights dementia. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Saturn V-Shuttle-Ares IV comparison, by...

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2024/07/28

Some rockets are bigger than others. I think this illustration (which I found here, on Wikimedia Commons) is maybe a better depiction of how space [...]The post Science Art: Saturn V-Shuttle-Ares IV comparison, by Bchan. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Collection of various birds from A...

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2024/07/21

This is an educational poster, retouched by Wikimedia Commons user Rawpixel, of birds. It’s taken from Oliver Goldsmith’s book A History of the Earth and [...]The post Science Art: Collection of various birds from A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 1820. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: The Furnaces of the World…., 1912

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2024/06/23

This is a Popular Mechanics illustration from 102 years ago that sounds like it could have been written today. Warnings about industrial pollution increasing air [...]The post Science Art: The Furnaces of the World…., 1912 first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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SONG: Low Orbit Ion Cannon (a penitential Emperor X...

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2024/06/23

SONG: “Low Orbit Ion Cannon” (a penitential Emperor X cover). ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: This isn’t based on any research; it’s a cover of an Emperor [...] The post SONG: Low Orbit Ion Cannon (a penitential Emperor X cover) first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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SONG: Migration Roads

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2024/06/23

SONG: “Migration Roads”. (available as .ogg here) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on LiveScience, 3 May 2024, “1st Americans came over in 4 different waves from [...] The post SONG: Migration Roads first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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Science Art: Detaching Roll Mechanism, 1912.

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2024/06/16

This is a device from Cotton Card-Room Machinery, a catalog published by Whitlin Machine Works. I can’t say much about how it works because I’ve [...] The post Science Art: Detaching Roll Mechanism, 1912. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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A brand new tiny deer.

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2024/06/15

Awww. Sci News has reported on the historic discovery of a new deer species in Peru. The short-legged dwarf deer Pudella carlae is the first [...]The post A brand new tiny deer. first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.

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