Livia Rayssa

08/12/2022

: Albert and Elsa Einstein photographed as they boarded a ship in Belgium to sail to the United States on Dec. 10, 1930.

08/12/2022

A shy little squishy peeks out from a hidey-shell, where it hid from the photographer 🐙

Some species of octopus, like this coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) find, clean and carry shells or other objects around with them as they forage on the sand or mud of the open sea floor for shrimp, crabs, clams or small fish. They shove themselves inside these cases to protect their soft bodies at the first sign of potential danger.

This requires both intelligence to anticipate and plan and dexterity to carry and assemble the shells, very impressive!

This image was highly commended in National History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

📷 Samuel Sloss

07/12/2022

An ancient jawbone previously thought to have belonged to a Neanderthal may force a rethink on the history of modern humans in Europe.

07/12/2022

: “The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.” – Albert Einstein

07/12/2022

06/12/2022

“Misery is feeling estranged from people I love. Misery is also not working. The two seem to go together.”

06/12/2022

Bats growl at each other like death metal singers 😠🦇🎶🥁

Bats have a tremendous vocal range of about 7 octaves, from 1 to 120 kilohertz! Most mammals have a range of 3 to 4 octaves, so this really is impressive.

Higher frequency bat calls are used for echolocation, whereas lower frequency cries are how bats talk to each other. To make these lower pitched growling calls bats use structures in their throat, called ventricular folds, just like death metal and Tuvan throat singers do!

https://www.sciencealert.com/bats-growl-at-each-other-like-death-metal-singers-and-its-probably-not-out-of-love

📷 K-Kucharska_D-Kucharski/iStock/Getty Images Plus

06/12/2022

Niels Bohr

05/12/2022

This week in science featured mind-altered wolves, gold tongues, and lots more!

Wolves https://bit.ly/3H9631D
Exoplanet https://bit.ly/3OXQc7Y
Gold tongue https://bit.ly/3BqvGHB
Mars https://bit.ly/3Vq6pVP
Fungi https://bit.ly/3FhkUph
Healthy diet https://bit.ly/3H3Td4p

05/12/2022

A newly forming star typically hidden behind clouds of dust has been revealed in a new photo from the James Webb Space Telescope. Learn more here > https://bit.ly/3Xzkt0F

05/12/2022

Wondersofphysics.com

02/12/2022

Remembering Baldwin, who left us 35 years ago today, with his timeless lifeline for despair: https://www.themarginalian.org/2020/04/23/james-baldwin-nothing-personal-4-am/

02/12/2022

Einstein's most famous equation.

02/12/2022

Newborns need to store vast amounts of new information quickly as they learn to navigate the world.

01/12/2022

: Einstein photographed in Princeton on Oct. 18, 1933 with two of his colleagues, Professor Eisenhart, left, and Professor Mayer.

01/12/2022

Wonderful read on the scientific poetics of friendship, attachment, and altruism: https://mailchi.mp/themarginalian/lewis-thomas-friendship

01/12/2022

30/11/2022

Set aside for a moment the obvious evolutionary objection and savor (on his birthday) C.S. Lewis's wonderful spiritual meditation on friendship: https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/09/08/c-s-lewis-four-loves-friendship/

30/11/2022

An ancient bone is helping scientists refine the timeline of humanity's relationship with our best friends – the canine companions that have brightened our lives for millennia.

29/11/2022

A study conducted by scientists from Trinity College Dublin could suggest that quantum processes are involved in the functions of our brains.

29/11/2022

An ultra-powerful scan of the pyramid’s interior could finally reveal the contents of two mysterious voids inside the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

29/11/2022

The November issue of Science Robotics is out!

The cover study features an above-knee prosthetic that adds power to the toe joint to boost motion and degrees of freedom. Other work includes a gnat-inspired sensory control system.

➡️ https://scim.ag/Gv

28/11/2022

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way… As a man is, so he sees.”

28/11/2022

Today, Mars is colloquially known as the 'Red Planet' on account of how its dry, dusty landscape is rich in iron oxide (aka.

28/11/2022

Each Nobel Prize diploma is a unique work of art. The 2022 Nobel Prize laureates will soon be receiving their unique diplomas and medals. Learn more about the Nobel Prize diplomas in this article: https://bit.ly/3GxINr4

27/11/2022

Elon Musk bought Twitter about one month ago and has made changes to the platform's content moderation. That could run afoul of Apple's rules.

27/11/2022

We typed in "cartoon Albert Einstein using Twitter" into an artificial intelligence system that creates artwork. And this is what came out.

27/11/2022

A great day to enjoy some "Pi" – Happy Thanksgiving! 🍂 🍁 🍂 🍁

27/11/2022

Scientists may have just found a major new clue that could help solve the frustrating and ongoing mystery of the migraine.