Bonus: “Maunder Minimum”, Cartography, and Hevelius
Earlier this evening, I blogged about Cartography and the Moon, 1647 and Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687). While doing the research, I came across
Category: Science
Cartography and the Moon, 1647
This Old Map… In 1647, Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius published the Selenographia sive Lunae Descriptio (Selenography or the description of
Infographic: Science behind writing drunk and editing sober
Thanks to our editing friends in Australia, The Expert Editor, for this infographic. In this interesting article from The Guardian,
The Brain Dictionary [+ Video]
A groundbreaking new study from the Gallant Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley is transforming how scientists understand language
Word Wednesday: Dord, the mysterious ghost word
The Mysterious “Dord” In 1934, the word “Dord“ appeared in the Second Edition of Webster’s New International Dictionary on page 771, between “dorcopsis”
That “Old Book Smell”
If you ever wandered up into the attic to look at your grandparent’s old books, or through a used bookstore
She blinded me with Science: “Scientists have removed HIV from human immune cells using a new gene-editing technique”
Scanning electron micrograph of an HIV-infected H9 T cell. Credit: NIAID/Flickr Scientists edited HIV-1 DNA out of the genome of
Just the facts … about Fact-checking
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