The Guild of Scientific Troubadours https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com ex scientia, sono Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:57:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-favicon5-32x32.png The Guild of Scientific Troubadours https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com 32 32 noscience,scientific,geek,geeky,geekcore,lo,fi,indie,research,discovery,tech,technology,biology,archaeology,geology,anthropology,experiment,study,scientist,zoology,arithmetic,physics,engineering,astronomy,geneticsSongs of science. Songs of science. grant balfourguildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.comgrant balfour Hammerheads “thermal hustle” for better hunting https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/04/04/hammerheads-thermal-hustle-for-better-hunting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hammerheads-thermal-hustle-for-better-hunting Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:13:10 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15031 BBC’s Discover Wildlife reports on a shark study that finds some simple ways hammerhead sharks are shifting to cope with the warming seas from climate change:

All living things have

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]]> BBC’s Discover Wildlife reports on a shark study that finds some simple ways hammerhead sharks are shifting to cope with the warming seas from climate change:

All living things have

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) New star tells oldest story, 12 billion years later https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/04/03/new-star-tells-oldest-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-star-tells-oldest-story Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:58:11 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15028 Mashable reports on a newly discovered star that can serve as a time capsule for the some of the earliest days of the universe, made out of remnants of one of the first stars ever to wink on and… Read the rest “New star tells oldest story, 12 billion years later”

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]]> Mashable reports on a newly discovered star that can serve as a time capsule for the some of the earliest days of the universe, made out of remnants of one of the first stars ever to wink on and… Read the rest “New star tells oldest story, 12 billion years later”

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) Science Art: Eyes of Epeira conica x30, 1884 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/03/30/science-art-eyes-of-epeira-conica-x30-1884/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-art-eyes-of-epeira-conica-x30-1884 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:51:01 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15024 A spider’s face seen at 30-times magnification, from the February 1884 issue of Science Gossip.

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]]> A spider’s face seen at 30-times magnification, from the February 1884 issue of Science Gossip.

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) Brains keep developing at every age. https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/03/27/brains-keep-developing-at-every-age/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brains-keep-developing-at-every-age Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:18:47 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15022 Nature reports on the first atlas of brain development — a map of where and when new cells develop in human brains — and the surprising finding that human brains never stop developing,… Read the rest “Brains keep developing at every age.”

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]]> Nature reports on the first atlas of brain development — a map of where and when new cells develop in human brains — and the surprising finding that human brains never stop developing,… Read the rest “Brains keep developing at every age.”

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) SONG: Birds Are Digging https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/03/25/song-birds-are-digging/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=song-birds-are-digging Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:28:30 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15016 SONG: “Birds Are Digging”. (OGG version here.)

ARTIST: grant.

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour)noSONG: “Birds Are Digging”. (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “How A Black Fossil Digger Became a Superstar in the Very White World of Paleontology”… Read the rest “SONG: Birds Are Digging” The post SONG: Birds Are Digging first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.grant balfourSONG: “Birds Are Digging”. (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “How A Black Fossil Digger Became a Superstar in the Very White World of Paleontology”… Read the rest “SONG: Birds Are Digging” The post SONG: Birds Are Digging first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.science,scientific,geek,geeky,geekcore,lo,fi,indie,research,discovery,tech,technology,biology,archaeology,geology,anthropology,experiment,study,scientist,zoology,arithmetic,physics,engineering,astronomy,genetics Cockroaches bond by eating each other’s wings. https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/03/23/cockroaches-bond-by-eating-each-others-wings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cockroaches-bond-by-eating-each-others-wings Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:25:04 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15013 NPR shares romance among the insects with research that shows at least one species of cockroach, Salganea taiwanensis, forms long-term pair-bonds. And, poetically, these cockroach … Read the rest “Cockroaches bond by eating each other’s wings.”

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]]> NPR shares romance among the insects with research that shows at least one species of cockroach, Salganea taiwanensis, forms long-term pair-bonds. And, poetically, these cockroach … Read the rest “Cockroaches bond by eating each other’s wings.”

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) Science Art: OSIRIS-REx after SRC release, 2023 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/03/23/science-art-osiris-rex-after-src-release-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-art-osiris-rex-after-src-release-2023 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:26:00 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15010 This is a still from an animation showing what a larger spaceship does after firing a small capsule toward Earth. The capsule is filled with samples from an asteroid.

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]]> This is a still from an animation showing what a larger spaceship does after firing a small capsule toward Earth. The capsule is filled with samples from an asteroid.

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) Palm-sized glass can store 2 million books’ worth of data https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/03/19/palm-sized-glass-can-store-2-million-books-worth-of-data/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palm-sized-glass-can-store-2-million-books-worth-of-data Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:31:37 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15008 PhysOrg looks through a Microsoft Research Labs breakthrough called Silica that can use pulses of laser light to inscribe ordinary glass blocks so that they’ll work as a data-storage… Read the rest “Palm-sized glass can store 2 million books’ worth of data”

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]]> PhysOrg looks through a Microsoft Research Labs breakthrough called Silica that can use pulses of laser light to inscribe ordinary glass blocks so that they’ll work as a data-storage… Read the rest “Palm-sized glass can store 2 million books’ worth of data”

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) Life that can survive a full-on asteroid impact. https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/03/17/life-that-can-survive-a-full-on-asteroid-impact/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=life-that-can-survive-a-full-on-asteroid-impact Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:20:39 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15005 Mashable discusses the discovery at Johns Hopkins of microbes that are hardy enough to have traveled across the vacuum of space and then survived the planet-breaking force of an asteroid… Read the rest “Life that can survive a full-on asteroid impact.”

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]]> Mashable discusses the discovery at Johns Hopkins of microbes that are hardy enough to have traveled across the vacuum of space and then survived the planet-breaking force of an asteroid… Read the rest “Life that can survive a full-on asteroid impact.”

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) Science Art: Stand-Pipe, Boston, 1882 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/03/16/science-art-stand-pipe-boston-1882/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-art-stand-pipe-boston-1882 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:44:25 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=14999 A hydrological edifice. As explained in A practical treatise on hydraulic and water-supply engineering: relating to the hydrology, hydrodynamics, and practical construction of water… Read the rest “Science Art: Stand-Pipe, Boston, 1882”

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