The Guild of Scientific Troubadours https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com ex scientia, sono Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:34:24 +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 SONG: We Ate Each Other’s Wings https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/04/24/song-we-ate-each-others-wings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=song-we-ate-each-others-wings Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:34:24 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15057 SONG: “We Ate Each Other’s Wings”. (OGG version here.)

ARTIST: grant.

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]]> SONG: “We Ate Each Other’s Wings”. (OGG version here.)

ARTIST: grant.

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour)noSONG: “We Ate Each Other’s Wings”. (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “These roaches form exclusive long-term relationships after eating… Read the rest “SONG: We Ate Each Other’s Wings” The post SONG: We Ate Each Other’s Wings first appeared on The Guild of Scientific Troubadours.grant balfourSONG: “We Ate Each Other’s Wings”. (OGG version here.) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: Based on “These roaches form exclusive long-term relationships after eating… Read the rest “SONG: We Ate Each Other’s Wings” The post SONG: We Ate Each Other’s Wings 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 Science Art: Mars – Cloudy North Polar Cap, by Andrea Luck https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/04/20/science-art-mars-cloudy-north-polar-cap-by-andrea-luck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-art-mars-cloudy-north-polar-cap-by-andrea-luck Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:04:06 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15054 Really, I guess the full title of this should be: Mars – Cloudy North Polar Cap – CNSA Tianwen-1.

“CNSA” is the China National Space Administration – this… Read the rest “Science Art: Mars – Cloudy North Polar Cap, by Andrea Luck”

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]]> Really, I guess the full title of this should be: Mars – Cloudy North Polar Cap – CNSA Tianwen-1.

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) The sacred stone axes hunted cosmic game https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/04/17/the-sacred-stone-axes-hunted-cosmic-game/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sacred-stone-axes-hunted-cosmic-game Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:30:38 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15052 IFL Science looks back in time, studying handaxes made by Homo erectus from unlikely materials like crystals or fossils … which seem likely to have been created for religious reasons,… Read the rest “The sacred stone axes hunted cosmic game”

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]]> IFL Science looks back in time, studying handaxes made by Homo erectus from unlikely materials like crystals or fossils … which seem likely to have been created for religious reasons,… Read the rest “The sacred stone axes hunted cosmic game”

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) Diagnosed by your contact lens https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/04/15/contact-lens-pharmacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=contact-lens-pharmacy Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:29:00 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15050 Science Adviser looks at medical advice given by an optometrist on a contact lens:

When your optometrist asks you to look through a machine at the red hot air balloon in the distance and warns

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]]> Science Adviser looks at medical advice given by an optometrist on a contact lens:

When your optometrist asks you to look through a machine at the red hot air balloon in the distance and warns

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) The Carroll Crater https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/04/14/the-carroll-crater/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-carroll-crater Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:28:21 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15048 Mashable is one of the outlets that reported on the naming of a newly identified lunar crater by the astronauts of the Artemis mission… one of the most moving stories from this voyage… Read the rest “The Carroll Crater”

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]]> Mashable is one of the outlets that reported on the naming of a newly identified lunar crater by the astronauts of the Artemis mission… one of the most moving stories from this voyage… Read the rest “The Carroll Crater”

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) Science Art: Earth-moon Relationship MSC, HOUSTON, TX https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/04/13/science-art-earth-moon-relationship-msc-houston-tx/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-art-earth-moon-relationship-msc-houston-tx Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:10:06 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15043 This is a line drawing of the Apollo mission’s lunar module reaching the Moon, staying a while, and then coming back home.

It’s a few decades old now. I think we’re getting… Read the rest “Science Art: Earth-moon Relationship MSC, HOUSTON, TX”

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]]> This is a line drawing of the Apollo mission’s lunar module reaching the Moon, staying a while, and then coming back home.

It’s a few decades old now. I think we’re getting… Read the rest “Science Art: Earth-moon Relationship MSC, HOUSTON, TX”

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) France ditches Windows for Linux https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/04/11/france-ditches-windows-for-linux/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=france-ditches-windows-for-linux Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:46:22 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15041 Not the people; the country. Techcrunch reports on a European government switching operating systems to avoid relying on U.S. tech:

Linux is an open source operating system that is free

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]]> Not the people; the country. Techcrunch reports on a European government switching operating systems to avoid relying on U.S. tech:

Linux is an open source operating system that is free

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant balfour) Science Art: Chromista https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/2026/04/06/science-art-chromista/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-art-chromista Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:47:44 +0000 https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/?p=15035 An illustration from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service “Biological Illustration” collection of chromista, which is a proposed kingdom of life. As in animal, vegetable,… Read the rest “Science Art: Chromista”

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]]> An illustration from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service “Biological Illustration” collection of chromista, which is a proposed kingdom of life. As in animal, vegetable,… Read the rest “Science Art: Chromista”

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]]> guildmaster@guildofscientifictroubadours.com (grant 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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