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zine 3: Joyously, I haunt You
THE BLACK WITCH (Ascalapha odorata), family Erebidae, Managua, Nicaragua
This moth is huge, with females attaining a wingspan of up to 24 cm (9.45 in).
photograph by Copris Lugubris
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A Sparrow-Parts Feathursday
Today we present another Charles Tunnicliffe study, this time of the common House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). As common as these birds are, they never cease to fascinate us. Tunnicliffe (1901-1979), a renowned naturalist artist and illustrator (and also a very fine wood engraver), would sometimes do studies from dead bird specimens, as he apparently has here. He writes:
I am fortunate . . . in knowing an expert ornithologist, who is a fine taxidermist and a keeper of a museum. Sometimes, when a fresh specimen arrived at his museum he would allow me to make my studies of the bird before he made it up into a skin for his cabinet collection.
These studies are reproduced in Bird Portraiture (“How To Do It” Series No. 35), published in London and New York by The Studio in 1945, another donation from our friend Tony Drehfal.
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The versatile cannabis plant could, some scientists think, one day be useful for lunar and Martian colonists. For now, researchers will subj
On Monday, June 23, shortly after 9 pm UTC, hundreds of seeds, fungi, algae, and human DNA samples, many of which have never been exposed to space before, will make their maiden voyage aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the mission is hoping to be the first to send plant tissues and seeds into a polar low Earth orbit and back, to allow scientists to study how biological systems are affected by the harsh levels of radiation found high above Earth’s poles. The information they glean, researchers hope, could one day help spacefarers grow crops on other planets.
The samples will travel in a small biological incubator called MayaSat-1, developed by the Genoplant Research Institute, a Slovenian aerospace company specializing in space-based biological research. At an altitude above 500 kilometers, the incubator, housed inside a larger capsule, will cross zones near the North and South poles where concentrations of charged particles emitted by the sun are high due to the Earth’s magnetic field. When it passes through these regions, it will be exposed to up to 100 times more radiation than objects orbiting at similar altitudes around the equator, like the International Space Station (ISS). The capsule will orbit Earth three times, in a mission lasting around three hours, before re-entering the atmosphere and splash-landing in the Pacific Ocean. If all goes to plan, the incubator will be collected from a location around nine hours off the coast of Hawaii and shipped back to Europe, where the real exploration will begin.
From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their reflected forms.
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.
After her adventures in Wonderland, the fictional Alice stepped through the mirror above her fireplace in Lewis Carroll’s 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass to discover how the reflected realm differed from her own. She found that the books were all written in reverse, and the people were “living backwards,” navigating a world where effects preceded their causes.
When objects appear different in the mirror, scientists call them chiral. Hands, for instance, are chiral. Imagine Alice trying to shake hands with her reflection. A right hand in mirror-world becomes a left hand, and there’s no way to align the two perfectly for a handshake because the fingers bend the wrong way. (In fact, the word “chirality” originates from the Greek word for “hand.”)
Alice’s experience reflects something deep about our own universe: Everything is not the same through the looking glass. The behavior of many familiar objects, from molecules to elementary particles, depends on which mirror-image version we interact with.
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✨🧚♀️Introducing Fairytale Fridays! 🧚♂️✨
Every Friday, we're opening the enchanted covers of rare and vintage children's books from our Special Collections to bring you a glimpse into the magical world of faeries, folk tales, and timeless storytelling. From beautifully illustrated editions to classic tales passed down through generations, each week we'll highlight a gem from the stacks that once sparked imaginations and still do today!
This week's pick is My Bookhouse: Through Fairy Halls, edited by Olive Beaupré Miller (1883-1968) and published in 1920 by Miller's own The Bookhouse for Children in Chicago. It combines classic tales, poetry, nursery rhymes, and fables from around the world, beautifully illustrated by talented artists including Maud and Miska Petersham and Garada Clark Riley. Part of the treasured My Bookhouse series, this 3rd volume opens the door to "fairy Halls" filled with timeless folk and fairy stories.
Author and editor Olive Beaupré Miller, a resident of Winnetka, Illinois, founded The Bookhouse for Children after struggling to find suitable stories to share with her daughter. She believed that quality children's literature should be well-crafted, carry a strong moral message, and align with the child's stage of development. When existing works didn’t meet these standards, she often wrote her own. Building on the positive reception of her earlier publications, she and her husband launched The Bookhouse for Children in 1919. The company specialized in curated children's stories that reflected Miller’s values and were sold through door-to-door subscriptions.
🌟So, dust off your imagination and join us on this magical journey through the pages of history. Who knows what wonders await you in the fairy halls! 🧚✨
And a very happy 20th birthday to my own real-life storybook hero, my son Wyatt! May your next chapter be the best one yet! 🎂🎉
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--Melissa, Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
Luca Pacioli – Scientist of the Day
Luca Pacioli, a Tuscan mathematician and Franciscan friar, died on June 19, 1517, at about age 70.
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A Shore and Water Bird Feathursday
Yesterday we brought you a wood engraving and last week we showcased an illustration by the noted British naturalist artist and illustrator Charles Tunnicliffe (1901-1979). Today we present paintings by Tunnicliffe of shore and water birds as reproduced in Bird Portraiture (“How To Do It” Series No. 35), published in London and New York by The Studio in 1945. Shown here are the:
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
Eurasian Widgeon (Mareca penelope)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Our copy of Bird Portraiture is from the collection of the Library of the Akron Art Institute with its bookplate, and is a gift to UWM Special Collections from our friend Tony Drehfal.
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