Sinking Feeling
What are sinkholes?
When there is no way for water to drain externally from the ground it dissolves caverns in the bedrock causing the ruptures.
Read more at
https://www.livescience.com/44123-what-are-sinkholes.html
Sinking Feeling
What are sinkholes?
When there is no way for water to drain externally from the ground it dissolves caverns in the bedrock causing the ruptures.
Read more at https://www.livescience.com/44123-what-are-sinkholes.html
All 4 Odd Science books are available now!
Out in the UK with @pavilionchildrens and available in the US this October from @sterlingkids !
I’m a fun guy
Mushrooms that eat plastic!
While scientists in India have been searching for microbes to degrade polythene/plastic they discovered fungi in 12 different locations capable of doing the job.
Read more at https://weather.com/en-IN/india/pollution/news/2019-04-29-can-tiny-fungi-be-a-solution-to-our-giant-plastic-problem
We’re back!
Hello! It’s been awhile. I hope you are all doing well.
As you may know I took a brief break from this project to work on turning it into a series of 4 children’s books under the title Odd Science last year with Pavilion in the UK. The books arrive in the US this Fall and to celebrate I’ve decided to start posting on here again starting this Saturday!
You can buy a book now on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=james+olstein+odd+science&ref=nb_sb_noss
Big news! I’ve turned my science illustrations into a series of children’s books! The first Odd Science: Amazing Inventions is out on 09/06/18 in the UK with Pavilion Children’s Books.
you can pre-order here https://www.oddsciencebook.com/ or follow along on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jamesolsteinillustration/
Illustrated Science prints are now available on my website at http://jamesolstein.com/shop/ From Nov 25 - 27 all orders are 25% off when you use the code BIZ at checkout! Get yours now!
Illustrated Science shirts are back on Cotton Bureau! Get your here https://cottonbureau.com/people/james-olstein
Illustrated Science 153: Drumming up Friends
Scientists found that male cockatoos in Australia make their own drumsticks and their own music. Each bird plays it’s own different rhythm at it’s own different speed to attract a mate.
(Source: identity-of-design, via identity-of-design)
Illustrated Science 153: Easy Being Green
The fossil of the Psittacosaurus (parrot-lizard) was found to show evidence of countershading. A type of camouflage that allowed it to avoid larger dinosaurs.
Illustrated Science 152: Spot On
Jupiter’s red spot is actually a large hurricane. At it’s largest documented size you could fit three other planets inside of the storm.
Illustrated Science 151: Power Plant
To combat global warming scientists in Germany have been working to engineer plants that eat and process carbon at an accelerated rate.
Illustrated Science 150: They see me rovin’ …
The first rover landed on Mars 20 years ago this month! Since then 8 other robots have visited Mars, 5 are still active.
Illustrated Science 149: Floss-a-raptor
When studying the fossils of Hadrosaurs (Duck-billed dinosaurs) with a microscope scientists found that the dinosaur had around 300 teeth.