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Month: November 2013

Thanksgiving Theremin: Tigres de Verre, by Tristran Murail.

29 November 2013 grant 0

Yes, technically not a theremin, but one of its children.

Bruno Perrault played the ondes Martenot and Matteo Ramon Arevalos played the piano, recorded on 21 February 2006.

Murail is a “spectral”… Read the rest “Thanksgiving Theremin: Tigres de Verre, by Tristran Murail.”

Thanksgiving Theremin: Space Vocalise by the Armenian State Chamber Orchestra, Satenik Hakobyan-Ulikhanyan soloist.

28 November 2013 grant 0

Martin Ulikhanyan composed this dreamy piece, which was recorded on 16 March 2013, conducted by Zaven Vardanyan. Ulikhanyan has a YouTube channel and a Soundcloud account.

Happy listening.… Read the rest “Thanksgiving Theremin: Space Vocalise by the Armenian State Chamber Orchestra, Satenik Hakobyan-Ulikhanyan soloist.”

Mega-predator turkey ancestor discovered – a dinosaur that could chomp T. rex.

27 November 2013 grant 0

Untamed Science has the skinny on Siats meekerorum, an early Cretaceous predator the size of a bus:

So imagine a world where the giant Siats is top dog, and ancestors of the T. rex (tyrannosaurs)

… Read the rest “Mega-predator turkey ancestor discovered – a dinosaur that could chomp T. rex.”

Waterproof? *METAL* proof.

26 November 2013 grant 0

Remember the superhero fashion designer in The Incredibles? Nature unfolds the true story of a “super-material” that repels liquids so well, it resists molten metal:

Kripa

… Read the rest “Waterproof? *METAL* proof.”

Science Art: Topography of a Duck, by Maynard F. Reece.

24 November 2013 grant 0

topoofduck

From the book Waterfowl in Iowa, by Jack W. Musgrove and Mary R. Musgrove, published by the Iowa State Conservation Commission.

I found this self-explanatory duck, marl to tail, on Scientific… Read the rest “Science Art: Topography of a Duck, by Maynard F. Reece.”

Science Art: The Sodium D-line Observed with a Four-Prism Spectroscope by Florence Museo FirST

24 November 2013 grant 0


One of a series of videos in which white-gloved technicians from the Florence Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica (Science and Technics Foundation) operate antique scientific equipment, demonstrating… Read the rest “Science Art: The Sodium D-line Observed with a Four-Prism Spectroscope by Florence Museo FirST”

SONG: “Kiss the Earth”

24 November 2013 grant 0

SONG: “Kiss the Earth” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “World’s biggest dinosaur takes first steps… Read the rest “SONG: “Kiss the Earth””

Manned Mars mission in billionaire’s sights.

22 November 2013 grant 0

Washington Post reflects on the future of space exploration. Rather than the will of a great nation, today it takes a determined billionaire to send a man to Mars:

Billionaire Dennis Tito,

… Read the rest “Manned Mars mission in billionaire’s sights.”

Cavemen & modern humans… they got it on.

21 November 2013 grant 0

DNA analysis presented at the Royal Society in London shows, Nature says in the most delicate way possible, that ancient humans were getting it on more than we suspected:

The ancient genomes,

… Read the rest “Cavemen & modern humans… they got it on.”

Dual dinosaurs don’t sell?

20 November 2013 grant 0

Reuters carries the shocking story that a pair of precious paleontological predators just didn’t excite auction bidders:

Fossils of two dinosaurs locked in a death match failed

… Read the rest “Dual dinosaurs don’t sell?”

Godspeed, MAVEN. Let us know what the weather’s like up there….

19 November 2013 grant 0

NASA has just taken chatting about the weather to a new level with MAVEN, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution rocket, which just launched yesterday:

The agency’s Mars Atmosphere

… Read the rest “Godspeed, MAVEN. Let us know what the weather’s like up there….”

You don’t always see what you’re seeing.

18 November 2013 grant 0

University of Arizona brain researchers are using EEG machines to detect everyday invisible objects – the things your brain sees that it’s keeping from you:

“We were

… Read the rest “You don’t always see what you’re seeing.”

Science Art: Section and Elevation of Compound Oil Engine, Showing Construction.

17 November 2013 grant 0

Section and Elevation of Compound Oil Engine

Thus do we master the physical world.

From Mechanical Engineering, a journal published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1919.

Helium-filled planes take off.

16 November 2013 grant 0

New Scientist rises swiftly to break the news of hybrid aircraft that combine helicopters, planes, hovercrafts and blimps:

The peculiar aircraft is currently undergoing feasibility

… Read the rest “Helium-filled planes take off.”

Meet the new shark.

14 November 2013 grant 0

Science Daily introduces us to the Carolina hammerhead, an all-new species of shark:

Through its rarity, the new species, Sphyrna gilberti, underscores the fragility of shark diversity

… Read the rest “Meet the new shark.”

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