SONG: “Alone”. (OGG version here.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “What Killed the Neanderthals? A Lack …
Read moreThis is an Alaska whitefish, a cousin of the salmon whose genus name, Coregonus, means “angle-eyed.”
But th…
Read moreThis is a circular paraboloid, a shape with “one axis of symmetry and no center of symmetry,” according to Wiki…
Read moreThis is an illustration from the Great Exhibition, 1876, or The great Centennial exhibition critically describe…
Read moreThis is a slide from the magic lantern shows of Clement Lindley Wragge, a popularizer of astronomy, a meteorolo…
Read moreSONG: “We Ate Each Other’s Wings”. (OGG version here.)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “These roaches for…
Read moreScientific American reports on a series of studies that mess with our sense of common sense. Nuclear power plants should be creating nuclear waste, and coal plants should be creating smog,… Read the rest “Burning coal creates nuclear waste.”
[n.b.: Subsequent to writing this post, I wound up writing a song about isopods myself. I think it’s one of my better ones; check it out for yourself.]
I swear I didn’t know about… Read the rest “Songs for Giant Isopods”
The Burning Man festival is a bit of a hassle for folks in rural Nevada, who once a year get overrun by thousands of freaks, punks, hippies and ravers, clogging up the streets and doing who knows… Read the rest “Burning Man’s Gift: Solar Cities.”
A drawing of a human egg cell, from Gray’s Anatomy (the book, not the TV show). From its description quoted on Wikipedia:
… Read the rest “Henry Gray, Human ovum examined fresh in the liquor folliculi. ”Human ovum examined fresh in the liquor folliculi. (Waldeyer.)
The so-called Bad Astronomer picked the top 10 astronomy pictures of 2007.
Go and see them.
They’re beautiful.
SONG: “Jaekelopterus!” (To download: right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant. Dui, shi wo. (Oui, c’est moi.)
At the very center of this giant, staring eye is a white dwarf star. It’s located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius.
The image was taken by NASA’s Spitzer… Read the rest “Science Art: The Helix Nebula”
Found via Barbelith. More on the film is available at palebluefilms.com.
Good Yule, fellow dot-fractions. Stay warm during this longest night. … Read the rest “The Pale Blue Dot”
This is my favorite kind of science – a guy figuring out things in his back yard.
Retired construction worker W.T. “Wally” Wallington thinks he’s discovered … Read the rest “Raising Stonehenge: The Power of Pebbles & Sticks.”
It’s nice to see this idea is still being kicked around – and taken more seriously now that oil prices are rising so dramatically. It wouldn’t take that much, the folks… Read the rest “Power from space.”
PopSci reports on why one man thinks the petroleum industry wants him dead. Frank Pringle has figured out a way to turn plastics back into oil and natural gas:
… Read the rest “One word: Plastics.”Petroleum is composed of strings
Welcome to interstellar space. Nature reports that Voyager 2 has left the solar system. And, as NASA emphasizes, it did so while discovering our solar system is a little bit squished. From… Read the rest “Go well, Voyager.”
Israeli researchers believe they’ve found a genetic basis for generosity, according to PhysOrg.com:
… Read the rest “Be nice. It’s in your DNA.”Through an online task involving making a choice whether or not to give away
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Submitted by Jean Lapointe to the annual micrography contest of the International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication … Read the rest “Science art: Hazardous, by Jean Lapointe”
Video game controllers are compact and efficient little things (although I always find the button-heavy X-box ones a little confusing to use). They’re also the inspiration for … Read the rest “The Thummer”
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