Isn’t this amazing?! Maybe a bit terrifying too!
Scientists Reconstruct Brains’ Visions Into Digital Video In Historic Experiment
Understanding and Mastering Dynamics in Computing Grids
Jakub Moscicki, researcher and software engineer at CERN, asked to use my artwork, Chaos from Order, for the cover of his book/PhD dissertation. Understanding and Mastering Dynamics in Computing Grids: Processing Moldable Tasks with User-Level Overlay is available as a PDF and can be downloaded by following the link.
Creation Museum an Affront to Intelligence
http://www.creationmuseum.org/ And then people wonder why American’s are so ignorant. GIVE US A SCIENCE MUSEUM! Our kids deserve better than to have this pseudo-science taught to them. So fed up with the lengths the religious zealots will go to in order to defend and propagate their lies. To call this place a museum is not only a joke but an
Giant Noahs Ark Bound for Kentucky
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40445249/ns/us_news-life/ When people take their kid’s to Disney World, the fairy tales are presented as fictional fairy tales. When people take their kids to Creationist attractions, the fairy tales are presented as fact. Where’s Northern Kentucky’s Science Museum? Evidently, 900 jobs and millions of visitors are more important than teaching our children about the 40+ valid radiometric dating methods scientists
Benoît Mandelbrot, Novel Mathematician, Dies at 85
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us/17mandelbrot.html?_r=2 It’s never easy to see the world lose another genius mind. Thank you for your contributions, Mr. Mandelbrot. I am ever inspired because of you.
Tongue Eating Louse
http://strangeanimal.tumblr.com/post/184689542/cymothoa-exigua-or-the-tongue-eating-louse-is-a
African Cave Spiders, Anyone?
http://www.zooniversity.org/2010/04/african-cave-spiders-anyone/
Rainbow Jello Recipe
http://momofukufor2.com/2010/06/rainbow-jello-recipe/
Scientific proof: Nobody hates hipsters more than hipsters
http://blogs.westword.com/showandtell/2010/09/scientific_proof_nobody_hates.php From the page: “How many hipsters does it take to screw in a light bulb? It’s a really obscure number; you’ve probably never heard of it.”
Fruit MRIs – Pineapple, Bananas, Orange
http://www.geekosystem.com/fruit-mri-pineapple-orange-banana/
The Moral Naturalists
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23brooks.html?_r=2&th&emc=th “people have a rudimentary sense of justice from a very early age. This doesn’t make people naturally good. If you give a 3-year-old two pieces of candy and ask him if he wants to share one of them, he will almost certainly say no. It’s not until age 7 or 8 that even half the children are willing to
Red Pandas: Adorable, Ancient Animals
http://snuzzy.com/red-pandas-adorable-ancient-animals
Visualizing Science
Please do click through.
A History of Obama Feigning Interest in Mundane Things
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/02/obama_being_forced_to_look_at.html How do you know Obama is “feigning” interest in any of this stuff? It looks like pretty interesting stuff to me. I wish they would have included real commentary that talks about the technology that is seemingly so amazing, the president gets to check it out first hand.