Discovery of Vast Tail on Dying Star Promises Clues to Solar Birth
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/15/AR2007081501422.html From the page: “A slowly-dying but very fast moving star has been discovered with a tail 13 light-years long… Astronomers have long known that dying stars provide the building blocks for future one, but never before have they seen the process so vividly in action.”
AccuWeather.com
http://photo.accuweather.com/photogallery/content/varioussizes.aspx?pid=18604&partner=accuweather
Total Solar Eclipse 1998, Venezuela
Total Solar Eclipse 1998, Venezuela A wonderful collection of solar eclipse photography.
Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature – Psychology Today
Psychology Today From the page: “The history of western civilization aside, humans are naturally polygamous.”
Timothy Leary – How to Operate Your Brain
“…Chaos is beautiful. Now many times we are afraid because we want order. We can’t deal with the confusion and disorder. We want form. We want rules. Yes, throughout human history there have been people—religious leaders, political leaders—who will give you order. They will give you rules and commandments… …The aim of human life is to know thyself. Think for
Baby Stingray
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/05/baby-stingray/ it’s omigosh cute!
APOD: 2002 July 9 – Analemma
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020709.html From the page: If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day, would it remain in the same position? The answer is no, and the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is called an analemma. The Sun’s apparent shift is caused by the Earth’s motion around the Sun
http://www.bestlifeonline.com/cms/publish/health-fitness/Our_oceans_are_turning_into_plastic_are_we_2_printer.shtml From the site: “At the same time, all over the globe, there are signs that plastic pollution is doing more than blighting the scenery; it is also making its way into the food chain. Some of the most obvious victims are the dead seabirds that have been washing ashore in startling numbers, their bodies packed with plastic: things like
Ceiling height alters how you think
via Yahoo! News From the page: “A recent study at the University of Minnesota suggests that ceiling height affects problem-solving skills and behavior by priming concepts that encourage certain kinds of brain processing. “Priming means a concept gets activated in a person’s head,” researcher Joan Meyers-Levy told LiveScience. “When people are in a room with a high ceiling, they activate
Fractal flightpaths: how flies find their way
http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2007/04/04/fractal-flightpaths-how-flies-find-their-way From the page: The research, from a pair of scientists at Rothamsted Research in the UK and UCLA, have examined and mapped the behavior of fruit flies (drosophila melanogaster) as they search for food. Their findings are interesting; the flies utilize a scale-free flightpath; this is similar to a snowflake, or a coastline, or one of those fractals…