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clock | December 5, 2008An Injection of Hard Science Boosts TV Shows' Prognosis:
It's no fiction: Scientific fact has usurped science fiction as TV's favorite inspiration for prime-time story lines. And to keep everything on the up and up, show writers and producers are hiring scores of researchers and technical consultants to get the science straight.
stoat | December 2, 2008Shamelessly ripped from an internal newsgroup (thanks to AY):
A Buddhist went up to the hotdog seller and said: "Make me one with everything". Anyway, he got his hotdog and after not receiving his change, he asked for it. "My friend," replied the vendor, "the change must come from within".
And if you don't like that...
And pulled from the comments:
clock | December 1, 2008A live performance by Johannes Moller from a concert in the Vasteras Concert Hall, Sweden, May 2005 :
awild | December 1, 2008...as judged by an utterly impartial panel of one here at Myrmecos Blog. These are photographs that caught my eye and my imagination over the past year. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Globular Springtail, by Brian Valentine
Horsefly, by Igor Siwanowicz
Angry Queen, by Piotr Naskrecki
Bee in Natural Light, by Dalantech
Tenhave Woods, by Rick Lieder
Painted Grasshopper, by Mundo Poco
Dragonfly, by Necip Perver
Untitled, by Martin Amm
Gotcha!, by Marsel van Oosten
clock | November 30, 2008Saw the movie over the weekend. Mrs.Coturnix and Coturnietta read the first book (Coturnietta is now reading the second) so we went together.
I am a horrible movie critic - I usually kick back, munch popcorn, and enjoy every piece of crap on the screen. Heck, I love B-monster movies.
So, back to Twilight - first, it was obvious it was a movie made after a book:
- it was too long (Hollywood makes them 90min by design)
- it was choppy and the story was overcomplicated (Hollywood makes simple storylines by design)
- it was missing relevant information, probably something explained in the book…
awild | November 25, 2008
Rhagoletis fruit flies mating, Arizona
photo details: Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x macro lens on a Canon EOS 20D
ISO 200, f/11, 1/200 sec, backlit by handheld strobe.
clock | November 20, 2008This image came from the website of Eshel Ben-Jacob a Professor of Physics and artist. You can see more fascinating science-related images on the Seed Portfolio page - there are bacterial colonies growing into strange shapes, amazing flight patterns of birds, close-ups of hairy insects, etc, well worth your time.
stoat | November 18, 2008Just been playing with incredibots.com and it was good fun so I'm letting you all know. Daniel found it.
awild | November 15, 2008Sometimes, it's best not to interject statistics into your personal life.
h/t Podblack Cat
clock | November 12, 2008Remember the mirror?
Well, having Tanja's art made on order is not the only option any more. She has just opened her online store.
And if you come to the ScienceOnline09 you'll get to meet Tanja in person as she is one of the moderators of the How to paint your own blog images session.