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A tangenital mix of blogliness, studying the effects of time, change, and chaos
A student in Colorado, looking for some sort of synthesis--the big picture, encompassing all the strangeness in the universe--but willing to settle for the philosophic or poetic lens.
Most of my favorite blogs can be found here somewhere on ScienceBlogs. Here are a few of the other gems out there:
July 31, 2006
Category: Riding the Waves
Last week, my Scibling* Janet tagged me with the Book Meme. There's also been an "old book" meme going about, sort of a do-it-yourself thing, so instead of doing separate posts, I just tacked an extra question on the end...
Posted by Karmen at 6:21 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Strange Life
In my recent post on a lady beetle colony, I posted a picture of a wasp which I'd identified as Polistes dominulus. Unfortunately, the wasp didn't exactly look like the prototypical P. dominulus, as one of my commenters, Julie Stahlhut...
Posted by Karmen at 4:04 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Figments of Imagination
The drums pounded and oars stirred the water in perfect rhythm--the experience was both invigorating and calming at the same time. This weekend, the Dragon Boat races came to Sloan's Lake in Denver. Despite soaring temperatures, hundreds of metro residents...
Posted by Karmen at 2:52 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 29, 2006
Category: Figments of Imagination
If you're in the Denver area this weekend, consider checking out the Colorado Dragonboat Festival. It will run today and tomorrow at Sloan's Lake park, from 10am to 7pm. There will be food, music, shopping (my favorite) and, of course,...
Posted by Karmen at 10:07 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 28, 2006
Category: Fractals
I thought I'd do today's fractal a little backwards. I usually begin with a fractal, then show a matching picture from nature, and explain a bit of the science behind the nature. This time, I'm going to start off with...
Posted by Karmen at 2:52 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 27, 2006
Category: Life, evolving
I love trees, but trees covered in insects aren't usually my cup of tea. 'Till now. One of the reasons I chose my house was the giant maple tree by the front porch. The foliage provides shade and privacy in...
Posted by Karmen at 4:42 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 26, 2006
Category: Riding the Waves
I've been saving these for a rainy day--a game or other timesinking tidbit for each ScienceBlogs category. I originally was going to wait until a rainy weekend, but the climate hasn't favored that idea. As it is,I'm behind on other...
Posted by Karmen at 5:26 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 25, 2006
Category: A Grand Universe
The deeper we look, the more complex order we discover. Biologists studying DNA have discovered another pattern of code within the genetic code. This pattern may regulate the placement of nucleosomes: Biologists have suspected for years that some positions on...
Posted by Karmen at 12:20 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 24, 2006
Category: Lens of Fiction
What could a magnificent but arrogant dragon have to do with ecological change? Everything, perhaps, if we can be influenced by myth and metaphor. I won't be able to return to my series on urbanization for a day or two,...
Posted by Karmen at 1:20 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 21, 2006
Category: Fractals
I never did match any of Lillybridge's photography work on my visit to the South Platte. The past seemed to be lost under layers of roadways and rails. Still, within that changed land, patterns of natural beauty still exist. Sometimes,...
Posted by Karmen at 3:31 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
