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Archives for January, 2010
Today’s Mystery Bird for you to Identify
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 28, 2010 tags: birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] photographed near the Larsen Lake Blueberry Farm in Bellevue, Washington. [No one, not even the photographer, knows the ID of the bird that made this snow-print. The photographer is seeking your help IDing this bird] Image: Ben Bardill, December 2008 (many thanks to Denny Granstrand for…
Nature Video: The Barefoot Professor
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 28, 2010 tags: kinematics, kinetics, running,The Barefoot Professor, exercise physiology, barefoot running, NPG, peer-reviewed research, NATURE, 10.1038/nature08723, streaming video Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman ditched his trainers and started running barefoot. His research shows that barefoot runners, who tend to land on their fore-foot, generate less impact shock than runners in sports shoes who land heel first. This…
Baseball versus Football
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 28, 2010 tags: Baseball versus Football, sports, social commentary, cultural observation, George Carlin, humor, comedy, fucking hilarious, streaming video I despise baseball, but enjoy football (and futbol, too). My fellow NYCers were brainless drooling idiots when it came to the Yankees, and I reminded them of this as often as possible. The fact that I am still…
Suomenlinnan Ikkuna, 5
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 27, 2010 tags: Suomenlinnan Ikkuna, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Suomenlinnan Ikkuna (Suomenlinna window). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image) I love the pattern of different colors and the contrasting shadows between individual stones in this image.
Mystery Bird: Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 27, 2010 tags: Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, inspecting what appears to be a beheaded Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth, Lycomorpha pholus, photographed on the Katy Prairie, Houston, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy, 1 January 2010 [larger view]. Nikon…
TEDTalks: Bill Davenhall Says Your Health Depends on Where You Live
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 27, 2010 tags: health, medicine, TEDMED,health care, medical records, GPS, geography, geomedicine, Bill Davenhall, TEDTalks, streaming video Where you live: It impacts your health as much as diet and genes do, but it’s not part of your medical records. At TEDMED, Bill Davenhall shows how overlooked government geo-data (from local heart-attack rates to toxic dumpsite info) can…
I’ve never known any trouble that an hour’s reading didn’t assuage
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 27, 2010 I was reading the words of my brilliant friend, Digital Cuttlefish, this morning (which is the middle of the night for my American friends), and ran across this gem; They were starving; they were homeless; they were dying; they were dead. There were bodies to be buried; there were children to be fed. There were…
Have a Nice Day
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 27, 2010 tags: Have a Nice Day, social commentary, cultural observation, George Carlin, humor, comedy, fucking hilarious, streaming video George Carlin can make anything funny. No, seriously.
Kukka Suomenlinnassa
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 26, 2010 tags: Linnoitusta Suomenlinnassa, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Kukka Suomenlinnassa (Suomenlinna blossom). Soumenlinna, Helsinki, Finland. Image: GrrlScientist, 19 July 2009 [larger view]. (raw image)
Mystery Bird: American Goldfinch, Spinus (Carduelis) tristis
Posted by "GrrlScientist" on January 26, 2010 tags: Wild Canary, Eastern Goldfinch, American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, Carduelis tristis, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] American Goldfinch, also known as the Eastern Goldfinch or the Wild Canary, Spinus (Carduelis) tristis, photographed on the Brazoria Wildlife Refuge, Brazoria, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours] Image: Joseph Kennedy,…