grrlscientist | June 20, 2008tags: West 34th street Penn Station subway art, Circus of Garden Delights, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Circus of Garden Delights.
West 34th Street/Penn Station Subway tile mosaic art #1
[detail #3, looking from left to right]
as seen at NYC's West 34th Street stop at 8th for the A, C and E trains.
Artist: Eric Fischl, 2001.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
According to the artist, this subway station artwork "depicts a commuter being drawn into the bizarre and surprising world of the circus, meeting animals, clowns, acrobats and fire-breathers on his way to…
grrlscientist | June 20, 2008tags: flowering succulents, Huernia zebrina, plants, Image of the Day
Blossom from Huernia zebrina
Image: Biosparite, 2008 [larger view].
grrlscientist | June 20, 2008tags: Anthropologists on Mars, autism, mental health, documentary, streaming video
This streaming video is a short documentary that explores notions of happiness within the autistic spectrum. [4:56].
grrlscientist | June 19, 2008tags: West 34th street Penn Station subway art, Circus of Garden Delights, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Circus of Garden Delights.
West 34th Street/Penn Station Subway tile mosaic art #1
[detail #2, looking from left to right]
as seen at NYC's West 34th Street stop at 8th for the A, C and E trains.
Artist: Eric Fischl, 2001.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
According to the artist, this subway station artwork "depicts a commuter being drawn into the bizarre and surprising world of the circus, meeting animals, clowns, acrobats and fire-breathers on his way to…
grrlscientist | June 19, 2008tags: researchblogging.org, phylogeny, British birds, population decline, range contraction, Gavin H Thomas
An adult male Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
Image: Wikipedia commons [larger view].
A paper recently published by British scientist, Gavin Thomas, a population biologist at Imperial College London, finds that British bird species that currently are suffering population declines tend to be close relatives of each other. The reason is obvious: closely related species tend to share many traits, such as very precise habitat requirements, and what's bad for one species is also bad…
grrlscientist | June 19, 2008tags: Marsh Wren, Cistothorus palustris, birds, nature, Image of the Day
A Marsh Wren, Cistothorus palustris, gathers cattail material
for its nest along the shore of Lost Lake in North Central Washington
just 10 miles south of the Canadian Border.
Image: Jeff Larsen, Writer/Photographer [larger view].
View more images by this photographer.
Jeff Larsen retired from his position as a photojournalist at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to focus his creative energy on bird photography. He currently is working on a weekly travel piece about birds that will appear, along with his beautiful…
grrlscientist | June 19, 2008tags: 42, Shell Theorem, Newtonian physics, theoretical physics, bad science, streaming video
This streaming video is a short presentation of a theoretical physics exercise to demonstrate Newtonian physics and the Shell Theorem [1:58].
Okayyy .. what's wrong with the er, "science" in this video?
grrlscientist | June 18, 2008tags: West 34th street Penn Station subway art, Circus of Garden Delights, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
Circus of Garden Delights.
West 34th Street/Penn Station Subway tile mosaic art #1
[detail #1, looking from left to right]
as seen at NYC's West 34th Street stop at 8th for the A, C and E trains.
Artist: Eric Fischl, 2001.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
According to the artist, this subway station artwork "depicts a commuter being drawn into the bizarre and surprising world of the circus, meeting animals, clowns, acrobats and fire-breathers on his way to…
grrlscientist | June 18, 2008I have more news about the European Science Blogging Conference in London, England. First, we have an official logo (see left)! Second, I just learned that I will be a panelist with two Nature Network Science Blog writers! We will be discussing a topic that is near and dear to my heart; Science, Blogging and the Public. To do a good job as a panelist, I have some questions that I plan to ask you over the next week or so, and I will use your responses to write about those topics and seek more responses from you after I do that so I can refine my knowledge for this panel.
The first question;…
grrlscientist | June 18, 2008
London at Night
(Astronomy Picture of the Day).
Image: ISS Crew, Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Lab, JSC, NASA [larger view].
Even though I've been quiet about my London trip for the upcoming European science blogging conference, I have been working on arrangements behind the scenes. This is what I've decided so far;
It took me awhile to realize that, before I make a reservation for a roundtrip flight, I need to know how long I can afford to stay in London. So of course, I am trying to find the least expensive (most affordable) accomodations possible. Not only that, but because I am…
grrlscientist | June 18, 2008tags: Ask a Science Blogger, why blog, blogs and science careers
The most recent "Ask a Science Blogger" question submitted by a reader is [ask a question of your own];
There are many, many academic bloggers out there feverishly blogging about their areas of interest. Still, there are many, many more academics who don't. So, why do you blog and how does blogging help with your research?
There are a lot of reasons that I write a blog. First and foremost, I love writing. Writing has been my voice in a world that refused to hear me, it has been my invisible companion that kept me from being…
grrlscientist | June 18, 2008tags: Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Female black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri, Cave Creek Canyon, AZ.
Image: Dave Rintoul, June 2008 [larger view].
More images from Dave's recent Arizona vacation.
grrlscientist | June 18, 2008tags: Every Bird Should Get To Fly, flightless birds, washington state lottery, streaming video
A friend sent me this clever streaming video, which is a sweet commercial for the Washington State Lottery .. it shows a variety of flightless bird species enjoying the gift of flight! [1:02].
So .. I know the emu on the ground was real, but do you think the "flying" emu a real bird?
grrlscientist | June 17, 2008tags: West 34th street Penn Station subway art, Circus of Garden Delights, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
This is the first image from this particular subway station.
Circus of Garden Delights.
West 34th Street/Penn Station Subway tile mosaic art #1
as seen from its right side at NYC's West 34th Street stop at 8th Avenue for the A, C and E trains.
Artist: Eric Fischl, 2001.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
According to the artist, this subway station artwork "depicts a commuter being drawn into the bizarre and surprising world of the circus, meeting animals,…
grrlscientist | June 17, 2008tags: evolution, beak and body size, Geospiza fortis, inbreeding, mating patterns, reproductive isolation, sexual imprinting
A family tree depicts the evolution of the 14 species of "Darwin's finches".
(The focus of this study, the Medium Ground Finch, Geospiza fortis, is denoted with a red dot).
[larger image].
I have always been fascinated by the process of speciation throughout my scientific career because speciation is the "engine" that generates biological diversity. But what are the evolutionary mechanisms that lead to speciation? We know that mate choice can be one important…
grrlscientist | June 17, 2008tags: Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Male black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri, Cave Creek Canyon, AZ.
Image: Dave Rintoul, June 2008 [larger view].
grrlscientist | June 17, 2008tags: Gerry Ellis, WoLong Nature Preserve, Ultimate Pandas, Giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, nature filming, endangered species, DVD review
Everyone loves pandas, right? In fact, these lovable bears are the most recognizable icons worldwide for endangered species, even while remaining endangered themselves. But recently, China has made an effort to protect the giant pandas' native habitat and to establish several in situ captive breeding programs to bolster the dwindling numbers of wild giant pandas, as revealed in a charming new video, Ultimate Pandas, by nature photographer, Gerry Ellis…
grrlscientist | June 17, 2008tags: rainforests, conservation, CO2, streaming video
This streaming video provides yet another excellent reason that all the world's citizens should protect and conserve the world's rainforests. The music is "Nude (String FX Etc. Stem)" by Radiohead. [0:52].
grrlscientist | June 16, 2008tags: West 86th street subway art, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
West 86th Street Subway tile mosaic art #36
as seen at NYC's West 86th Street stop at Broadway for the downtown 1 train.
(This piece was completed in 1989).
Artist: Nitza Tufino.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [larger view].
This is the last image from this particular subway station. Tomorrow, I will feature the artwork from another subway station for you to enjoy.
I have photographed tile artworks from several NYC subway stations now, so far, all are westside Manhattan subway lines, including Chambers Street…
grrlscientist | June 16, 2008tags: Yellow-eyed Junco, Junco phaeonotus, birds, nature, Image of the Day
My good friend, Dave Rintoul, has just returned from a much-deserved vacation camping in the Chiricahuas and Gila Wilderness area and sent a couple images to share with you.
Yellow-eyed Junco, Junco phaeonotus, Cave Creek Canyon AZ
Image: Dave Rintoul, June 2008 [larger view].