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j7uy5 | January 21, 2008Deputy Dog has a post detailing "
href="http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/04/5-unbelievably-cool-research-facilities/">5
unbelievably cool research facilities." The one
shown here is the Z
Machine, at the Sandia National Lab in Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
(Sandia Labs have more than one location.)
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height="60" width="151">This device produces X-rays.
Sure, there are a lot of X-ray machines. But only
one can burn 290 trillion watts. That is about 80 times the
entire world's production of electricity, although it only lasts for a…
j7uy5 | January 8, 2008Previously, I posted a photo of
href="http://scienceblogs.com/corpuscallosum/2006/07/noctilucent_clouds.php">noctilucent
clouds, as seen from earth. Now, NASA's Earth
Observatory Newsroom presents us with
href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17883">a
photo of the same phenomenon,
as seen from a satellite.
These clouds appear when ice-crystal-laden clouds for high in the
atmosphere, high enough that the sun strikes the clouds while the
ground is in darkness.
This photograph was produced by NASA’s
href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aim…
j7uy5 | December 25, 2007I feel bad: I am infringing on Karmen's territory. She
put up a
delightful
href="http://scienceblogs.com/chaoticutopia/2007/12/heres_wishing_you_the_very.php">fractal
Christmas tree for everyone. And she opened the
title="Chaotic Utopia Curio Shop"
href="http://www.cafepress.com/chaoticutopia" target="_blank">Chaotic
Utopia Curio Shop to meet all of your fractal needs.
Be sure to check it out, especially if you do not have the
patience or skill to make these yourself:These are featured on the blog,
href="http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/fimofractals">Evil
Mad…
j7uy5 | December 21, 2007
If you have cats, and you put laundry on the bed, and leave the room
for 15 seconds, this is what happens. They own
the place.
j7uy5 | December 20, 2007This is a brain MRI animation, showing sequential slices of
the brain,
from top to bottom. It was a featured image
at
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:User-FastFission-brain.gif">Wikipedia.
This was created by a Wikipedia user,
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fastfission"
title="User:Fastfission">Fastfission.
The explanation follows:
Made from an
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title="w:fMRI">fMRI
scan I had done. Goes from the top of my brain straight through to the
bottom. That little dot that appears for a second on the upper-…
j7uy5 | December 19, 2007Amuse yourself for a few minutes: The Neural Correlate
Society has compiled its list of ten finalists for the
href="http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=109&MMN_position=45:45">year's
best optical illusions.
My favorite is the Bouncing Brains.
j7uy5 | December 17, 2007This is another irresistable panda video; I got this from
href="http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/17/baby-pandas-wrestling/">Neatorama,
who got it from
href="http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2007/12/video-baby-pand.html">A
Welsh View.
j7uy5 | December 14, 2007This is an albino squirrel, as
featured in the
href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=452760&in_page_id=1770">Daily
Mail. They have a gallery of such photos
href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/galleries/index.html?in_gallery_id=10440&in_page_id=1055">here,
including an amazing albino peacock.
Also, check out the winners of the National Geographic
href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/animals.html">photo
contest.
j7uy5 | December 10, 2007There is an artisan at
href="http://www.pitbullarmory.com/" rel="tag">Pitbull
Armory who makes armor for
people,
primarily for Society
for Creative Anachronism events. But he also makes
armor for dogs. And horses. And he's "made history"
by making armor for a squirrel.
Here's the dog armor, on a dog named Spok:
And here is the squirrel in armor:
So if you are sick and tired of having your squirrel get harassed by
the neighborhood cat, you know what to do.
j7uy5 | December 3, 2007
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j7uy5 | December 2, 2007There is a whole series of photos illustrating this unusual
relationship. It originally was posted in the Boston
Herald, but that page is no longer with us. The
text and photos still can be found at
href="http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2007/03/unusual-friendship.html">Fresh
Pics. Some additional text and photos can be found
at
href="http://www.honewatson.com/03/02/baby-orangutans-tiger-cubs/">Hone
Watson.
A pair of Sumatran tiger (
href="http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/about_species/species_factsheets/tigers/sumatran_tiger/index.cfm"
rel="tag">Panthera…
j7uy5 | November 25, 2007
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j7uy5 | November 18, 2007
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j7uy5 | November 13, 2007Tilly is an eagle that has been trained to fly with a pair
of video
cameras. The cameras weigh less than 30 grams and can
transmit video signals more than a mile.
I gather this was shown on Aminal Planet, but you can see it on the
Internet
href="http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/spyonthewild/birdtech/birdtech.html">here.
j7uy5 | November 13, 2007The Chinese pistache,
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistacia_chinensis">Pistacia
chinenesis, is the most frost-tolerant of the Pistacia,
and is relatively drought-tolerant as well. It is prized for
the vivid autumn color of the leaves.
j7uy5 | November 11, 2007
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j7uy5 | November 7, 2007
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j7uy5 | November 5, 2007This is a photo from the space telescope Hubble, as shown on
National
Geographic's site. The conglomeration of the two galaxies is
known as Arp 87.
href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/photogalleries/wip-week53/photo3.html">October
30, 2007—A new Hubble image offers the most
detailed view yet of a pair of galaxies entwined in a graceful dance
300 million light-years away. The image reveals fine structures that
couldn't be seen when the pair was first cataloged in the 1960s...
...Interacting galaxies like Arp 87 are known to have some of the
universe's highest rates of…