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Image resulting from tree "painting" by Douglas-fir for two minutes
Nalini Nadkarni, a tree canopy researcher and a National Geographic regular, was kind enough to let me publish this interest piece that looks at the intersection of science and arts.
In essense, she explores the notion that lack…
Last night, I had the absolute pleasure to hear Midori, one of the top violinists in the world, play with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra.
(For those of you wondering, she was spectacular.)
What does Midori sound like? Here's her playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto fifteen years ago with the…
Recently Orac took apart the findings of another acupuncture study. Those who administer acupuncture typically insinuate that a mysterious vital energy known as "chi" travels along meridians in the body, and that normal flow of chi is necessary for good health. Orac pointed out that this recent…
Okay, I finally got to watch the NCBCPS press conference on their bible curriculum and it's even funnier than I imagined. You can download or stream the video by clicking here, but the video is very long, about 125 meg. I actually downloaded it. If you have broadband and a half hour to kill, I…
XTreme Martial Arts was a similar show done by the Discovery Channel a few years back as part of their HD lineup. Same basic outline, demonstrating the "damage" done by fighters through science data collection, then applying that to computer models of skeletons and muscles to show what would happen if fighters hit each other at full force.