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Why Do We Clap?
Michael (from vSauce) outdoes himself as he analyses the social phenomenon of clapping, cocooning (a la the Solarians in Asimov's Naked Sun), and the social evolution of homo sapiens.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
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Behind China’s Hindu temples, a forgotten history - The Hindu
800 years ago, southern parts of India had healthy trade relations with the Chinese Empire.
Behind China’s Hindu temples, a forgotten history - The Hindu:
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Behind China’s Hindu temples, a forgotten history - The Hindu:
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Rain Room at MoMA; You Can Leave Your Umbrella at Home; Manhattan-Living
The incredible Rain Room. The opposite of the Truman Effect, where Jim Carrey's character in the eponymous movie gets rained on, exclusively.
Rain Room at MoMA; You Can Leave Your Umbrella at Home; Manhattan-Living:
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Rain Room at MoMA; You Can Leave Your Umbrella at Home; Manhattan-Living:
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Sunday, July 07, 2013
Tuesday, July 02, 2013
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
The Castafiore Emerald
The Genius of Herge.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Doctors Take A Long Shot And Inject HIV Into Dying Girl. The Reason Why Will Amaze You.
HIV "serial killer" cells. Modified to terminate cancer cells, with extreme prejudice. Cannot cause AIDS, in case you're wondering.
Doctors Take A Long Shot And Inject HIV Into Dying Girl. The Reason Why Will Amaze You.:
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Doctors Take A Long Shot And Inject HIV Into Dying Girl. The Reason Why Will Amaze You.:
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Dark Matter detection : potential breakthrough
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| 3D map of the large-scale distribution of dark matter (Source : Wikipedia) |
Link to the news item
Thanks to IFLS for the link.
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Albert Einstein's voice!
Link, from Open Culture.
Women in Science # 3 : Maria Sibylla Merian
The practice of science has (almost) always been the domain of the patriarchy, the purview of carriers of the xy chromosome. There have been instances in history, however, when women have overcome nearly insurmountable obstacles to achieve immortality in the annals of science. Immortality in the annals, yes, not in the minds of people though. This series is an attempt to remind us of these extraordinary individuals, and perhaps (hopefully) inspire.
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Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 - 13 January 1717)
Swiss naturalist and illustrator. Known for her contributions to the field of entomology, especially her careful observation and documentation of the metamorphosis of the butterfly.
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Swiss naturalist and illustrator. Known for her contributions to the field of entomology, especially her careful observation and documentation of the metamorphosis of the butterfly.
House Sigils for Literary Characters
Ali Coluccio from Bookriot has made some very nice sigils. The picture on the left is one of them.
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I tried my hand at it. Unfortunately, the result was far from encouraging. I shall henceforth cease and desist from such attempts.
Links
(1) Join The Realm (HBO, Game of Thrones)
(2) Ali Coluccio, on Bookriot.
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Monday, April 01, 2013
Secret bookshelves passages thingy
This one is for the bibliogasmisers all over the world. You need a house first though.
There are two posts to link to here. The first one is at Bookriot, and the second is at Saturday Salon.
Thanks a lot to Indy for this link.
Christopher Jonassen : Planets underneath a frying pan
The photo are of the bottoms of oft-used frying pans that look amazingly like planets.
Link
Dennett speaks on religion, likens it to the common cold
In this BBC interview, he compares religion to the common cold. He ends by describing religion as a "drug for the eyes and ears".
BBC News link
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Various uses of salt
I got this from facebook. Don't know if these work though. :(
1. If you drop a whole egg on the floor, pour salt all over the egg, let it sit for awhile, then
use dustpan, the egg will come right up, without all that mess.
2. Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.
3. Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.
4. Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier.
5. Put a few grains of rice in your saltshaker for easier pouring.
6. Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.
7. Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink; bad ones float.
8. Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in
its shell this way.
9. A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.
10. Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up.
11. Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick.
12. Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they will last longer.
13. Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.
14. Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl.
BBC News - Termites 'engineer fairy circles'
BBC News - Termites 'engineer fairy circles':
Thanks to IFLS for the link!
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How a microbe chooses among seven sexes : Nature News & Comment
How a microbe chooses among seven sexes : Nature News & Comment
Thanks to IFLS for the link.
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Cameras to focus on dark energy : Nature News & Comment
Nature News link
The Art of "Quotemanship" and "Misquotemanship"
"Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations."
Even if it looks, sounds, walks, and quacks like an Orwell quote, it still might NOT be an Orwell quote
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Biologist Bob Goldstein Talks Tardigrades
Biologist Bob Goldstein Talks Tardigrades: Bob Goldstein, a biologist at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, talks about tardigrades (also known as water bears or moss piglets) in this video from Science Friday, a weekly science talk show that airs on NPR's Talk of the Nation. Tartigrades can survive boiling, freezing, desiccation, radiation and the vacuum of space. Many of the nearly indestructible creatures even survived a trip on a spacecraft in low-Earth orbit, resisting radiation and the vacuum of space.
Current Biology says, "Tardigrades, commonly known as water-bears, are among the most desiccation and radiation-tolerant animals and have been shown to survive extreme levels of ionizing radiation." They are the only animal that have survived combined exposure to space vacuum and solar radiation.
Tardigrades can put themselves in an extreme hibernation state, known as the "tun" state. Tardigrades have been completely dried out and then resurrected ten years later. They are not rare and can be found nearly everywhere on Earth, including your backyard. Take a look:
Goldstein's tardigrades lab can be found here. Another interesting video about tardigrades can be found here.
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Current Biology says, "Tardigrades, commonly known as water-bears, are among the most desiccation and radiation-tolerant animals and have been shown to survive extreme levels of ionizing radiation." They are the only animal that have survived combined exposure to space vacuum and solar radiation.
Tardigrades can put themselves in an extreme hibernation state, known as the "tun" state. Tardigrades have been completely dried out and then resurrected ten years later. They are not rare and can be found nearly everywhere on Earth, including your backyard. Take a look:
Goldstein's tardigrades lab can be found here. Another interesting video about tardigrades can be found here.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Repost : Way Back When, a refreshing life/love-story by Piyali Callahan
A very refreshing read. I felt a bit of my junked-up cynicism, a portion of my doled-up jadedness gently wash away. Be it for a little while, before reality crashes back upon me. An eye in the storm. Well written,
http://whatmamathinks.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/way-back-when/
http://whatmamathinks.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/way-back-when/
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Women In Science # 2 : Olga Ladyzhenskaya
The practice of science has (almost) always been the domain of the patriarchy, the purview of carriers of the xy chromosome. There have been instances in history, however, when women have overcome nearly insurmountable obstacles to achieve immortality in the annals of science. Immortality in the annals, yes, not in the minds of people though. This series is an attempt to remind us of these extraordinary individuals, and perhaps (hopefully) inspire.
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Olga Ladyzhenskaya (7 March 1922 - 12 January 2004)
Russian mathematician. Known for her terrific work in fluid dynamics. Author of the book The Mathematical Theory of Viscous Incompressible Flows, among others.
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Russian mathematician. Known for her terrific work in fluid dynamics. Author of the book The Mathematical Theory of Viscous Incompressible Flows, among others.
Women In Science #1 : Emmy Noether
I started this series on facebook some time back. However, the interval between the posts became so large that I started forgetting what the current serial number of the post was. So I have decided to do it here, and repost from here to facebook.
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The practice of science has (almost) always been the domain of the patriarchy, the purview of carriers of the xy chromosome. There have been instances in history, however, when women have overcome nearly insurmountable obstacles to achieve immortality in the annals of science. Immortality in the annals, yes, not in the minds of people though. This series is an attempt to remind us of these extraordinary individuals, and perhaps (hopefully) inspire.
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Most famous for Noether's Theorem, describing a fundamental connection between symmetry and conservation laws.
A belated happy birthday to you, Professor Noether. Thanks to IFLS for reminding me.
Reformulation (original post, not a repost)
134am has, in the recent past, become more of a infodump, a place to post things that I have liked while trawling through the net. In short, it has lost its originality (whatever that means). I do not have much time to rake up "original" stuff, so this trend will continue in the near future. However, I will however try to post a "serials", a series of posts on some theme. My first theme is "Women in Science", and my second is "Week(end)ly Evo-lunacy". Lets see how well these go. I had been doing these on my facebook account, but it damn hard to keep track of, with me especially forgetting the serial number of the latest post, which is downright embarrassing. So, yes, new direction! :)
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