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Ever see these signs at UBC? Wanna know what it means? Well, Liam and I tell you all about it in this week’s video.
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Millions of years ago, some bats gave up their old habits of hunting for insects and tried something …
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So in my last post I promised to put up the videos of my cat biomechanics footage online (cut scene from “The Secret Life of the Cat” documentary). Here I deliver on that promise. Note that all this footage was filmed at 250 frames/second, so it is 10 times faster than conventional UK/EU (PAL format) […]
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So, long time, no talk, gentle reader. That’s because I’ve been writing a paper (my first first-authored paper, if you must know) and I feel really guilty about extraneous writing activities, like somehow I am cheating on my paper. How … Continue reading →
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Archae-Facts: Henry VIII and NASA!
Welcome to Archae-Facts, the place to find bite-sized chunks of Archaeological Trivia!
Today, we examine the connection between Henry VIII and Neil Armstrong!
Armour images courtesy of the Royal Armoury, Leeds. Thank you.
via Archaeos0up.
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Insecten leggen eieren, de meeste insecten kijken er daarna niet meer naar om. Zodra ze gelegd zijn moeten ze het zelf maar uitzoeken. Dit is niet zonder gevaar, ze staan bloot aan de elementen, natuurlijke vijanden en micro-organismen. Insecteneieren zijn…Lees meer ›
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Audubon Zoo is moving two Asian elephants onto a "one-acre enclosure...seven times larger than the previous..."The NC Zoo's larger herd of African elephants have seven acres of exhibit areas (2); double what a smaller group had here before an $8 million Project: Pachyderms.
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Transcendental Numbers - Numberphile
via numberphile:
Numbers like e and Pi cannot be made using normal algebra.
Discussing transendental numbers, algebraic numbers, pi, e and other stuff.
Featuring Australia’s Numeracy Ambassador, Simon Pampena.
Simon’s website: http://www.numbercrunch.com.au/
Transcendental Numbers (extra footage) - Numberphile
This is some extra stuff from Simon Pampena we didn’t use in the first video!
via Numberphile.
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Part 2: Bee vs. Mite See here for an introduction to colony collapse diso...
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“They say it's your birthday, it's my birthday too, yeah; They say it's your birthday, we're gonna have a good time; I'm glad it's your birthday, happy birthday to you” from Birthday by Lennon-McCartney Happy 50th Birthday Greg Kinnear! Fifty years. Five decades. Half a century. Whatever way you look at it, in a human lifespan, the fiftieth birthday is a major milestone. A time for celebration, and perhaps more than a little reflection. Undoubtedly, you are spending some time... Read more
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Super Cute Baby Cheetahs
In this bonus episode, Elizke and Desmond are thrilled to welcome four new fluffy faces to the Camp Cheetah family. Shadow’s newborn cubs provide hope for the future of the project, as these endangered cats will be prepped to eventually roam free in the surrounding reserve. But raising cheetah cubs is no easy feat, and everyone from surrogate cheetah mom Yakira to the family dogs gets involved.
via Earth Touch.
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Although I mostly think about conservation, ecology and nature, I have a soft spot for medicine and, in particular, genetics. It’s partly due to my own family history and experience, partly my interest in how people think about medicine and death, and partly my 6-month internship at Nature Medicine, which began more than two years [...]
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We are reflecting on a month of awareness for cystic fibrosis, a common autosomal recessive genetic disorder that impacts the lives of over 70,000 people worldwide. Advances in newborn screening and early therapeutic interventions are making a difference in the lives of thousands of children; however, roughly half of the CF patient population is over the age of 18. Watch the inspiring story of Patty Furey, a 33-year old Massachusetts native as she describes overcoming the challenges of CF
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The 2013 Summer Graduate Workshop, co-sponsored by NIMBioS, the Mathematical Biosciences Institute and the Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine, has begun with a full slate of modeling lectures and computer activities scheduled for the two-week program. The … Continue reading →
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Since our early ancestors first learned to make fires, humans have been producing carbon-based nanoparticles. The smoke and soot from their campfires contained nanoparticles known as fullerenes and carbon nanotubes, along with many other combustion by-products. They must have thought the very crude nanoparticle preparations they created were a bit of a nuisance (depending on […]
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Idea Channel - Is The Universe A Computer?
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is about everything. Life, the Universe, everything. If you’ve read these amazing books, you know the answer is 42, but what’s the question? To find out what the question was, they built a giant computer we call Earth. And though it seems silly, perhaps Douglas Adams was correct, and that not just earth, but the WHOLE UNIVERSE is an incredibility complex computational system, processing the answer to some
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These are very interesting illusions. Most of them work on me especially the one shown here, as long as my eyes keep scanning. You can stop them by concentrating on one point. Some of them don't work or don't work as well on me. Pretty hard to trust your eyes when they fool you like this. Anyone out there red-green color blind? Do these illusions work on you? What ones did you like or dislike? Could you paint your car with one of these
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Yeah! That just makes my morning! What do us lazy professors do with our 3 month long summer vacation? Well, let TPP offer a couple of answers. First, we don't get paid. Maybe you think we aren't working, but not to worry because we're not getting paid either. That's an equation you can perhaps understand. Certainly TV right now doesn't have much to offer. Let's see both hockey and basketball are still playing and dominating the TV, and it's June,
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Build Your Own Robot Bartender
Meet Bartendro, your robotic mixologist here to make you a stiff one. At Maker Faire 2013, Anthony chats with one of the creators of this sweet cocktail dispensing robot.
via DNews Channel.
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Scientists pinpoint why famous gorilla was white.
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Few things are as relaxing as a warm bath. Just ask this rabbit, who seems to thoroughly enjoy his soak in this sink-turned-hot-tub. Video via Little Fella Likes It! Facebook Page. See David's TV appearances and learn how to protect wildlife with National Wildlife Federation.
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"Fighting between the young male chimps is very natural and visitors might see some visible injuries. Males are positioning for power!" [2013 June "Volunteer Views", NC Zoo Park Update, "Chimp/Cat/Lemur"]
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"Gators are on regular eating schedule."That's the Park Update for Cypress Swamp for the 2013 June "Volunteer Views" publication of the NC Zoo.That would be an especially odd report if it were for the lions, bears or primates (including us "Naked Apes") here. But, since the alligators fast for months during our winter, it is a real "update"!
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For the last few hours a very drafty post has been up... whoops! Took it down. Official post on "Evolution's P.R. problem" coming in a few days...
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Biofuels and bioprospecting for beginners - Craig A. Kohn
Biofuels can provide energy without the reliance on environmentally harmful fossils fuels — but scientists are still searching for a plentiful source. Craig A. Kohn demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls of plant cells, might be the solution.
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/biofuels-and-bioprospecting-for-beginners-craig-a-kohn
via TED Education.
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The ability to distinguish between odors declines steadily with age, but a new study by Jayant Pinto, MD, shows that African-Americans have a much greater decrease in their sense of smell than Caucasians. This can have serious consequences. Olfactory loss often leads to impaired nutrition. It also may be an early warning sign of neurodegenerative […]
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Cryptobiotic Soils and Lichens of Joshua Tree National Park - Date Book
Link to a short field course at Joshua Tree National Park taught by Nicole Pietrasiak and Kerry Knudsen.
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A naïve application of simple economic models will predict that, as immigrants enter, the wages or the employment rate of native workers decrease. However, […] Read moreThe post The effects of immigration on the labor market appeared first on Mapping Ignorance.
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Inheritance of Traits
In this video Paul Andersen explains the importance of DNA is organisms. DNA contains the blueprint for each organisms. The DNA codes for the mRNA which creates proteins. The DNA also is the unit of inheritance which is passed from generation to generation. A K-12 teaching progression is also included.
via Bozeman Biology.
