Moonwalk Map

Very cool map detailing Armstrong and Aldrin’s landing on the moon! I like how it combines traces of the lunar geography with their paths and activities. The soccer field underlay communicates well the scale of the area. Nicely visualized.

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NPR : Miracle Mystery Fruit Turns Sourness Sweet

“Lemons instantly turn from sour to sweet. Even a bologna sandwich turns to cake.”

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I Chat, Therefore I Am - Discover Magazine

A chat between two AI chatbots, Alice and Jabberwacky. “A: Do you dream? J: Yes, I dream. A: It goes without saying. Do you remember your dreams? J: I remember them vividly. A: What do you remember about it? J: I think I shouldn’t flirt with a robot.”

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YouTube - Ruben’s Tube

Sound visualization using fire. Via smadden.

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Logic and design in art, science & mathematics - Krome Barratt

Spotted on a generative art blog. Library use only at the SFPL.

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Ask a Scientist - San Francisco Science Cafe

Scientists leap into the SF cafe scene for a series of lectures/discussions on scientific topics of interest. There’s one tonight in the ‘hood down at the Canvas Gallery.

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NASA - View of Total Solar Eclipse from Space

Amazing image of the moon’s shadow being cast across the earth. “Visible near the shadow are portions of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea and the coast of Turkey.”

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Dancing with Demons by Scott Cassell

One mans harrowing journey into the deep to observe and film 8 foot long man eating squid off the coast off Baja. He’s got the kevlar vest, pics and scars to show for it.

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Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada - San Francisco

Whoo, felt that one. 3.4 magnitude originating in the East Bay (Orinda)

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Near real-time census of marine life

“Tiny microprocessors and sophisticated remote sensing systems now make it possible for scientists to explore the vast reaches of the open ocean from the perspective of the top-level predatory animals…”

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DNA seen through the eyes of a coder

Neat set of analogies. It’s no doubt actually more complex/nuanced/something than that, but an engaging read for someone like me who knows something about programming and not much about biology.

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Bee Brains Recognise Human Faces - Journal of Experimental Biology

Creepy. That bee that buzzed by your face? It will remember what you look like for several days. Scientists deny ability to remember “faces” justifies fears of bee vendettas by hive mates.

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Golden Gate Sunset

From the Gigapxl project. (A van mounted 1 gigapixel camera)

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Antarctica’s ice bottom exposed

Tee hee, tee hee…

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Deflexion

A unique strategy game that utilizes egyptian themed pieces (obelisks, pyramids, mirros etc) and lasers. At the end of each turn each player fires their laser and any enemy pieces in the laser’s path are eliminated.

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Project: Protrude, Flow - Sachiko Kodama + Minako Takeno

Tom’s ferromagnetic liquid link had me scouring my memory and google for an interactive art project I saw last year that combined microphones, ferromagnetic liquid and computer controlled electromagnets. I especially like “Pulsate (2002)”

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New Scientist - GM pea causes allergic damage in mice

Yikes.

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“Butterfly wings work like LEDs”

BBC article on the similarity between flourescent patches on butterfly wings and the way LED’s are designed.

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Seed Magazine: What Buddhism Offers Science

By His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Anemone Armies Battle To A Standoff

“Clashing colonies of sea anemones fight as organized armies with distinct castes of warriors, scouts, reproductives and other types, according to a new study.”

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