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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Ajolote
Following on from such weird and strange (and ugly) creatures as the blobfish, the komondor, the dumbo octopus and the glass squid … I bring you: The Ajolote [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FFghfc0F4[/youtube] The ajolote (Amphisbaenia Bipedidae Bipes Biporus) lives underground and eats insects and … Continue reading
Tagged animal, reptile
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Meteor over Western Canada
A meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Alberta-Saskatchewan border on Thursday night and the first videos of its entry are starting to filter through onto YouTube. [youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2aX-784sw[/youtube] [youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PSL3b6bCR7s[/youtube] This is some of the best meteor footage I’ve ever seen.
Tagged meteor
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Aerogel
Aerogel (often called solid smoke) is one of the world’s weirdest materials. In the picture blelow a piece of aerogel with a mass of just over two grams is holding up a brick with a mass more than a thousand … Continue reading
Tagged aerogel
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Moving pictures in water
First watch the video: [youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0HeUixe_Lpg[/youtube] Physics question: why do all the images stretch as they fall?
Tagged water
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Boobies
The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) is my new favourite bird. It has hilarious blue feet. The male Booby attracts females by showing off its cool blue feet and waving its wings about.
Tagged animal
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Optical phenomena
Environmental Graffiti has a great post about optical (light) phenomena; I’ve picked out a couple of my favourites: Crepuscular Rays Crepuscular rays are caused by the scattering of beams of light; beams created by an object such as a tree or a cloud. … Continue reading
Tagged light, optics, sky
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Logic gates with dominos
Being able to construct logic gates is essential in order to create a computer. These logic gates can be created with just about anything — sticks and string, cogs and gears, even DNA. The only reason computers are electronic is because logic … Continue reading