The Periodic Table of Periodic Tables by Bill Keaggy
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If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, first you must invent the universe.Carl Sagan in Cosmos. Here’s the recipe for Carl’s apple pie (via Kottke)
Like Powers of Ten, except astronomically accurate. It’s not a dramatization, it’s a map; the positioning data was pulled from Hayden Planetarium’s Digital Universe Atlas, which is available for free download.
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Zoning Out Is a Crucial Mental State
Duh! I love when science confirms my own unconventional beliefs.
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.Charles Darwin (via brocatus)
If you’ve got a 16 tesla magnetic field, you can levitate a frog.
The levitation trick works because giant magnetic fields slightly distort the orbits of electrons in the frog’s atoms. The resulting electric current generates a magnetic field in the opposite direction to that of the magnet. A field of 16 teslas created an attractive force strong enough to make the frog float until it made its escape.
Best part: it doesn’t kill the frog.
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While browsing Mike Frumin’s blog (after stumbling across his wonderful Subway Sparklines) I came across this awesome video of an MRI scan of his brain! In the post he also confirms that he doesn’t have a tumor, which is good news!
I know MRI’s aren’t really good for you and usually happen because something is suspect, but I still think it would be awesome to have a video of my brain!
C. Telfer, one of my wonderfully inspiring art teachers, finally has a portfolio online. I love this piece, made out of glass, which looks like a petri dish!
Bonnie Bassler on how bacteria communicate | Video on TED.com
This is definitely one of my top 5 talks from TED 2009, I’m so glad it’s finally online! I have nearly zero interest in mollecular biology, but Bonnie Bassler is, above all, a passionate and engaging presenter. She thinks we can stop diseases by studying how bacteria communicate. Wonderful research!