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Saturday, December 13, 2008
Tiktaalik Rocks!
Read more about Tiktaalik here, or, even better, read Neil Shubin's excellent book, Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
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via Pharyngula ¶ 9:02 PM 0 Comments
Read more about Tiktaalik here, or, even better, read Neil Shubin's excellent book, Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body
.via Pharyngula ¶ 9:02 PM 0 Comments
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Star Trek Movie Trailer
Update:
The official versions, including the lovely HD ones, are here.
Update #2:
There is an excellent discussion of the trailer going on over the Flick Filosopher. ¶ 12:27 PM 2 Comments
OK, so the quality is bad, and it will probably be pulled soon, but the latest Star Trek trailer looks pretty interesting. I love Zachary Quinto!
Update:
The official versions, including the lovely HD ones, are here.
Update #2:
There is an excellent discussion of the trailer going on over the Flick Filosopher. ¶ 12:27 PM 2 Comments
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Zappos tries robots on for size
I buy all my sneakers (i.e. all my footwear) at Zappos, and now I have another reason to love them. According to CNET they use a "team of autonomous, stout, orange robots" to gather items to fill orders. I'd love to see a video of the little guys at work, but the company's site oddly restricts access to the demo.
Labels: cool
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Black-Footed Ferret Born at National Zoo
A single black-footed ferret kit was born yesterday at the National Zoo. The Zoo has a live cam set up where you can check in on Mom and her teeny, tiny baby. The cam is located here.
Update:
Some excellent footage from the web cam here:
Bonus points for the musical accompaniment.
Update #2:
Captured this screen shot this morning:
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Update:
Some excellent footage from the web cam here:
Bonus points for the musical accompaniment.
Update #2:
Captured this screen shot this morning:
¶ 7:00 AM 4 Comments
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Ice. On Mars.
NASA is reporting that the Phoenix Lander has found ice on Mars. Actual water ice. When the substance was first uncovered, it was speculated that it might be salt, but it sublimated, proving that it was ice. The Phoenix lander site has an excellent document explaining why this is such a big deal. (PDF warning.)
via Twitter
Update: Wired has an explanation of how they know it is water ice, and not C02, here.
via Twitter
Update: Wired has an explanation of how they know it is water ice, and not C02, here.
Labels: cool
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Baby Beluga!
No matter how many times I see a marine mammal being born, I am always in awe of the process. They immediately get up to surface and take that first breath, using their floppy little limbs. Amazing.
via Pharyngula
Update: You can watch a live cam of baby and mama here.
No matter how many times I see a marine mammal being born, I am always in awe of the process. They immediately get up to surface and take that first breath, using their floppy little limbs. Amazing.
via Pharyngula
Update: You can watch a live cam of baby and mama here.
Labels: cool
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Awwwwww
Before I get flamed, just let me say that I am opposed to state lotteries, as they are basically a tax on being poor and hopeless, but you've got to love this commercial. I don't know how much of this is special effects, but the penguin really seemed to be having fun. The chicken, on the other hand, just looks confused. That may just be because it's a chicken, though. ¶ 8:14 PM 0 Comments
Before I get flamed, just let me say that I am opposed to state lotteries, as they are basically a tax on being poor and hopeless, but you've got to love this commercial. I don't know how much of this is special effects, but the penguin really seemed to be having fun. The chicken, on the other hand, just looks confused. That may just be because it's a chicken, though. ¶ 8:14 PM 0 Comments
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Ray Park as Snake Eyes
The Official Star Wars Blog has a great photo of Ray Park, AKA Darth Maul, as Snake Eyes from the upcoming GI Joe movie. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I'm kind of looking forward to this.
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Friday, January 25, 2008
A Blacker Black: Darkest Known Material Created
"In the 1984 film, lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel looks at the album cover for the first time and opines, 'It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none, none, none more black.'"
The creation of the darkest material know to exist in the universe is pretty cool, but National Geographic quoting Spinal Tap in its description is even cooler. ¶ 7:31 PM 0 Comments
The creation of the darkest material know to exist in the universe is pretty cool, but National Geographic quoting Spinal Tap in its description is even cooler. ¶ 7:31 PM 0 Comments
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol for $1 a Gallon, and Without Corn
According to Wired.com, an Illinois startup claims to be able to produce ethanol from any organic material, at a cost of only one dollar a gallon. The process combines two of the most common methods of ethanol production, and would allow ethanol to be produced locally, out of whatever material happens to be on hand. Unlike corn ethanol, it has no impact on the food supply. This almost sounds to good to be true, but I hope it is, and I hope these guys make millions of dollars.
Labels: cool
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Brooklyn Bridge to get a Waterfall
According to Yahoo! News, Danish artist Olafur Eliasson is planning
four New York City waterfalls, including one on the Brooklyn Bridge, illustrated in the photo below.
I'm torn. Part of me thinks, "It's the Brooklyn Bridge! You can't do that!" The other part thinks that it's going to look really, really cool...
four New York City waterfalls, including one on the Brooklyn Bridge, illustrated in the photo below.
Labels: cool
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