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photo tracks of debris objects that traveled <50km, 50 to 150km, 150 to 250km and >250km (John Knox)
via The Atlantic
from a database of tornado debris takeoff and landing points form the 2011 tornado outbreak in northwest Alabama

tracks of debris objects that traveled <50km, 50 to 150km, 150 to 250km and >250km (John Knox)

via The Atlantic

from a database of tornado debris takeoff and landing points form the 2011 tornado outbreak in northwest Alabama

3 months ago

March 19, 2013
photo t0tori:

A stereoscopic image of a proton anti-proton anihilation event in the UA5 streamer chamber

t0tori:

A stereoscopic image of a proton anti-proton anihilation event in the UA5 streamer chamber

8 months ago

September 28, 2012
reblogged via wblut
link Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science

or how Curiosity can autonomously select science targets with fantastically named software

8 months ago

September 25, 2012
video

boiling water without bubbles

via Nature

!!!!!

9 months ago

September 15, 2012
photo from Scaling of Differentiation in Networks: Nervous Systems, Organisms, Ant Colonies, Ecosystems, Businesses, Universities, Cities, Electronic Circuits, and Legos (Mark Changizi)
via Wired Science
the Lego power law: as the number of pieces in a set grows, so do the number of piece types

from Scaling of Differentiation in Networks: Nervous Systems, Organisms, Ant Colonies, Ecosystems, Businesses, Universities, Cities, Electronic Circuits, and Legos (Mark Changizi)

via Wired Science

the Lego power law: as the number of pieces in a set grows, so do the number of piece types

1 year ago

January 7, 2012
quote
There are street artists. Street musicians. Street actors. But there are no street physicists. A little known secret is that a physicist is one of the most employable people in the marketplace - a physicist is a trained problem solver. How many times have you heard a person in a workplace say, “I wasn’t trained for this!” That’s an impossible reaction from a physicist, who would say, instead, “Cool. A problem I’ve never seen before. Let’s see how I can figure out how to solve it!”. Oh, and, have fun along the way.

Neil deGrasse Tyson answering questions on reddit

street physicist

1 year ago

December 3, 2011
photo Traumatic brain injuries in illustrated literature: experience from a series of over 700 head injuries in the Asterix comic books (Kamp, MA, Slotty P, Sarikaya-Seiwert S, Steiger HJ, Hanggi D)
Conclusions: Although over half of patients had an initially severe impairment of consciousness after TBI, no permanent deficit could be found. Roman nationality, hypoglossal paresis, lost helmet, and ingestion of the magic potion were significantly correlated with severe initial impairment of consciousness (p ≤ 0.05).
via Mind Hacks

Traumatic brain injuries in illustrated literature: experience from a series of over 700 head injuries in the Asterix comic books (Kamp, MA, Slotty P, Sarikaya-Seiwert S, Steiger HJ, Hanggi D)

Conclusions: Although over half of patients had an initially severe impairment of consciousness after TBI, no permanent deficit could be found. Roman nationality, hypoglossal paresis, lost helmet, and ingestion of the magic potion were significantly correlated with severe initial impairment of consciousness (p ≤ 0.05).

via Mind Hacks

2 years ago

June 15, 2011
photo Heroes Of Science NonDenominational Festive Ornaments 
by eavesmade

Heroes Of Science NonDenominational Festive Ornaments 

by eavesmade

2 years ago

November 27, 2010
link 'Dance Your Ph.D.' Finalists Announced

The dreaded question. “So, what’s your Ph.D. research about?” You could bore them with an explanation. Or you could dance.

2 years ago

September 17, 2010
link Testing the flotation dynamics and swimming abilities of giraffes

nostrich:

One of the most significant papers ever published in the annals of science appeared recently; it deals, for the first time ever, with one of the biggest scientific questions ever faced by the scientific community, and uses cutting-edge technology and awesome powers of deductive reasoning and logic to reach shocking, paradigm-shifting conclusions.

We finally figured out whether giraffes can swim, guys. This changes everything.

3 years ago

June 12, 2010
reblogged via nostrich