April Brite, (aka the Ph.Diva) is a biotech Postdoc. April is thrilled when her abstract is picked for an oral presentation, and starts preparing her presentation. When her PCR does not go exactly as planned, she sets off on a journey filled with frustrations, anticipation, fascination and determination. Will our Ph.Diva make it in time […]
This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience. [NASA]
The founder of Amazon has discovered the five engines that were used to launch the first manned mission to the Moon. Jeff Bezos says he now intends to raise at least one of the engines from the depths of the Atlantic. We’ve previously covered Bezos’ project to build a 10,000 year clock in a cave […]
I am a shameless fan of Kevin Smith and while some of his more recent efforts have been less than spectacular, his Askewniverse Jersey films just speak to me. I just love them. Of course next to the original Clerks, Mallrats was an amazing film. There is a repeated scene that we keep coming back […]
This video is a bit long but his Jer Thorp, a creative computer geek, keeps you pretty entertained the whole time and he has some really funky graphs making data quite aesthetic. I think it’s worth watching to the end to hear him make his point about how we need to put data in a […]
Human achievement point! Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory campus of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have successfully produced the world’s first 100 Tesla non-destructive magnetic field. The achievement was decades in the making, involving a diverse team of scientists and engineers. The 100 Tesla mark was reached at approximately 3:30 p.m. on March 22, […]
At Lake Nojiri in Shinano, Nagano Prefecture in Japan there was found over 50 years ago, the fossils of Naumann elephants. They have employed what is now called the “Lake Nojiri Method” to excavate the 83,000 fossils and other items they have found since: anyone can participate. Families with five-year-old children, troops of secondary school students, the […]
Now 17, Taylor Wilson talks about how he believes that kids can change the world – citing the nuclear reactor he made in his parent’s garage when he was 14 years old! Dream big people. He wanted to make a star, and he created something amazing. You may not be able to build a nuclear […]