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Breathingearth - CO2, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time. Controverse scientifique. RGA. Tuin. Women in Science. Technology Students Mess with Dormitory Lights - Funny Videos - Funny Vids, Humor for geeks in all of us! Tragos a través del microscopio (Un caleidoscopio muy etílico. 19 de abril de 2012 Un par de geeks, los científicos Michael Davidson y Lester Hutt, transformaron la visión microscópica de licores, cocteles y cervezas en auténticas obras de arte pop.

Tragos a través del microscopio (Un caleidoscopio muy etílico

Comenzaron fotografiando ADN, células y bioquímicos; más tarde descubrieron que necesitaban fotografiar algo más cool y creativo para darle un giro a su carrera científica. Estas imágenes son obtenidas con un microscopio de laboratorio de alta tecnología con mil veces de aumento, primero se cristaliza la bebida en una lámina de microscopio, después se realiza el proceso de secado por medio de aire o congelación. Estas láminas congeladas se exponen a una luz polarizada en el microscopio y ahí se toma la fotografía. Cuando la luz polarizada pasa a través de los cristales, esta se refracta de la misma manera en la que se forma el arcoíris al sostener un prisma contra la luz del sol.

Las bebidas que se cristalizan fácilmente son aquellas con alto contenido de azúcar como el coctel margarita y el vino. Interdisciplinarité. Les_editions_volumiques. The Most Amazing Science Images of the Week, July 2-6, 2012. Meet James May. SUPPORT!!! - Most WTF. Conversation avec Nickye sur Netlog. Marée noire BP : la solution de Jean Pierre Petit. Chemtrails! Www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf. The illustrated guide to a Ph.D.

Amazing Planet - How to Pick a Lock. StumbleUpon Reddit How to Pick a Lock.

Amazing Planet - How to Pick a Lock

Obama’s 2012 Budget Proposes Pains, Gains for Science. President Obama sent the research community a valentine of sorts in his proposed 2012 federal budget.

Obama’s 2012 Budget Proposes Pains, Gains for Science

Sent to Congress on Feb. 14, the budget was a pledge to fight for increased investment in research and education even as the president committed to belt-tightening for most segments of federal spending. The $3.7 trillion proposal allocates $147.9 billion to research and development in the coming fiscal year, which begins on Oct. 1. That amounts to a small decrease from the 2011 fiscal year, after accounting for a projected 1.3 percent rate of inflation. Many R&D programs would see expanded or new funding to meet a number of administration goals, said presidential science adviser John Holdren, including: Research. Míla í beinni - Katla. Sciweavers. Werkzeuge-Hilfsmittel-Waren. Fr-08: .the .product by farbrausch. Starting over: Let's decimalise time - science-in-society - 28 March 2011. We have seven days a week because the Babylonians named one for each planet they knew.

Starting over: Let's decimalise time - science-in-society - 28 March 2011

There are 12 hours in each day and each night because they gave one hour to each sign of the zodiac. Construction. Learn the Science Behind Glow Sticks by Making Your Own. 10 Science Inspired Party Tricks. The Hidden Message in Pixar’s Films. I love Pixar.

The Hidden Message in Pixar’s Films

Who doesn’t? The stories are magnificently crafted, the characters are rich, hilarious, and unique, and the images are lovingly rendered. Ground Zero II. Have you ever wondered what would happen if a nuclear bomb goes off in your city?

Ground Zero II

With Google's Maps framework and a bit of Javascript, you can see the outcome. Trencher2_smd.jpg (JPEG Image, 900x645 pixels) - Scaled (82%) Amazing we breathe the air molecules of our ancestors the great and infamous. L'Arbre des Possibles. Information évènementielle. SAPRISTI! : Sentiers d'Accès et des Pistes de Recherche d'Informations Scientifiques et Techniques sur Interne. A Live 24x7 Interactive African Wildlife Safari. Colourblind Caravan. The CESIE is happy to inform you that it is looking for 5 participants for a youth exchange that will happen in Targu Jiu in Romania, from the 2nd to the 10th of August of 2012. 15 young people aged 18-25 inclusive, who come from 3 European countries, will take part in the project.

Colourblind Caravan

One of the principal aim of the exchange is to get closer to the cultural community of the Rom, through non-formal educative methods. The young people who partecipate will be involved in a trip through the Rom culture: from history, music, traditional values, handicraft to today’s perception and the issue of discrimination. The young people will participate to workshops, debates, open forums, play roles, and a meeting with the reppresentatives of a Rom organization, to help a better understanding of this community. Otter Charity. TEDxBoulder - Thad Roberts - Visualizing Eleven Dimensions.

Energy Generating Desert Towers Harvest the Sun and Wind. Dubai is a hub for bold architecture.

Energy Generating Desert Towers Harvest the Sun and Wind

It makes sense, then, that Karim Mahmoud Elnabawy Balbaa’s entry in the 2010 Land Art Generator Initiative Design Competition is striking — and slightly off-putting. Balbaa’s prickly-looking “Layers of Dubai” towers shoot up to 140 meters high and generate both wind and solar power. Balbaa’s towers were inspired by the fluid shape of the desert sands surrounding Dubai. According to Balbaa, “The two towers play an important role in attracting people to the site with their strange look and height that can be seen from any part of the city”. 9 Really Unusual Deserts. Kilometers of sand, rocks, sandbanks, and sceneries evoking lunar landscapes are all about a journey in a desert and are certainly, a unique adventure.

9 Really Unusual Deserts

All the deserts are not the same. Rocky Mountain National Park - Webcams. Continental Divide Located at Glacier Basin Campground, the Continental Divide Webcam offers a spectacular view of the peaks which rise up from the Bear Lake area.

Rocky Mountain National Park - Webcams

On clear days you will see Thatchtop, Taylor Peak, Otis Peak, Hallett Peak, and Flattop Mountain. This webcam has been moved due to ongoing staging of equipment for the Bear lake Road reconstruction. The park will continue to evaluate the best location and best view. View webcam. Rapid Inversion: Running Animals and Robots Swing like a Pendulum under Ledges.

Escaping from predators often demands that animals rapidly negotiate complex environments. The smallest animals attain relatively fast speeds with high frequency leg cycling, wing flapping or body undulations, but absolute speeds are slow compared to larger animals. Instead, small animals benefit from the advantages of enhanced maneuverability in part due to scaling. Here, we report a novel behavior in small, legged runners that may facilitate their escape by disappearance from predators. We video recorded cockroaches and geckos rapidly running up an incline toward a ledge, digitized their motion and created a simple model to generalize the behavior. PLoS ONE : accelerating the publication of peer-reviewed science. Éco. Op-Ed Contributor - Algebra in Wonderland. The Art of Insight and Action.

Environmental Scanning - Knowledge Industry of the 21st Century. The global environment is constantly emitting an infinite number of ‘signals’ about many, many processes. Ig Nobel Prize Winners Make Hilarious Contributions to Science. Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer | September 29, 2011 07:44pm ET. Raconte-moi un visionnaire, Gauthier Chapelle... TerreTv est une webTv spécialisée sur les thématiques environnementales et éditée par Science Frontières Production SA. Ostal tv. Fieras de la Ingeniería. Qui sommes-nous ? - Eco-hameau du moulin de Busseix. Qui sommes-nous ? L’éco-hameau du Moulin de Busseix est un lieu accueillant des personnes désirant vivre dans un esprit respectueux de l’environnement. Il offre un cadre pour mettre en cohérence nos pratiques quotidiennes et nos convictions sur le plan personnel, celui des rapports sociaux et sur la nécessité de réduire notre empreinte écologique.

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