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A Fatal Attack of the Bubbles
So begins a 5 May 2016 Science News article by Susan Milius highlighting a Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) article by Timothy J. Brodribb and colleagues titled, “Revealing catastrophic failure of leaf networks under stress.” The PNAS article’s summary … Continue reading
Neato Raindrop Study: Tiny Bubbles and Petrichor
Like the fresh smell of rain after a storm? It could be petrichor. Petrichor (peh-trih-kor) is defined as “the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.” I notice the scent even as the rain falls on dry pavement, probably … Continue reading
Posted in educational, fascinating, Nature
Tagged bubbles, climate, petrichor, raindrops, science
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January 2014 Geology: Volcanic Lightning?
Posted in beautiful, brilliant, fascinating, Nature, science
Tagged geology, lightning, photography, science, volcano
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No, That’s Not Smoke – It’s a Superneato LiDAR Image
This is a screenshot from a 15 April 2013 The Oregonian article, which notes that “This imagery was featured in the North American Cartographic Information Society’s first Atlas of Design.” This superneato LiDAR (see caption for more information) image shows … Continue reading
Posted in beautiful, brilliant, fascinating, Nature, Photography, science, Technology, water-as-art
Tagged geology, geomorphology, LiDAR, nature, Oregon, photography, river, science, water
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Evolving Earth – Great Animated GIF
Posted in brilliant, educational, science, Technology
Tagged animation, Earth, geology, science
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Wow. Dragonflies. The New York Times’ Natalie Angier.
Posted in beautiful, brilliant, educational, fascinating, Life, Nature, Photography, science, Video
Tagged dragonflies, photography, science
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Super-Neat Video: Fund Me Maybe
Screen shot from the “astronomerssay” YouTube video taken at the 221st Annual Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (6–10 January 2013). Very #neato & #LOL. Click on the image for a link to the video.
Neato Geology Video from GeoCastAway
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Tagged geology, Naica cave, science, video
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Neato ScienceNews Article: Robobees
Susan Gaidos’ detailed ScienceNews article, “Into the Fold (29 Nov.), tells the story of the development of a tiny, origami-like robot, or robobee, that unfolds like an image in a child’s pop-up book. Pretty neato.
